NOM Injects Race into Gay Parenting Debate

[William769]

A subgroup affiliated with the National Organization for Marriage is outwardly condemning adoption for gay parents while provoking African Americans to take a stand against the practice.

Jennifer Roback Morse, the head of NOM's Ruth Institute, which educates college students on the merits of heterosexual marriage, was referencing Raise A Child, a campaign to encourage same-sex couples to adopt, according to GoodAsYou.org. "Why aren't we recruiting stable heterosexual married couples to be foster parents" Morse wrote. She went on to say that gay people raising children is an "untried social experiment," and that male couples acting as parents is "exceedingly uncommon."

Morse then pointed her message about the race of the children and parents in the ad campaign, posted throughout Hollywood. "And look at the children in these posters. I wonder what the African-American community thinks about recruiting gay men to become foster parents for the children of their community who have been taken from their parents."

The Raise A Child initiative is a partnership between the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and three non-profit adoption organizations. According to Raise A Child, there are nearly 500,000 children in foster care, with 115,000 available for adoption.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/15/NOM_Injects_Race_into_Gay_Parenting_Debate/

[mzteris]

1. they'll stoop to any low.

I'll be glad when fundamentalism is DEAD.

[msongs]

2. they will go where they are more likely to get a good reception. smart marketing nt

[NMMNG]

3. Funny how they never give a shit about black people

Unless they can use them to whip up anti-gay or anti-choice whackjobs.

[beyurslf]

4. I really hate the ones who bring up gay adoption.

Where are these sanctimonious assholes when kids need homes? How many have they adopted? I work in foster care and I see these kids. I have 4 adopted kids who spent half their lives in foster care.