{"id":656,"date":"2005-07-12T10:58:47","date_gmt":"2005-07-12T14:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/07\/12\/kaine_on_gay_ad\/"},"modified":"2005-07-12T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2005-07-12T14:58:47","slug":"kaine_on_gay_ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/07\/12\/kaine_on_gay_ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaine on Gay Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wonder why people can\u2019t seem to get a hold on what Tim Kaine stands for<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Though rejecting adoption by same-sex couples, Kaine told the AP that a legislative attempt to strip gay singles of the right to adopt was “mean-spirited.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Adoption by gay couple is \u201cmean spirited\u201d but he \u201crejects\u201d such adoptions because, he says<\/a>, couples must be married to adopt under Virginia law.<\/p>\n

“I very much believe that the law in Virginia right now is the right law,” Kaine said. “An unmarried straight couple can’t adopt, a gay couple can’t adopt, two sisters can’t adopt, a mother and a daughter can’t adopt a younger child. The only couple that can adopt is a married couple.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Under Virginia law, one gay person, if they show themselves to be \u201cfit parents and if the adoption is in the child’s best interest,\u201d can adopt, but two can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

So is Tim Kaine\u2019s position again one of \u201cit\u2019s the law and I will enforce it,\u201d even if the law is patently absurd on its face? Regressive often seem to say that families headed by couples are better than single parents, especially because a tough father figure is required. Yet, the law says one gay is OK, two isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

At least Jerry Kilgore is unalloyed in his bigotry.<\/p>\n

The Republican nominee, Jerry W. Kilgore, flatly opposes any adoptions by gays, whether they are living together or non-practicing gays living alone.<\/p>\n

“I’ve said that I don’t support same-sex adoption or same-sex couple adoption and I don’t favor gay adoption.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wonder why people can\u2019t seem to get a hold on what Tim Kaine stands for? Though rejecting adoption by same-sex couples, Kaine told the AP that a legislative attempt to strip gay singles of the right to adopt was “mean-spirited.” Adoption by gay couple is \u201cmean spirited\u201d but he \u201crejects\u201d such adoptions because, he says,… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}