Saturday, January 4, 2014

Institutionalizing The Non-family Family

Two friends who don't even live together have been given the judicial green light to adopt a child together. In other words, none of the three individuals are related, except via the adoption papers. The concept of family has taken another step toward extinction.

“They spent years planning and hoping” for a child, and their dream came true in 2011, when KAL was able to adopt a child — identified as G. — from Ethiopia.

They traveled to Africa together to bring the baby home, but because they weren't married, only KAL was able to adopt, filings say
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When they returned to the U.S., the pair petitioned Manhattan Surrogate's Court to have LEL named as a second legal parent, even though they don't live together and are not romantically involved.

Manhattan Surrogate's Court Judge Rita Mella ruled that a couple who are not romantically involved are legally allowed to adopt a baby, the first ruling of its kind in New York.

Manhattan Surrogate's Court Judge Rita Mella ruled that a couple who are not romantically involved are legally allowed to adopt a baby, the first ruling of its kind in New York.

In a landmark ruling, Judge Rita Mella did so.

“From the moment they met G,, more than two years ago now, KAL and LEL have functioned as her parents," the judge wrote in a decision from last month.

“G. calls KAL ‘Mommy’ and LEL ‘Daddy,’” and “although they live in separate households,” they “have created a nurturing family environment for G., including a well-thought-out, discussed and fluid method of sharing parenting responsibilities between their homes.”
The once-radical idea that any group of people which lives together is a family has now expanded to include those who like each other at a distance.

What's next?

1 comment:

Michael said...

Anything that will turn this country into an immoral cesspool, they are willing to do in order to achieve their end goal, the utopian vision of the socialist collective, i.e. communism. They seek to undermine us economically, morally and spiritually, just as Stalin outlined, so as to weaken us, to make us vulnerable.

Now, bear in mind the progressives' push for multiculturalism, granting amnesty to millions of illegals here in the US, as well as trying to open the floodgates on immigration. This, they claim, will be a boon for us economically. Back to Rome. Shortly before their fall, they decreed 'universal citizenship,' extended to all people within its territories. According to liberal logic™, naturally, the empire underwent a social renaissance and economic boom, right? Wrong. Massive social unrest, uprisings and economic strife were the end result.

And now for the kicker: guess who the monarchy blamed their downfall on?

Christians.

History repeats itself...