Saturday, July 31, 2010

I'm taking my general dislike out on you

For years now the Fundies have been ranting that gay people should not be allowed to adopt because children need their natural parents (that's in addition to their claim that the little tykes need both a mommy and a daddy). Zack Ford, a young man who is straight and adopted, has an interesting theory. He bases it on the reaction he gets when he says he is adopted.

It seems those people who rant about gay adoption don't like any adoption, by anybody. He hasn't explained the reasoning behind that dislike -- I don't think he has gone up to such people and talked about it (he is young, after all). But in the same manner that many who blame the Catholic priest pedophile problem on the few priests who are gay, those who dislike all adoptions are taking their dislike out on gays.

That makes me think our society would not take kindly to anyone who thinks it is better to let a kid be trapped in foster care than to be adopted. But gays are the last minority that society still permits bashing.

A commenter notes that when gays and lesbians adopt the nasty comments are phrased in such a way to imply that the mean gay people took the baby away from the natural parents or some other deserving couple. But the choice isn't between gay parents and birth parents, but between gay parents and foster care or an orphanage.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting thoughts.

    I want to disagree with a small detail: "But gays are the last minority that society still permits bashing."

    There are so many groups out there that society is still willing to bash! When this battle is won, there will always be others. :-/

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