This log was posted on Cilicia.com
Besides it getting over 100f, today’s hot topic was the same-sex adoption of the Armenian orphan. The locals are in shock and outraged that such a “shameful” thing could happen that will undoubtedly “soil our name,” as they put it. To them it was bad enough that our government was selling children to non-Armenians, but now allowing a same-sex non-Armenian couple to purchase one of our children is just way too much for anyone to accept or comprehend.
One old woman pointed out the laws of nature, which is a child is of a result of a male and female union. This whole package is called a family. She went on to say that if someone decides to be with someone of the same-sex, so be it, but nature and our Armenian culture does not allow for children to be part of their union. She said that if children are to be adopted, they should be adopted by a “normal couple” (meaning a man and woman). You can’t imagine what opinion she now has about Americans.
There is a somewhat hot discussion going on at www.aramanoogian.blogspot.com, where there are a couple of people who are implying that I’m not “…progressive, open minded, [or] caring…” and I should be more open to the idea and think about the welfare of the child. Well guess what, even Americans are not all that open to the idea of same-sex couples and if we are thinking of the child, then we should remember that the child could end up being known as the daughter of the lesbians. I wonder what effect that is going to have on her? I would guess that she could even be labeled as a lesbian herself by the majority of the non-progressive homophobic people of the world. And if this makes her bitter, who does she have to blame, her mom and her mom that adopted her or her biological mother and the Armenian government that allowed this adoption to happen in the first place? The people who allowed this adoption to happen I can say are going to get so much heat from the people here that they just may have to resign their post and run for the hills (this is how outraged the people here in Martuni are about this and I would guess the majority of Armenians all over the world reflect this feeling).
Anyway, the international adoption issues was very big, but now with this, I would guess that the non-progressive and very closed minded government we have will probably scrap international adoptions altogether, deeming them an unnecessary risk to our children, their own personal well being and national pride. With this latest development, can we blame them if they do just that? I’m not for this type of solution, but it wont surprise if they do this.
Besides it getting over 100f, today’s hot topic was the same-sex adoption of the Armenian orphan. The locals are in shock and outraged that such a “shameful” thing could happen that will undoubtedly “soil our name,” as they put it. To them it was bad enough that our government was selling children to non-Armenians, but now allowing a same-sex non-Armenian couple to purchase one of our children is just way too much for anyone to accept or comprehend.
One old woman pointed out the laws of nature, which is a child is of a result of a male and female union. This whole package is called a family. She went on to say that if someone decides to be with someone of the same-sex, so be it, but nature and our Armenian culture does not allow for children to be part of their union. She said that if children are to be adopted, they should be adopted by a “normal couple” (meaning a man and woman). You can’t imagine what opinion she now has about Americans.
There is a somewhat hot discussion going on at www.aramanoogian.blogspot.com, where there are a couple of people who are implying that I’m not “…progressive, open minded, [or] caring…” and I should be more open to the idea and think about the welfare of the child. Well guess what, even Americans are not all that open to the idea of same-sex couples and if we are thinking of the child, then we should remember that the child could end up being known as the daughter of the lesbians. I wonder what effect that is going to have on her? I would guess that she could even be labeled as a lesbian herself by the majority of the non-progressive homophobic people of the world. And if this makes her bitter, who does she have to blame, her mom and her mom that adopted her or her biological mother and the Armenian government that allowed this adoption to happen in the first place? The people who allowed this adoption to happen I can say are going to get so much heat from the people here that they just may have to resign their post and run for the hills (this is how outraged the people here in Martuni are about this and I would guess the majority of Armenians all over the world reflect this feeling).
Anyway, the international adoption issues was very big, but now with this, I would guess that the non-progressive and very closed minded government we have will probably scrap international adoptions altogether, deeming them an unnecessary risk to our children, their own personal well being and national pride. With this latest development, can we blame them if they do just that? I’m not for this type of solution, but it wont surprise if they do this.
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