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And now she's doing something she once would have considered unthinkable - arguing that gays don't have the legal right to adopt children.

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STONERS
March 25, 2007, 10:36 p.m.
News of the tactic whipped up Atlanta's gay community, one of the largest in the South. Lambda Legal, a gay rights group, made a legal filing with the Georgia Supreme Court supporting Missy Wheeler. "There's something about this case that's just tragic," said Greg Nevins, a lawyer for the group.
Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice, the city's main gay newspaper, penned a column accusing Sara Wheeler of "self-hating."
"We owe it to each other not to lash out in ways that damage the entire gay community," she wrote. "Your own family may be destroyed, but don't destroy ours, too."
Sara said she felt like she had no choice.
"I'm not doing anything else a mother wouldn't do to fight for her son," she said. "Some people may think it's the unthinkable, but if they were put in my shoes, they'd do the same thing."
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rumple4skin
March 26, 2007, 4:04 a.m.
The American public has been fully pushed into the political correct corner by the empowered gay community. Anyone daring to contradict the agenda of gayness are called homophiles and racists. All the arguments for supporting/denying homosexuals equal treatment have been rendered. I don't believe any rational person will deny basic human rights to a group of people who have chosen to live an alternate lifestyle. Most adults don't care about the sexual lives of gays: sleep with whoever you love. Perhaps many wish gays would all return to the closet. In or out of the closet I believe couples in this community have no right to adopt children. Adopting children is not a basic human right. However there is no reason do deny a gay female the right to birth a child.
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kriicket
March 26, 2007, 8:23 a.m.
If she wants a child, why not have one the conventional way?? If that can't happen, I believe there are sperm banks still around, right? Just a thought.
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evelyna
March 26, 2007, 9:12 a.m.
Even China allows people to adopt special needs children.
The system would rather the child stay in it with no chance of adoption.
I think the child should be able to sue for their own best interest. The state has no right to keep the child from being adopted.
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amazed
March 26, 2007, 9:38 a.m.
I think I read a different article than the rest of you.
1. The kid is already born --via artificial insemination -- to the one trying to nullify the adoption of said kid by her partner.
2. The relationship went sideways, and the birth mother decided to cut the partner totally out of the kid's life.
3. The adopted mom, having established a relationship with the kid, didn't want to lose all contact with the kid and --I'm extrapolating here, because it doesn't say specifically -- sued for visitation? joint custody? sole custody?
4. In retaliation, the birth mother is trying to nullify the adoption based upon the theory that because it was a "gay" adoption, it's illegal.
5. What's REALLY happening, is just like with ugly straight divorces, it's all about let's trash each other, and the hell with the fallout to the kid.
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crespi
March 26, 2007, 10:02 a.m.
To be fair, no active member of the KKK or any other terrorist organization should be allowed to adopt.
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samsara15
March 26, 2007, 10:58 a.m.
Yes. Yes, yes, yes. There is no good reason why not, except for bigots.
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CharacterCounts
March 26, 2007, 4:58 p.m.
Hey Snipe, we live in a free country becuase of brave men like you! Thank you. God bless America!
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mesodude
March 26, 2007, 5:15 p.m.
Why not?
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architekker
March 26, 2007, 10:49 a.m.
If gays adopt children, then they will become registered sex offender afterwards. I don't think it's the brightest idea to let them do that!
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lvrofwolves
March 26, 2007, 11:05 a.m.
why do some people think that?-no to gay adoption, would you allow your daughter to have a hetrosexual male teacher? do you allow your hetrosexual male friends, around your daughters? would you have any problem with a male hetrosexual adopting a daughter? of course not! Homosexuality is completely different then pedophlia, please learn the difference before you insult others. Children are gender neutral until the mature, a huge majority of pedophiles are hetrosexual males. Yes they do prefer male children over female children sometimes, but it is the fact they are children that they are attracted to. If you are a normal hetrosexual male, you are attracted to adult females, not little girls. If you are an adult male normal homosexual, you are attracted to adult males, not little boys.
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lvrofwolves
March 26, 2007, 11:12 a.m.
What exactly is the gay lifestyle?? I know many gays that if you weren't told they were gay, you wouldn't know it. The young ones usually act like the young hetrosexuals, going to bars, cruising for sex....you know. when you have a family to be concerned about and support, you stay home, or do family things regardless if you are straight or not. what about gay fathers that are divorced and have children??? shared custody etc...they help their kids with homework, take them places, everything other Fathers do. what do you think they do? take them to gay bars or have sex in front of kids??? would you do that??? I don't think so! neither do homosexuals.
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PrideDEPOT
March 26, 2007, 11:39 a.m.
You can not have it both ways. You have a child with a partner, as I did, when you split, as I did, you honor that relationship, as I did and still do. What is best for the child is having a relationship with both people they are bonded to as parents, unless there is some kind of abuse. Simply being gay is NOT one of them. It is a real shame. She makes the Ex-Gay movment look bad not gay and lesbian people.
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Changingconstant
March 26, 2007, 2:34 p.m.
The child was raised by both parents all along. It's not as if the kid turned 3 and then was introduced to the "other" mother.
After 7 yrs in the same family it would be totally unfair to the child to be seperated from either parent.
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lvrofwolves
March 26, 2007, 3:09 p.m.
Why can't they have joint custody like most people have to do?
I wonder why the birth mother is even objecting at all?
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Harbeas
March 26, 2007, 3:54 p.m.
I agree with those that say adoption by gays should not be allowed. A child will function best when they have a mother and a father, not two mothers or two fathers. How will the child learn about the male female relationships when none exist in the home?
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puffin
March 26, 2007, 3:56 p.m.
She's just being a bitter hag!!
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arleen60
March 26, 2007, 7:38 p.m.
I really want to see how Rosies kids turn out.
Apples never fall far from the trees and she is a real
NUT CASE !!!!
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pattif
March 26, 2007, 4:47 p.m.
I find it hard to believe that some of you people think that heterosexual people can raise children better? I have seen plenty of half baked children come from those kinds of families. I think it should be their right to have children BECAUSE THEY ARE GAY. Everyone deserves equal rights in this country, guess we have not come far enough. If you are homophobic then I can see why you would feel this way, proabably not sure of your own sexuality because if you were, why would you care?
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pattif
March 26, 2007, 4:49 p.m.
ps-THat must make you better because you are not? How would you like it if that right were taken away from you. Besides, how can they stop it? There are sperm banks and egg donor banks..........lets get real in the century that we are in folks!
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mesodude
March 26, 2007, 4:53 p.m.
Sounds like Sara needs a psychiatric evaluation. That she's "rethinking whether she is still a lesbian" (huh?) based on this experience suggests to me she might be unstable.
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automan909
March 26, 2007, 5:11 p.m.
It is harmful to children to be raised in a perverted gay household. That is child abuse.
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WeAreAllSoStupid
March 26, 2007, 5:16 p.m.
First off, this actual story is rediculous and I hope everyone sees that for themselves. Now, my reason for responding is to ask whether a child has a "right" to have both a male AND a female "parent-figure" in order to socialize them to the differences between the sexes? I believe children do have such a right as evidinced by nature, adoption policies, and legal matters regarding shared-custody.
The question is, does it fulfill this "right" to have a gay man and a gay woman who both had sex change operations raise a child together? I think so but I'm not sure.
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Harbeas
March 26, 2007, 5:40 p.m.
"probably not sure of your own sexuality", huh? Of course not all hetreosexuals do a good job of raising children, but we don't need the extra added burden of being raised by two men or two women and never understanding how to relate to the opposite sex. Gays raising children is just not a good idea any way you want to rationalize it.