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Adoption

Blake Bowden

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Why is adoption SOOOOO expensive? The wife and I have discussed adopting a little girl for years, but the expenses can be prohibitive.
 
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drapetomaniac

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We have friends who have had their twin nieces almost since birth, and its still prohibitively expensive to make it formal.
 

owls84

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I have two friends that can't have children and they quoted $40,000.00. That to me is stupid. They are saving for it. Its sad.
 

RedTemplar

Johnny Joe Combs
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I have two friends that can't have children and they quoted $40,000.00. That to me is stupid. They are saving for it. Its sad.

This is a policy that is impractical, unethical,and immoral. I wish I could say that it is also illegal. How can we as Masons "cheerfully conform" to a law or a governmental sanction as this?
 

Wingnut

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dont forget there is also a cost to the agency to do investigations and in some cases house the child or pay for foster care until a family is found.
 

drapetomaniac

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I think the cost is an ugly thing - but I have to admit, if all of those repeated investigations weren't done, the moment something bad happened there would be a firestorm. Chances are, they are in response to firestorms.

I think this falls in the category of what the state/community should pay for.

I'm not sure about the structure of Orphanages or if they even still exist, but if we pay for those, there's a cost analysis to be done on lowering the cost. Ignoring "business" I'd subsidize it anyway, because the child is a child and because they are a future adult, worker, contributor. Then again, I'm damn near a socialist.
 
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