A bill before the Michigan legislature would legalize adoption by unmarried partners. Gary Glenn of American Family Association in Michigan doesn't like that idea, because gays could adopt kids. He trots out the familiar argument that a kid needs both a mother and a father. But wouldn't it be better for a kid to have two fathers rather than be stuck in foster care? Glenn responds: "We simply refuse to engage in the rhetorical mechanism by which we're asked to choose between two less-than-ideal situations." I'll take that as a no.
I don't know Glenn's family (other than he is married), so I can only speak hypothetically. Mr. Glenn, suppose your daughter and son-in-law and their sweet child were in an auto accident that killed your daughter. From your comments that a child needs both a mother and a father it follows that your grandchild should be placed in foster care until your son-in-law should happen to remarry.
Alas, the Michigan Radio website doesn't seem to permit comments attached to individual stories.
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