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Kentucky Discriminates against Singles: Bill 68

2/23/09 4:47pm by missmelissa41076
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I'm SEEING RED. KY has before it Senate Bill 68 that would make it so that any person who wants to adopt or foster a child while co-habitating with someone they aren't "legally married to and sexually involved with" ILLEGAL. (not that i'm co-habitating with anyone... and i'm fully hetero, but what's next? NO Singles allowed to adopt at all???) This is what it says:  Read more >

Kentucky Discriminates against Singles : Senate Bill 68

2/23/09 3:20pm by missmelissa41076
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Senate Bill 68: 'Kids Lose Homes, Kentuckians Lose Millions Act' OMG,I'm SEEING RED. KY has senate bill 68 that would make it so that any person co-habitating with someone they aren't "legally married to ILLEGAL. (not that i'm co-habitating with anyone... and i'm fully hetero, but what's next? NO Singles allowed to adopt at all???)  Read more >

A "different" kind of Parent

2/11/09 8:38am by missmelissa41076
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I've wondered sometimes why they put Adoptive parents under a microscope before allowing us to be parents, whereas a "normal" person can just have a baby (or LOTS of babies) on a whim. One thing that occurred to me (DUH) was that our children are special. And I don't mean in a bad way, but they do have one thing in common that biological families don't...and that is loss.  Read more >

Mine and Real: Having a child

2/6/09 4:35pm by missmelissa41076
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As an adoptive parent I get lots of questions. Especially when it comes to either my daughter or my Single Parenthood by Choice status. I get other questions about why I chose to adopt from outside of the US, too, but today what's on my mind is "having" children and being a "real" Mom. Questions from people I know: 1. Do you want to have a child of your own someday (asking me after they know I'm already a Mom)?...answer: I have a child of my own....response: Well, you know what I mean...  Read more >

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Melissa
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I'm a 30-something, adoptive Mom to a daughter. We became family in China, and she's the light of my life!
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