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Out of the mouths of babes.
Dec. 20th, 2005 09:11 amThere's a new family at our church - two women and their sons, ages 8 and 18 months. They moved to Maryland because it allows second-parent adoptions for GLBT couples, and because the laws in general are dramatically more queer-friendly than they are in Virginia.
This week they went to court to complete their adoptions. The 8-year-old's nonbiological mother told me how it went:
"I was there thinking of it as a joyous occasion, and my son was furious. He was really, really angry. He told me, 'Mom, you're my Mom! We don't have to go to court.' He crawled under the bench and didn't want to have anything to do with it. And I thought, '...you know, he's right.' I let the judge know what he said, and she told him he was a very smart boy."
It's funny how sometimes kids, lacking the background information that adults have, can put their finger right on the heart of an issue. My first impulse, hearing that they'd completed the adoptions, was to give them my happy congratulations. But their little boy is right: there's nothing to celebrate about it taking eight years and a legal action for his government to recognize who his mothers are.
This week they went to court to complete their adoptions. The 8-year-old's nonbiological mother told me how it went:
"I was there thinking of it as a joyous occasion, and my son was furious. He was really, really angry. He told me, 'Mom, you're my Mom! We don't have to go to court.' He crawled under the bench and didn't want to have anything to do with it. And I thought, '...you know, he's right.' I let the judge know what he said, and she told him he was a very smart boy."
It's funny how sometimes kids, lacking the background information that adults have, can put their finger right on the heart of an issue. My first impulse, hearing that they'd completed the adoptions, was to give them my happy congratulations. But their little boy is right: there's nothing to celebrate about it taking eight years and a legal action for his government to recognize who his mothers are.
