In Salient each week they ask five random students five questions. This week was supposed to be the Pride issue of Salient, but they seem to have gone with an Anti-Destiny issue instead. On the Five page one of the questions is, “What legislation should be passed to piss off Destiny Church even more?”
Geoff (24, BA) responds: “Every gay couple receives one free kid from CYFS.”
Posted by Fionnaigh at September 8, 2004 08:25 AMLOL - that's a very good one .... mind you i nearly spat my drink when i read it!!
Posted by: Jo Dunning at September 9, 2004 07:24 AMMy suggested Bills:
- Abolish the Charities Act and make all those crypto-companies pay proper income tax.
- Amend the Marriage Act with a ban on divorce.
- Amend the Electoral Act prohibiting divorced people to run for parliament
Yay! Saw ya on QN just before. ;)
Go Fionnaigh!
In fact, the whole 'child from CYFS' thing is truer than you think. I'm pleased to report that if you are a good caregiver, and pass the screening that CYFS requires, you too, queer or not, can become a foster-parent. They don't care whether you're a same-sex couple. And why the frig should they? Eminently sensible.
In fact, the day of the Destiny march, me and T had an appointment that evening up in Paraparaumu to talk about the possibilities of fostering a child / children. I didn't know at the time that it'd be on the same day, but it was actually a really good antedote to the aggro feeling at the march - to be welcomed with open arms for the things we *can* and *do* offer to society.
I must say, I'm a little cynical about whether we'd be quite so welcomed if there wasn't a chronic shortage of caregivers. But I'm going to try not to go there...
By the way. Did I mention there is a chronic shortage of caregivers? If you've ever thought about it, now could be a good time to make that call...NOT, of course, something you'd do lightly. But just letting you's know.
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Hinemoana