Is he too old?

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/38gnee9

Elton John and his partner have become parents, with the birth (by a surrogate mother) of a baby boy.

Last year in the Ukraine, they were turned down from adopting because the Ukraine did not accept civil partnerships and also because of his age, he was then quoted as saying :

/// "David always wanted to adopt a child and I always said no because I am 62 and I think because of the travelling I do and the life I have, maybe it wouldn't be fair for the child" ///.

So what's changed?

[China Doll]

I didn't think this thread would stick to just being an age related question.

[dotty.]

at least he won't be an ill informed ignorant bigot and will have tolerence for other peoples way of life

[dotty.]

My children's great grandfather was called Zachariah BTW, he was a champion Boxer who was known as Fighting Zacky Lee.

[sammmo]

will he dotty? I expect he will be taught homosexuality is quite exceptable and one of there pals will introduce him into it ..and he will think he's different if he fancies women.. get real.. your all brainwashed

[jackthehat]

^ Once against..............nonsense, sammmo.
And you are underlining your stupidity with the remainder of your comments.

[dotty.]

lol there is no way you can be 58, if you are 58 you will have grown up during the most revolutionary free thinking time this planet has known and would never still be holding such antiquated views! When you were 20 I was 17 and buying Yellow Brick Road! What were you buying Joe Loss ?????

[sammmo]

anyone who condones this and thinks its normal behaviour is stupid.. not this old git

[dotty.]

lol sammo you must have had a very secluded and sad life to hold those views, I would be ashamed to let anyone knew I had thoughts like yours in my head,

[jackthehat]

Toys...............pram...............

[jackthehat]

^........and what has that to do either with you, or with the original question ?

It was about his *age*, nothing else.

[sammmo]

yep he's too old

[Jan1957]

No, I don't think they are too old and will probably make great parents. It's about the people themselves, not their age or their sexuality.

[jackthehat]

You are in danger of over-stepping the mark, now, sammmo............

[Jan1957]

Now you're just being ridiculous and showing yourself to be extremely stupid.

[dotty.]

what has paedophilia got to do with it? Of course it wouldn;t now you are really showing your ignorance.

[sammmo]

see it does matter

[eyethenkyew]

This kind of "adoption" not only is an insult to the sanctity of marriage between a heterosexual male and a female, but it's also another blatant example of "money talks". The rich and famous in our world are running riot with these so called "celebrity adoptions" which are more about their own vanity than the needs of vulnerable human beings, i.e. in my book all little children are vulnerable and should not be treated as a commodity for the whim(s) of such individuals.

And this case proves the point that these people will scour the world to find some innocent child who, by dint of age and innocence have absolutely no say in the matter. If old Elton was so mad keen to be a dad why didn't he try consummating his marriage with that German bird back in the 80s? Oohh, I forgot, she was the opposite sex to his preference, the kind to have provided him with an heir(had he been really genuine about it?). And while he was still "young enough"?

Life is indeed cheap!(To some?)

[jackthehat]

sammmo - Paedophiles should never be allowed near children.
ETY - Is that a 'yes, he's told old' or a dig at his sexuality ?