I am of the opinion that responsible couples who give up their children for adoption should have the right to request a restriction in the religion and sexual preference of potential adoptive parents.
Now that is an interesting question. Should birth mothers be allow d to dictate by who and how their child will be raised when given up to adoption? You mentioned "responsible couples" in your post, but I doubt there are many responsible couples giving up kids for adoption. Having birth parents who were neither responsible or a couple is kinda how these babies ended up being adopted.
I would allow for input on religion and at least a lower middle class standard of living.
To be honest, I know quite a few adoptive parents who are more than dysfunctional but have good careers and nice homes.
You can be successful, yet irresponsible, or just downright evil.
You know quite a few adoptive parents who are more than dysfunctional? Really ? Not sure I believe that. No one knows "quite a few adoptive parents " leave along quite a few dysfunctional ones. So are you saying that having a good careers and nice homes trumps dysfunctional. Let me tell you something, I have investigated child abuse and neglect case in communities where everyone had good careers and nice homes. Dysfunction is dysfunction and regardless of who the parents are, it ***** up the kids equally badly
I live in an Orthodox Jewish community and everybody knows when someone passes gas.
If you don't see it, the kids spill the beans when they become teenagers, especially if they reject the religion.
And I have enough respect for the difference in the religions to allow for the biological parents to request the religion.
You are welcome to your opinion. But when you abandon or walk away from a child, you forfeit the rights as a parent.
The one who stays up all hours of the night with a sick baby, changes shitty diapers, teaches the baby to walk, talk and play, worries about everything that can harm the baby, gives up 99% of their social life, sacrifices their time & money, loves and holds the baby, takes it to school, attends parent conferences, helps with homework and last minute projects, feeds & clothes the child, puts the child's needs before their own, and much much more are the ones who get to decide.
Being a good parent is a huge job with massive responsibilities. Those who shoulder those responsibilities are the ones who deserve our respect. Not the ones who walk away and look back to say "Oh, make sure a Christian gets my baby".