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Somali Community Protest Over Lesbian Adoption.
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There are many questions to be asked over this, including,
Were the council right in their decision to allow a non Muslim couple to adopt this child?
Was it just infuriating the issue further by choosing a lesbian couple?
Was it right to stage an on the street protest instead of the usual way of writing an official complaint?
Why are ethnic minorities less likely to become adoption parents?
There are many questions to be asked over this, including,
Were the council right in their decision to allow a non Muslim couple to adopt this child?
Was it just infuriating the issue further by choosing a lesbian couple?
Was it right to stage an on the street protest instead of the usual way of writing an official complaint?
Why are ethnic minorities less likely to become adoption parents?
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Jewish adoption? Interesting and relevant:
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LazyGun
/// Why are ethnic minorities less likely to become adoption parents
Don't know. Are they less likely? ///
Well it would appear that they are judging by the fact that ethnic minority children are three time less likely to be adopted than white children, even though some of the barriers have been removed that stopped white couples from adopting children from these communities.
But even so there are still some that demand ethnic minority children remain with parents their own ethnicity, culture and religion, as in this case.
*** Edicts which say children have to be adopted by families with the same ethnic background and which prevent other families adopting because they don’t fit left- wing prescriptions are denying children the love they need. ***
*** As a result children from ethnic minority backgrounds languish in care for longer than other kids and are denied the opportunities they deserve. This misguided nonsense punishes those who most need our help and that is why this government is sweeping it away. ***
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/// Why are ethnic minorities less likely to become adoption parents
Don't know. Are they less likely? ///
Well it would appear that they are judging by the fact that ethnic minority children are three time less likely to be adopted than white children, even though some of the barriers have been removed that stopped white couples from adopting children from these communities.
But even so there are still some that demand ethnic minority children remain with parents their own ethnicity, culture and religion, as in this case.
*** Edicts which say children have to be adopted by families with the same ethnic background and which prevent other families adopting because they don’t fit left- wing prescriptions are denying children the love they need. ***
*** As a result children from ethnic minority backgrounds languish in care for longer than other kids and are denied the opportunities they deserve. This misguided nonsense punishes those who most need our help and that is why this government is sweeping it away. ***
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LazyGun
Was it just infuriating the issue further by choosing a lesbian couple?
/// No. Gender orientation should be neither here nor there. Is the prospective couple stable, law-abiding, able to provide for themselves and any children they adopt, and most important of all - able to demonstrate a loving,caring and supportive nature. ///
I was referring to Somali Communities view on this matter not my own.
Was it just infuriating the issue further by choosing a lesbian couple?
/// No. Gender orientation should be neither here nor there. Is the prospective couple stable, law-abiding, able to provide for themselves and any children they adopt, and most important of all - able to demonstrate a loving,caring and supportive nature. ///
I was referring to Somali Communities view on this matter not my own.
AOG
Consider the economics of adoption.
Would you agree that adoptive families are more likely to be middle class?
If you believe that (as I do), then doesn't it stand to reason that there will be a smaller pool of black and Asian families who are in a position to adopt, simply because there are fewer black and Asian families with the means to adopt?
Are adoption rates amongst white working class families the same as those of white middle class families?
Consider the economics of adoption.
Would you agree that adoptive families are more likely to be middle class?
If you believe that (as I do), then doesn't it stand to reason that there will be a smaller pool of black and Asian families who are in a position to adopt, simply because there are fewer black and Asian families with the means to adopt?
Are adoption rates amongst white working class families the same as those of white middle class families?
sandyRoe
From http://
78% (53,030) of children looked after on 31st March 2013 were white
9% (6,090) were of mixed racial background
4% (2,620) were Asian or Asian British
7% (4,470) were Black or Black British
2% (1,390) were from other ethnic groups
1% (500) were other (refused or information not yet available)
83% (3,310) of looked after children adopted during the year ending 31st March 2013 were white
11% (430) were of mixed racial background
3% (100) were Black or Black British
2% (60) were Asian or Asian British
1% (40) were from other ethnic groups
1% (40) were other (refused or information not yet available)
From http://
78% (53,030) of children looked after on 31st March 2013 were white
9% (6,090) were of mixed racial background
4% (2,620) were Asian or Asian British
7% (4,470) were Black or Black British
2% (1,390) were from other ethnic groups
1% (500) were other (refused or information not yet available)
83% (3,310) of looked after children adopted during the year ending 31st March 2013 were white
11% (430) were of mixed racial background
3% (100) were Black or Black British
2% (60) were Asian or Asian British
1% (40) were from other ethnic groups
1% (40) were other (refused or information not yet available)
various local authorities in the capital continue to target Asian, Black communities on fostering and adoption, you see posters up in any number of places, CAB, council offices, public transport. I am not sure you need a fortune in the bank to foster or adopt, seeing as how you will get help, and those people who have foster many children over the years, some who have been interviewed on TV didn't do it for the money, but for the love of those desperately needy children
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