I tried to resist, honestly I tried, but then Fr. Joe Borg wrote another blog about single adoptions, and here I am fuming.
For those not in the loop of this saga please refer to www.alisonbezzina.com for a summary, as well as Fr. Joe Borg's most recent blog entitled The rights of children are Supreme on this website.
Ugggh! Where do I start?
1. No one hung the sister who took the decision...because she didn't. She was never even mentioned in my blogs, or anywhere else that I can recall.
2. Archbishop Cremona might have suggested (just) a preference for married couples over singles, but it was implemented as a 'BAN' on ALL single adoptions not as a preference.
This is a quote from The Foundation for Social Welfare Services (Feb 2012) in reply to my questions - "With regards to Ethiopia, the country's laws DO NOT refuse adoptions by Maltese single parents. However, the contact through which Maltese are adopting in Ethiopia is currently accepting COUPLES ONLY."
3. Fr. Borg says that he will only change his opinion if and when someone presents the results of reliable studies which show that the adoption (by gay couples) in...
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