Some gay daddies got editorial love in North Carolina this weekend. Rather than focusing on "mainstream" paternalism, The Asheville Citizen-Times used its front page to feature "unconventional" fathers, like queer couple Brian Alexander and John Brock, who adopted 18-month old Eric after becoming his foster parents:
The couple decided their best route to parenthood was becoming foster parents, fulfilling a need in Buncombe County where there are only about 70 foster homes for 350 children.Eric has been with the couple from the time he was 6 weeks old.
“He doesn’t know anybody other than us,†Alexander said. “We’re his daddy and papa.â€
As two gay men raising a baby, Alexander and Brock have to deal with some prejudice and misunderstanding. But that experience helps them teach their son about tolerance, they said.
If only every father did the same, huh?
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Sweet.
Inspiring story!
Isn't that lovely…. But, the larger issue is that the kid needs a Mommy in order to develop properly. I hear/read it over and over that children raised by single parents need the presence of both sexes in order to properly develop mentally. I've heard it time and time again that the one thing lacking in blacks kids being raised by single moms is that they need the father's presence in their lives. Just yesterday, the black champion, B. Hussein O. called all absent men to action to properly raise their children. Have I got your attention yet??? We're on the same page, right??
I'm opposed to gay adoption because, just as Hussein indicated yesterday, there needs to be parentS for every child, i.e., Mother and Father, ergo Man and Woman. Just a thought……
@RPCV:
You know they have the right to adopt what ever they want and you have no right to stop them as long as they can afford to help the babbies. Check your self first before you give a comments to others.