Officials at Missionaries of Charity say they’d rather millions of children be homeless than adopted by single parents who may or may not be gay.
The Catholic charity, which was founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, offers humanitarian aid in a total of 130 countries, including running 16 orphanages in India. The country recently passed a law allowing single, separated or divorced heterosexual adults to adopt children. Same-sex adoption, however, remains banned.
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Fearing that dishonest gay people might use the law to pretend to be heterosexual in order to get their hands on an Indian orphan, officials at Missionaries of Charity have decided to halt adoptions altogether. No one — not even straight married couples — may adopt children from their orphanage.
“The new guidelines hurt our conscience,” Sister Amala told local media. “They are certainly not for religious people like us.”
She continued: “What if the single parent who we give our baby [to] turns out to be gay or lesbian? What security or moral upbringing will these children get? Our rules only allow married couples to adopt.”
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But Maneka Gandhi of the Ministry of Women & Child Development, which oversees adoption guidelines in the country, told Hindustan Times that the matter isn’t up for debate.
“We are trying and persuading them because they are valuable, good people and have experience,” Gandhi said. “But if they do not follow the central guidelines, we will be left with no option but to de-recognize the orphanages run by them and shift the children to other places.”
There is no official data on just how many children are available for adoption in India, but estimates from several human rights groups say it’s in the tens of millions.
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Damon Robbins
Because they are Catholic, what would you expect?
Joseph Cronin
SHAME ON THEM! Hope those same people will be there for them when they are grown and all alone hating life bc some bigots wouldn’t allow them to be loved
Xzamilio
Mmmmm… religion. I can sleep peacefully at night knowing that these wonderful iron age belief systems still wield so much influence in the world.
Brian JC Kneeland
So much for Mother Theresa teaching accepting all people!
Kathryn Henry
That’s just deliberately cruel.
KerryB
That’s because the Catholic Church is the CULT OF HYPOCRISY. The whole religion is based on ‘Do as I say, not as I do.’
Jane Elliott
shame very very selfish attitude forcing a child to go without the love of good parents because of an idea nasty people
Judy Rae Jackson
Disgraceful, but not surprising.
alphacentauri
@Brian JC Kneeland: She was not for abortions even if the woman who needed one would die if she gave birth, or if the woman or girl had been the victim of in c e s t or r a p e.
Jane Cain
Shame……
Giancarlo85
This is why in Catholic (in name only) countries… People just don’t care about the Catholic church anymore. Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Colombia… People just don’t follow church doctrine anymore.
Clarence Duvall III
Don’t come after her or her charity until you’ve don’t even a fraction of good that they’ve done.
andy_d
@Brian JC Kneeland: This hypocrites BLATANT homophobia was well documented while she was alive. It has also been documented that she was a very nasty woman who wielded her power over others like a cudgel.
Billy Budd
Religion is mostly nasty, bigoted, delusional nonsense.
ingyaom
No surprise there. See Christopher Hitchens’ book about “Mother” Teresa – “Missionary Position”:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Missionary-Position-Mother-Practice/dp/1455523003
rand503
Everyone should look up Christopher Hitchen’s take down of “Mother Teresa” IT’s on youtube.
She was a complete fraud and hypocrite, and was a tool of the most conservative pope in our time. Nothing good about her or her cult.
Giancarlo85
@Clarence Duvall III: Her charity has done about as much good as those christian missionaries who extort people to convert… by saying that if they don’t convert to Christianity they don’t get food aide. Nothing special about Mother Teresa.
Kevin J Desmond
Mother Teresa would have never said such a thing … these people are pathetic assholes.
Rick Holtz
Then Mother T is a hypocrite.
Mike Cooke
says everything about the catholic church..why let them be adopted when they can be abused by the biggest peadophile ring in the world
Kris Bradley
Sad that they are besmirching her name and good works with a decision she would probably have never made herself.
Creig Stearne
I have said it before and I will say it again, Christians are just so kind. When will their hypocrisy end?
Joe
Considering Mother Theresa ran organizations “run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS,” I am curious of what she would think if she were still alive? Hmmmm. Sounds like those running “the show” after her death in 1997 are changing the rules to their liking.
Michael Clifford
“Mother Teresa’s Charity Would Rather A Child Be Homeless Than Adopted By A Gay Person.” Cause, y’know…………….they care, right?
Jim McHardy
This is total bigotry typical of the Catholic Church
o.codone
anti-christian hags.
Nic Nicholas
She was a charlatan…just research her real nature and views
LibraOracle
What the fuck do you think some living beings are gay?! Not to pop babies all over the place! If any of you were meant to have kids you would have not been gay so screw all that bullshit,our purpose is to enjoy life then die,simple.