Passing the buck....

I have never been a real fan of the Daily Mail since I discovered that in the 1930's it produced essay competitions for young people and that one of the titles it asked them to write about was "Why we like the Brown-shirts" - not something that I would encourage at all, even though there are those who want to paint Anglo-Catholics in the same light!

However, the Daily Mail, if it is to be believed, has revealed that the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) have produced a document which states that all those who question the latest received wisdom of our current political leaders that adoption of children by homosexual persons is a right are "retarded homophobes." The full quote is: 'Children need good parents much more than retarded homophobes need an excuse to whinge, so don't let your worries about society's reaction hinder your desire and ability to give a child a loving caring home.'

The headline in Thursday's edition, in my view, correctly diagnoses the truth that such statements reveal underlying Nazi tendencies that brook no opposition. So unsure are such people of their own arguments that they have to label, ridicule and ban all opposing views. As a wise Church Army Officer once said "If you have a devil the easiest way to get rid of it is to pass it off as someone else's."

Apparently, a BAAF spokesman has now apologised for this insult blaming "human error"!

Even amongst homosexual people there is no universal acceptance of this new practice. Indeed there are those who are disquieted about the adoption of children by two people of the same sex. One such person said to me that he regarded such adoptions "as a form of child abuse" and that if he had been brought up by two men the difficulty of learning to accept himself would have been made all the more difficult. While this may not be the current accepted view it does indicate that the matter is far more complex than it's proponents are prepared to accept.