Arkansas Blog

While gays don't have the option to make a legal commitment through marriage, heterosexuals certainly do. If Kaytee Wright and Alan Leveritt want to adopt a child, which is a permanent commitment, it is pathetic that they refuse to make a legal commitment to each other. If they aren't willing to make a legal commitment to each other, how can a child expect them to make a legal commitment to him/her? Adoption is a serious commitment - it isn't a joke.

The lawsuit never says Alan wants to adopt a child. Alan is not a party to the suit. He is mentioned in the lawsuit to show that if he and Kaytee marry, they would have to wait two years to adopt. It does mention that Kaytee can't adopt. Besides your inaccuracies and assumptions, your rant does have......I will think of something.

Serevus, there's a lot more in heaven and hell than dreamt of in your small town Rwing vision.

Suppose a grandma has a $1800 month widow's pension and she keeps it provided she is single.

Suppose grandma really likes old man Paul, one of her late husbands buddies. He takes her dinner, to church, shopping, the doctor because granny cannot drive. Now suppose grandma needs to care for one of her grandkids and get legal custody.

She needs Paul living with her for safety, security, and assistance. If she marries Paul she loses her widow's pension.

It happens more often than you may think. There's other financial reasons too but I doubt you have the reach to grasp them.

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Suppose Single Woman fosters a child and Single Woman's live-in boyfriend, who cares nothing for the new addition, causes the child harm? Live-in boyfriends hurt...even kill...kids in Arkansas every year. Suppose Homosexual Man fosters a child and that child is abused sexually by a man who frequents the home? How will Governor Beebe handle that headline? It happened in Florida. It could happen here.

I mean...as long as we're going to play the "what if" game...

This has ACLU, in your face, alley oop, slam dunk court victory written all over it. I wonder what would happen if we harnessed all the wasted time and energy spent on this piece of work on something constructive.

What am I missing?? I had an Aunt and cousin who adopted one of their own grandchildren.

I fought a court battle for my then baby grandson, to keep bad people from getting him.....

they didn't want him anyway,,,,just put me in misery and almost locked up in Benton.

................oh, BTW,,,,I won.

............and Knock Knock..........I preach every day about boyfriends, and some galpals,

who abuse or even kill children of their live-ins.....but, bio parents do it too.

This country has become a dumping ground for women and children.

And if we want to play "what if", KnockKnock, what about biological parents who hurt their own children? Their children end up in foster care and up for adoption.

If someone wants to adopt or foster a child, they must go through a rigorous process. They have to really want a child/children. Why not let anyone who really wants to adopt, and jumps through all the hoops have that right? What if those adoptive heterosexual parents get a divorce? Is the state going to take the child/children away because they are no longer a couple and might at some point have a boyfriend or girlfriend?

What if your brother/sister was gay and you would prefer them to raise your child if something happened to you? Is it right for the state to place that child foster care with some stranger--or allow some stranger to adopt them because your sibling doesn't "qualify".

Some young women/men have children and are raising them on their own as a single parent. If a women/man wants to adopt as a single parent does that mean they still can't be a good parent? Does having a spouse, make you a better parent?

If, if, if.....we could list many more scenarios. The point is, there are many types of families, and not all involve a heterosexual, married couple. If we are putting the children first, and what is best for them--a loving family, whatever it's embodiment, should be the goal for all foster/adoptive children.

Adoption is a serious commitment - it isn't a joke." Well, it's too bad that jackanapes such as yourself have turned it into one, Severus. And by the way, how many kiddos have YOU adopted?

You people no longer even try and hide your bigoted contempt toward anyone who doesn't believe the way you do about God and humanity. You hate gays, and you hate straights who cohabitate. Your beliefs are descended from the same ones that were against freeing slaves, and were against civil rights for women and blacks. The same ones that burned innocent "witches" at the stake In Massachusetts and butchered 1000's during various European inquisitions.

And in your sanctimonius self righteousness your side throws out the story of Sodom and Gommorrah to support your case. Elevating Lot's family as the perfect family selected by the lord's angels in those cities because he wouldn't give up the angels to be gang raped by the citizens. Of course you conveniently forget to mention that Lot offered up his virgin daughters to be gang raped instead--or that he later had sex with his daughters and impregnated them both. You just focus on the "male gang rape part."

Those of you who supported this law should receive a brutal cudgeling on the head with the constitution and if that doesn't work, the US military should occupy your capitol city AGAIN (like in the 1860's and 1950's). That would do my heart good. Your side always looses in the end. Why? Because you're WRONG.

And I'll be damned if you don't ruin the reputation of the State of Arkansas every time you right wingers draw a breath. Our people stay poor, our youth leave the state for better jobs, our education suffers--all because of right wing people who support things like this law. I wish you'd just leave. Go live with the Taliban, you're just like them.

This law is a VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. Even if you factor out gays, it violates the rights of straight people. My mother refused to marry my step father because she would lose her alimony (yes, alimony) from my father. So she and my step dad lived together, happily, I might add. Under your idiotic law, my own MOTHER could not be a foster parent for my daughter if I were to die.

"Hate the sin, love the sinner." JESUS CHRIST you people are a prime example of blasphemous hipocrisy.

Not only that, but those of you who had your butts all a twitchin' over getting this law passed, failed to think about your own futures. Based upon the way society works, eventually--EVENTUALLY--your very own families will be affected by this law as time goes forward.

You WILL be dragged into the 21st century, even if you kick and scream all the way.

I agree the new law is flawed in that it should allow relatives of a child...cohabitating or not...to be able to adopt a child should that child's parents die or wish to give them up. Family is almost always a better alternative than strangers. This amendment to the amendment would eliminate a good number of the ACLU's plaintiffs. And this lawsuit...especially in Arkansas...is FAR from a slam dunk for Sklar et al. Judges do not take lightly overturning the will of the people, no matter how misguided some of you think that majority is.

"I agree the new law is flawed in that it should allow relatives of a child...cohabitating or not...to be able to adopt a child should that child's parents die or wish to give them up. Family is almost always a better alternative than strangers."

By this, I would assume you mean gay family as well? If not, re-read my above posting...

And if I recollect, most Arkies were pro segregation? The courts flat bitch-slapped them on that, eh?

QUOTE = Severus "...it is pathetic that they refuse to make a legal commitment to each other. If they aren't willing to make a legal commitment to each other, how can a child expect them to make a legal commitment to him/her? Adoption is a serious commitment - it isn't a joke."

You have got to be freakin' kiddin' me right? Please tell me that you are not drinkin' the koolaid tonight... (rolls eyes)

We adopted our Granddaughter cause her Mom left her to her own devices, sleeping on the floor, no proper care, live ins, etc. If we hadn't the social service folks would have rolled her into the "system". Wasn't 'bout to let that happen. Doesn't say much for our daughter but boy did we get a diamond! Hell I'm 66, she's 8 and I had to learn how to be a Dad all over again but it sure is worth it.

The point is that we were the logical choice, being related, economically able and "wanting" to take her in...there are so many more children who are not in that kind of situation, but there "are" a lot of "folks", whatever their 'swasion who want to bring a child into their home and take care of them. To disqualify people from the care process or even adoption because of their sexual preference is stupid and ignorant. It hurts the ones who need help! Children! But then I think most of the folks on this blog understood that already.

I can only hope the so called christians who rammed this stupid law through get their just deserts one day, that they get jammed right into the hell they so fervently believe in!