by Bridgett Kelly

Created on: March 28, 2009   Last Updated: March 29, 2009

A child is a child. Regardless of his or her race,sex or illness. A child is not like a pet that should be voted to be restricted from the neighborhood. Children with aids are not to blame and to deny them a home and more importantly the love and support of a family is morally wrong. These children deserve a fair shot at life just any other child does. It is not fair to say that they should not love and family because they have a disease. It is ludicrous to assume such a thing. These children have feelings too and to suggest they should not be able to be adopted is cruel.

Place yourself in a childs shoes that has aids. You are in foster care. You do not have a family,no siblings,no sense of normality and feelings of not being wanted because of a disease you were born with or came into contact with. Well I believe you would want a home with loving people. All children want and need is to be loved. Deny a child that and you are no better than a parent that abuses and neglects, in my opinion.

Suppose you have a child that accidentally comes into contact with someone and "catches it" then what? Would you ship your child off to foster care? I would hope not. We should look at this as if the shoe were on the other foot. Why do people behave this way? How a person can say that children with aids or any other illness should not be adopted is beyond me.

Perhaps this child is terminal. Does this mean this child does not deserve a loving home. Surely not. Aids cannot be caught by hugging an adopted child or kissing an adopted child goodnight. Aids cannot be caught by patting an adopted child on the back and praising him or her on a job well done on a math test. Aids cannot be caught by reading an adopted child a bed time story. Aids cannot be caught by telling an adopted child "I love you"

It is just plain mean to suggest that a child should not be available for adoption because of aids or any other sickness. To know that there are children out there with aids that cannot be adopted by a loving family is far more worse than the aids itself. Imagine how they feel. Imagine how these kids feel. Imagine them asking why nobody can love them. Imagine them asking why they have this aids virus. Small children will not understand. But they certainly understand not being wanted or unloved and uncared for. It is wrong.

So my opinion? Yes they should be able to adopted. Every child deserves a chance regardless of what sickness they have.

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