warrenwinter's Journal, 11 Jul 16

I would like to make a point about LBGT rights. The GOP has knocked out their presidential platform. Tony Perkins of his Family Values Coalition, was able to pass most of the platform. One point was not to let gay parents adopt children. In my opinion, this will leave many children without homes in government placement facilities. I would like to give one example in my teaching, that gave me some background to this issue.

I had an Afro-American student, who was trying to earn credit toward graduation, who was 17 years old. One day, she came to class crying so profusely, I needed a mop to wipe up her tears. Literally, she was sobbing like I had never seen. I asked her what had happened. She told me, she had been placed in many temporary foster situations, and she finally found parents that loved her, but Social Services were going take her from her parents. She didn't tell me her parents were two women. She asked me, if I could call Social Services, and validate, that she was making progress to graduation. I talked to Social Services, and they wanted to know if she was on track to graduate in that school year. I assured them of her situation related to credits, and they told me she could remain with her parents. For that school year, she and her parents assured me, that she would work hard and earn her credits to graduate. She worked very diligently, and graduated at the end of the school year, and I celebrated her graduation with her, and her gay parents. I felt it was one of the high points of my teaching.
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