Comments on: Gay Adoption vs Fostering in Florida http://www.poligazette.com/2008/12/02/gay-adoption-vs-fostering-in-florida/ Because Common Sense Transcends Distance Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David http://www.poligazette.com/2008/12/02/gay-adoption-vs-fostering-in-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-81331 David Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:08:56 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=9424#comment-81331 "it is a core principle of conservatism to stop radical change" You are describing a reactionary, not a conservative. “it is a core principle of conservatism to stop radical change”

You are describing a reactionary, not a conservative.

]]> By: Tom http://www.poligazette.com/2008/12/02/gay-adoption-vs-fostering-in-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-80170 Tom Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:38:39 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=9424#comment-80170 Two quick points to make here: One is that when you speak of adoption you need to clarify what type of children you're talking of; healthy white infants are in great demand. Older children, disabled children, and minority infants are much less likely to be adopted. Second is that as Richardson said there is a generational change going on here. I first read about this 4 years ago in Morris Fiorina's Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America. In the book Fiorina, a Hoover Institute scholar, points out that attitudes about gays are changing among all age groups but especially among the young. As the young replace the older voters, he predicts that Republican policies towards gays will have to change if the party hopes to remain competitive. Two quick points to make here:

One is that when you speak of adoption you need to clarify what type of children you’re talking of; healthy white infants are in great demand. Older children, disabled children, and minority infants are much less likely to be adopted.

Second is that as Richardson said there is a generational change going on here. I first read about this 4 years ago in Morris Fiorina’s Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America. In the book Fiorina, a Hoover Institute scholar, points out that attitudes about gays are changing among all age groups but especially among the young. As the young replace the older voters, he predicts that Republican policies towards gays will have to change if the party hopes to remain competitive.

]]> By: Stella http://www.poligazette.com/2008/12/02/gay-adoption-vs-fostering-in-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-80165 Stella Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:51:54 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=9424#comment-80165 We may be writing to the converted here, but please see the link > http://about-orphans.blogspot.com We may be writing to the converted here, but please see the link >

http://about-orphans.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jimmie http://www.poligazette.com/2008/12/02/gay-adoption-vs-fostering-in-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-80163 Jimmie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:39:33 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=9424#comment-80163 I certainly sympathize with Richardson's opinion, but he's wrong in at least one detail. There are a lot of couples waiting to adopt. <a>This paper from the Hoover Institute from 1996</a> estimated the number of waiting couples at approximately 2 million. I don't know that changing that fact would change his argument, but I suspect it should. I certainly sympathize with Richardson’s opinion, but he’s wrong in at least one detail. There are a lot of couples waiting to adopt. This paper from the Hoover Institute from 1996 estimated the number of waiting couples at approximately 2 million. I don’t know that changing that fact would change his argument, but I suspect it should.

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