Another non-debate lit up the news cycle in the last couple of weeks. Of all orphanages in the world, one in Ethiopia run by Maltese nuns, on the advice of the Archbishop Cremona, is giving babies for adoption only to married couples. Horror of horrors, cried some. Crass discrimination, shouted others. What about the rights of single people, some demanded. Being single myself I do tend to empathize with such rights. And what about the rights of gay couples others thundered. Being a human being I empathize with these as well.
The topic was raised by Alison Bezzina, a fellow blogger on this space. Newspaper followed it. Xarabank discussed adoption and in this context discussed the decision of this Ethiopian orphanage. Last Saturday the same topic was discussed during Andrew Azzopardi's programme on Radju Malta, Ghandi xi nghid. He phoned me for a comment.
My comment was as short as, I hope, was clear. Hang on a second, I said, before you decide to hang the sister who took the decision and Archbishop Cremona who suggested it. I do not think that one can speak of any fundamental human right to adopt. Married couples do not have such a right and less so do gay...
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