looney
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Gwylan said:What total rubbish. I can't think of any cases in the animal kingdom where babies are taken from unsuitable families and placed with another mother.
In most cases (and I know there have been well documented instances of a mother bringing up a dead mother's cub/pup/calf whatever), when a mother dies, the child dies.
Fostering is an artificial concept that humans have devised to help children - there's nothing 'natural' about it.
As such, it doesn't matter whether a parent(s) is /are gay, straight, transexual or transvestite, what counts above everything else is whether the parents can offer a child a loving home. As Edna rightly says, there are some dreadful examples of heterosexual parents abusing children, it would surely be better in such cases to be looked after by a loving family.
This is rubbish animals quite often adopt offspring in groups with strong social ties when the mother rejects it.
a loving home depends on the level of social stygma as it would become a prison to children who are perpetually bullied.
I dont beleive that just because one family goes into meltdown this justifies farming out the kid to people who want to play happy families.
A parental instinct is one that puts the needs of a child first. Not one that bellyaches about equal rights. Oblivious or ignorant of the potential consequences.