So, I'm sitting in the living room this morning watching the news while I'm waiting for Steve to come home from work. I basically put it on in the morning for noise while I'm getting ready, but a story that had on this morning made me perk up and pay attention.
A guy in Missouri wanted to adopt his cousin's baby as the cousin was unable to care for the small child. The man already has a 7 year old adopted son, and is a state certified foster parent. A judge denied his petition for full adoption on the sole purpose of... wait for it.... HE'S FAT!!
Read full story here: http://www.moretv32.com/family/13767506/detail.html
The story goes on to reveal that the judge has concerns that the 500lb man may get diabetes or other weight related medical issues. GIVE ME A BREAK!!!! Hearing about this story really pissed me off. I'm an overweight person, I have no problems with diabetes or any other weight problems. What the hell has that got to do with having a child???
My questioning moves on further to ask, now that this poor guy has been denied the right to adopt his cousin - who will care for the child now? The biological parent has stated that she can't care for the child, so what happens now? I suppose they put the child into foster care. We all know that foster care is SO MUCH better than placing the child with biological family members, right?? I am so outraged by this B.S.
I understand that weight can play a part in many health factors, but this poor guy has a very active 7 year old son that he stated he plays with often. The 7 year old is suffering in no way by having an obese father. To say that a person should be denied adoption rights because he "may" get some form of weight health issues is the same as saying someone "may" get cancer, or "may" get hit by a freaking bus. No one can prove that ALL overweight people are going to have health issues.
I just had to get my rant out about this. What's next on the list of what judges can decide??? How utterly ridiculous!!!
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