Adoption Rant

I'm just the tiniest bit over the "faith-based" communities arguing that LGBT rights legislation should not be enacted because the organizations would then be forced to do things that go against their beliefs. Correction: I'm way over it.

We as people will never, ever always agree with the law. However, the law is there to protect the people, not grant certain groups the ability to legally discriminate. There are "faith-based" organizations that complain that gay rights legislation would force them to aid gay couples to adopt. And they are right, most legislation would do just that. Why? Because these organizations receive state funding, and under state regulations, you can not use your chosen religious beliefs to deny others services and rights.

If those organizations would prefer not to work with "the gays," then I'm sure the nation would gladly accept their funding back to help pay off the debt Bush has accrued financing religious fundamentalism here in the States and abroad.

Yes, rights laws would mean that legalized discrimination would be a thing of the past. It would mean that hundreds, if not thousands, of children would have a safe, warm and loving place to sleep every night and adults to actually love them and care for them instead of paid workers that just want their shift to be over. It would mean that the world would be just a bit of a better place, and more human beings would be offered chances they would not have otherwise.

As much as marriage rights mean to me, I have to say that I believe adoption rights are at least on par with them. There are simply too many children without healthy, happy homes. I would like for every one of the supposed Christian adoption agencies to turn to the children they are suppose to help, look them in the eye and tell that child they will go yet another night without the safety of a home and without the love of a family because the Christians have decided that a particular couple is unworthy just because they are gay.

The difference between marriage and adoption rights comes down to the difference between my happiness and a child's happiness. I can suffer and I'll be OK, but I'll be damned if I watch another child suffer because of someone else's bigotry.

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