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	<title>Comments on: Leave them kids alone</title>
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	<description>A far off place</description>
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		<title>By: sgroarke</title>
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		<description>UK courts today decided that if you hold a totally irrational religious belief, it&#039;s absolutely fine and OK to be exempted from the laws passed by the democratically elected government. You are free to further your prejudices while continuing to use children as your tool:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/8572077.stm

I&#039;ll say again what I wrote previously: the adoption of children is not in any way a religious issue. It should have nothing to do with it. I do not doubt that many of the people working for Catholic adoption agencies are decent, well-meaning people who have the best interests of children at heart. In which case I applaud them for their work. But leave your religious beliefs and moral hang-ups outside. And if you say you can&#039;t do that, then stay away altogether.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>UK courts today decided that if you hold a totally irrational religious belief, it&#8217;s absolutely fine and OK to be exempted from the laws passed by the democratically elected government. You are free to further your prejudices while continuing to use children as your tool:<br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/8572077.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/8572077.stm</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ll say again what I wrote previously: the adoption of children is not in any way a religious issue. It should have nothing to do with it. I do not doubt that many of the people working for Catholic adoption agencies are decent, well-meaning people who have the best interests of children at heart. In which case I applaud them for their work. But leave your religious beliefs and moral hang-ups outside. And if you say you can&#8217;t do that, then stay away altogether.</p>
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		<title>By: sgroarke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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