Comments on: Evangelicals Start Adoption Push

Faithful Told To Back Up Opposition To Abortion With More Adoptions And Improved Foster Care

[rushman71]

The Moonies are the Sun Myung Moon's Unification Movement which started within Korea back in the 1940's

[clip24]

All you nay-sayers out there critizing Christians adopting or becoming foster families still haven't answered my eailer question, "What kind of person would be acceptable to you in your minds for adopting these children?" Or better yet "What kind of home are YOU willing to provide these children in need?"
Put your money where your mouth is people!

[phoenix1218]

Now they want to adopt more children ??? --- Might as well let the Taliban or the Moonies adopt them too.
Posted by j-whitman

Maybe I'll sound dumb for asking, but I'll ask anyways....What do you mean by Moonies? I have never heard that before?

[youneek5]

I am amazed at the comments posted on this story. I wonder how many of these biased posts are even from parents? How many of you judge evangelicals because they are "intolerant"? It sure sounds like you are screaming intolerance here toward evangelicals. Hypocrisy isn't it? Personally, I have two biological children, one adopted child and am in the process of adopting another child. I consider myself fortunate to have expanded my family through birth and through adoption. My children are cared for, loved and provided for and they no they have us as parents to protect and guide them as they grow. Ask any child in foster care or in an orphanage if they would rather have an evangelical parent or no parent. It's a no brainer. Until you are willing to sacrific your time, energy and money in raising a "waiting child", not just for 18 years but providing them a family and a history for LIFE, please keep your judgemental and uneducated comments to yourself. No one has said that ONLY evangelicals should adopt, but every child SHOULD have the right to a mother AND a father, the way nature and God intended. It should be applauded that Christians are being asked to not only voice what the Bible says but also to stand behind it and act upon it. God loves the orphans and if you haven't guessed, I'm grateful to be called an evangelical.

[phoenix1218]

Teach them ABOUT religion yes, but do not teach them that they have to believe in any of them if they don't want to. That IS abuse.
Posted by RandalDS

The only way that would be abuse is if the parents told them they would burn in heII if they did not believe. Not all of the Jesus/Christian based religions feel that way. For you to lump all of the christian based religions like that is not right. I am catholic. I believe in GOD and all that the catholic faith teaches BUT, like anyone else, I am not free from sin and have my own views on things. I do not believe in shoving my faith down someone else. I do not tell people they are going to heII if they are g@y or le5bian. It does not matter if I believe in all that or not, to me what matters is if I actually voice it to someones face. That is what is wrong. I just wish we could all just believe what we want to believe without all this broohaha.

[phoenix1218]

Great idea. Let the born again *ssholes raise the children the trash produce.
Only problem is the trash won't let them go. They can only collect welfare if they have a welfare child. The more children, the more money they collect from Uncle Sap.
Posted by vancouverboo

Have you ever heard of what is called a Family Cap Child? It means: "a TAFDC rule that does not allow you to receive benefits for a child that was born 10 months or more after you first applied for TAFDC. There are some exceptions to this rule." So I refute your claim that people just keep on having kid after kid in order to get more benefits. This Family Cap Rule applies to the cash benefits. A child who receives no cash benefits may still be eligible for health care and food stamps, thats it. You have to be off of TAFDC for a period of time in order for a child to be eligible HOWEVER if a child was EVER not eligible then he/she will never be eligible until after they move out on their own.

[usbrit-2009]

I believe that anyone who wants to adopt should be able to whether thet be gay, lesbian, heathen or Christian. Evangelicals have the "person-power" to solve the unwanted children problem in this country alone. I am no Born-Again myself despite having been brought up in a religious household, but these people are good law-abiding citizens and so should be able to be excellent parents. It sounds like the nay-sayers here are almost claiming Christians should not be allowed to have any kids - a totally untenable stand. An endless round of government paid foster parents is not the answer for these kids.

[vancouverboo]

Great idea. Let the born again *ssholes raise the children the trash produce.
Only problem is the trash won't let them go. They can only collect welfare if they have a welfare child. The more children, the more money they collect from Uncle Sap.

[r9119111]

Care for children, yes. However, caring for children so you can further your fundamentalist beliefs is cruel.

[clip24]

To all the anti-Christians out there. Are you listening to the hate you are sprewing and then criticizing others for their hate in the same breath? Putting religion aside, what kind of homelife do you think you can bring to a child that desperately needs the love of a caring family. NONE! That's because you are too busy with preaching your negativity and hate agenda and pointing fingers at others to give a *** about a child in need. What kind of person would be acceptable to you in your mines for adopting these children?

[randalds]

Did Evangelicals ever consider that it could be abusive for some children to be brought up in Evangelical households and have the
Evangelical God shoved down their throats the rest of their lives.
Posted by r9119111 at 02:07 PM : May 03, 2007

Amen to that. Brain washing your children into believing in a book of fairy tales to the point of terrifying them with a sentence to a fiery eternity in hell if they don't believe you is child abuse of the lowest kind. It ought to be a crime to teach children fundamentalist religion of any kind. Teach them ABOUT religion yes, but do not teach them that they have to believe in any of them if they don't want to. That IS abuse.

[r9119111]

Did Evangelicals ever consider that it could be abusive for some children to be brought up in Evangelical households and have the
Evangelical God shoved down their throats the rest of their lives.

[r9119111]

I respect Evangelicals right to have an opinion of their own. However, when they try to push their views on the rest of us, that's another matter.

There is nothing worse for a child than to be born into a home (or lack of a home) that is abusive and where the child is not wanted. Severe mental problems plague them the rest of their lives. In most cases the child is better off dead. Often, the child eventually commits either homicide or suicide.

Evangelicals should mind their own business and let God do his job. Then, they should stop playing God. Every mother has her own God to whom she must answer and it isn't necessarilly the Evangelical God.

[samthetvcat]

My trust level of evangelicals is low thanks to the commander in chimp, but Rick Warren's a good guy - he's the author of The Purpose Driven Life, isn't he?

I'll keep a wait-and-see open mind about this because I feel like the benefits vastly outweigh any sort of possible Evangelical recruitment indoctrination and squeezing out same-*** parent agendas . . .

[j-whitman]

Isn't this just peachy ?????
---- Rice who's called everyone EVIL,, Leads diplomacy -
-- While on the Home front,,,,, Bush prepares to Veto - Hate Crimes Legislation

Now they want to adopt more children ??? --- Might as well let the Taliban or the Moonies adopt them too.

[hypnotoad72]

What's their take on offshoring? I don't like these fringe radical groups (right or left) that make some good points, without mentioning the real-life ramifications.

Yes, I know homosexuality is wrong - no problem.
Yes, abortion is ending a life - that is wrong, no problem.

But on a planet of 6.5+ billion, we have other problems. Some of which are obvious, but one way or the other, no fringe group (of any political persuasion) would take the time to think. And that's a problem too. Solutions exist.

To make a long story short, micma had a very good point about acting instead of merely preaching. Preaching is not bad, but in the case of hypocrites (like the chap crying "Global warming!!"), actions contradictary to the words render all credibility... gone.

[randalds]

Oh great! The only problem with this is that we end up with thousands more brain washed kids believing in the fairy tales from a 2000 year old book of fables! I suppose it's better then nothing, but placing children with born again Christians should be the course of last resort.

[superdem]

"Pro-Life" people will go to any demonstration and vote away peoples' rights on behalf of a fantasy fetus - that's easy. Taking that unwanted, crippled, down syndrome, mixed race or minority child into their own home and caring for it for 18 or more years ? Hmmm....Focus on the Family focuses on anything but humans caring for other humans. And what's this "religous" objection to *** taking in kids ? What horrible religion do YOU practice ? Jesus never asked anyone's particulars when he helped them, nor did he teach his followers to. Treat others as YOU would be treated. If YOU were young, helpless and abandoned, rotting away in an institution, and some kind gay people were considering taking YOU in and giving you a shot at life - what would YOU say ? Judge NOT - lest ye be judged ! The "pro-Life" movement SUCKS !!

[micma-2009]

It's about time these people put their money where their mouth is.

[ozziepooh90]

It adoption wasn't so expensive there maybe more people who could adopt.