firestorm question of the day

my husband and i had thought about adopting prior to opening our restaurant. with as chaotic as our world has been for the last almost six years, we believe it was a prudent decision not to do so.

however, i watch programs and read so much about how many children are out there without families, without love, without their basic needs for affection being met and it breaks my heart.

there is a lesbian couple we know from the restaurant that adopted a little boy from overseas almost two years ago. he is precious, he is so loved, he is so well-taken care of, it really warms my heart to see him with these women...last week, i watched a television program wherein two men adopted two children, a boy and a girl - there was obvious love between the partners, they totally adored these children and took care of them in every way.

what could possibly be wrong with this? is this not a better life for these children than they would have on streets and in orphanages?

because they are not being adopted into *traditional* families, does this mean they should not be adopted out at all? what about stability, structure and love? are we not depriving these children of same when by enacting laws (as in the state of florida) to bar same-sex couples from adopting?

what are your thoughts on this?

i found this online:

Once we give our hearts to Christ, believing and trusting in Him alone for salvation, God says we become part of His family - not through the natural process of human conception, but through adoption. "So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into His family - calling Him 'Father, dear Father'" (Romans 8:15). Bringing a person into a family by means of adoption is done by choice and out of love. "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave Him great pleasure" (Ephesians 1:5).

in searching out the scriptures, i don't see any caveats to this.

please keep this civil as i am basically throwing this out there and hoping for mature, reasoned responses while i am at work. i'll be back by early afternoon to moderate and will remove any responses that i deem to be offensive. i'm your blog hostess, i am allowed.

discuss.