Texas to prevent kids from being adopted by "those" people

[someoneyouknow]

Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by state-funded or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

That's all you need to know. Rather than gets kids into homes where they'll be with a family, Texas feels it's better to let kids twist in the wind until they're 18 then toss them into the wild. All because of religion.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-adoption-agencies-ban-jews-gays-muslims-47247985

 

[phrodeau]

This is new?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by state-funded or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

That's all you need to know. Rather than gets kids into homes where they'll be with a family, Texas feels it's better to let kids twist in the wind until they're 18 then toss them into the wild. All because of religion.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-adoption-agencies-ban-jews-gays-muslims-47247985

This kind of thing has been going on for a long time, but there is more antipathy to interracial adoptions than to interfaith adoptions. Most of the hostility is from so-called Liberals. http://www.nationalreview.com/corne...e-only-seen-liberals-gag-over-it-david-french

 

[someoneyouknow]

This kind of thing has been going on for a long time, but there is more antipathy to interracial adoptions than to interfaith adoptions. Most of the hostility is from so-called Liberals. http://www.nationalreview.com/corne...e-only-seen-liberals-gag-over-it-david-french

Because those Republicans proposing this bill are "liberals", right?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Because those Republicans proposing this bill are "liberals", right?

I don't know that much about the individual Texas legislators but, in this instance they probably are not. They are believers in Freedom of Religion who hold that people who operate private adoption services should not be compelled to violate their religious beliefs. Most adoptions are done through state run agencies and they would probably not be affected by the bill if it becomes law.

Interracial adoptions are another matter. Liberals oppose them but most people believe a child is better off being adopted by loving parents regardless of race or ethnicity.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

That's because liberals hate white people, especially stupid old white men

This kind of thing has been going on for a long time, but there is more antipathy to interracial adoptions than to interfaith adoptions. Most of the hostility is from so-called Liberals. http://www.nationalreview.com/corne...e-only-seen-liberals-gag-over-it-david-french

 

[Boxlicker101]

That's because liberals hate white people, especially stupid old white men

I know, and that even includes hating by white liberals. An exception is made for LGBT people, however.

 

[phrodeau]

So you're saying it's a bad thing?

 

[Boxlicker101]

So you're saying it's a bad thing?

I think hating people just because they are members of certain groups is a bad thing. I think not hating people on such a basis is a good thing. Personally, I can hate people for what they say or do or said or did, but not for what they are.

 

[phrodeau]

I think hating people just because they are members of certain groups is a bad thing. I think not hating people on such a basis is a good thing. Personally, I can hate people for what they say or do or said or did, but not for what they are.

So the question is whether sexual preference or religion is voluntary or not.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Or wooden-headedness. It's a condition.

So the question is whether sexual preference or religion is voluntary or not.

 

[Boxlicker101]

So the question is whether sexual preference or religion is voluntary or not.

Why is that The Question? It is a question, but not the only one. I consider religion to be voluntary, but sexual preference is not, except to a limited degree.

 

[Chris_Michael]

Just yesterday, you guys were bitching because churches will be able to voice political views. Now, you think it's okay for kids to be adopted and brainwashed to think there is a deity in the sky who tells them not to be gay or else they'll burn in hell for all eternity.

Logic.

 

[dan_c00000]

interfaith couples

So wait a second, does that mean no Seventh Day Adventists and Methodists can get adopted kids now?