No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

[VectraMan]

I imagine it'll go like this:

[shaunbhoy]

tried to adopt an AIDS-infected orphan in Ukraine last year, but were thwarted by government regulations.

I wonder if, assuming the orphan in question survives being chained to a rusty bedframe in some Ukrainian tuliphole orphanage to reach maturity, he ever questions those "regulations"??
The regulations that seem to have denied him the prospects of the best medical care money can buy, and a fabulously extravagant and carefree life in Beverley Hills. Oh no, we can't have that if such a course of action might offend the tender sensibilities of some largely unaffected bigot somewhere.
Some people really ought to be asking themselves why it is they don't feel "comfortable" with this.
I'll tell you what I don't feel comfortable with. Tis the legions of y-shaped little trollopes with no idea who the fathers of their posses of children are that taint every town in the land. Who then expect me to subsidise their selfish lifestyle choices through my taxes. They are much more of a problem than a couple of rich homosexuals offering a better life to a surrogate child in some other part of the planet. I suppose that makes me sexist?

[d000hg]

I think it's wrong too. Even if it wasn't, aren't they a bit old?

[shaunbhoy]

I think it's wrong too. Even if it wasn't, aren't they a bit old?

I take it your version of the good book has airbrushed out the sections on "tolerance" then d000hg?

[d000hg]

I take it your version of the good book has airbrushed out the sections on "tolerance" then d000hg?

The bible isn't tolerant on bumming, or did you mean the "ageist" part? That's just common sense, parents ~50 and ~60 are too old for a baby IMO.

[Clippy]

This topic is something I have personally struggled to reconcile myself.

I understand the arguments of the child having a better life but, to me, homosexuality is a personal choice (cue abuse) and as such, as part of that choice, you forgo the gift (and having children is a gift, not a right) of having children - biological or bought.

<dons flak jacket>

[shaunbhoy]

The bible isn't tolerant on bumming

Thanks for the elaboration. Always nice to hear those currently active within our religious fraternity speaking out on current social issues.

And you wonder why attendance figures are plummeting..............

[xoggoth]

parents ~50 and ~60 are too old for a baby IMO.

Generally yes but I daresay their wealth can mitigate most of the disadvantages, much better parents than most of the young welfare dependent parents anyway.

Bah, you removed the thing I quoted. These Gaslight techniques do not work with me.

[xoggoth]

There ought to be a religion where bumming is compulsory, I just need to convert the missus.

[Doggy Styles]

"It isn't natural" in the modern world makes no sense. What is this internet we are using? Does it grow on trees?

I would have thought there are things that aren't natural in the modern world. Cloning people in a lab is not a natural method of procreation, and paedophilia is not a natural sexual preference.

Are you suggesting that these are natural now?