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[–]millicentfawcett 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Are we sure they're adopted? AFAIK they've not made an official statement, I think it was CNN that inferred it based on them previously talking about looking into adoption. I hope that's the case because it's better than surrogacy, it does seem fortuitous though that twin newborns, one of each sex became available quite quickly on what I'm told are long waiting lists.

I mostly try to avoid adoption discussion (any not just same sex) these days because I'm adopted and don't think it's always a brilliant fairytale so I have a lot of biased views that usually mean I end up arguing with someone which stirs up a lot of feelings for a while after about things which can't be changed.

[–]Criticallacitirc[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I actually like to watch the show "long lost family " on TLC because it reunites adopted people with their birth parents and vice versa. Really shows you the full range of positive/negative outcomes of adoptions from all perspectives ( adoptees, adopters, and birth parents/mothers )

I feel like adoption & surrogacy are complex issues . Just couldn't help but noticed a lot more people seem riled up about this particular instance and I can't help but feel them being gay men is helping to fuel it.