The satellite site to Adopting Lydia(http://journals.aol.com/adoptliddy/blog). This site is all about meeting our daughter Lydia in China and getting to know her once we got back home.
Although I do not agree with gays not being allowed to adopt (I am a supporter) I do understand the "conflict" regarding that Catholic Church. There is a lot more to this then what is written in this text. Currently I am researching (for my research project) Pastoring Students of Same Sex Orientation and dealing with faimlies of gay chilren, and the Catholic Church perspective. I won't get into it, but one must understand that civil rights and religious traditions do not usually go hand in hand when dealing with the family and the sacrament of marriage. If we separate chuch and state then there really is not issue because gays should be allowed to marry and adopt, but the Church cannot live in contradiction (by aiding in gay adoptions).
Again, I fell that if a child is loved it doesn't matter the sexual orientation of their parents...and I do hope that the laws in the USA will change soon.
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Beautiful picture of Liddy!
Yoli
Although I do not agree with gays not being allowed to adopt (I am a supporter) I do understand the "conflict" regarding that Catholic Church. There is a lot more to this then what is written in this text. Currently I am researching (for my research project) Pastoring Students of Same Sex Orientation and dealing with faimlies of gay chilren, and the Catholic Church perspective. I won't get into it, but one must understand that civil rights and religious traditions do not usually go hand in hand when dealing with the family and the sacrament of marriage. If we separate chuch and state then there really is not issue because gays should be allowed to marry and adopt, but the Church cannot live in contradiction (by aiding in gay adoptions).
Again, I fell that if a child is loved it doesn't matter the sexual orientation of their parents...and I do hope that the laws in the USA will change soon.
maav
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