ORPHANAGES run by the Missionaries of Charity, which were started by Mother Teresa, are refusing to comply with new government guidelines that require them to put children up for adoption with single individuals. The Missionaries have ceased adoptions altogether rather than change their standards. Previously they occasionally arranged adoptions with single parents, but the new guidelines would give them less freedom in rejecting candidates they consider inappropriate.

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Shefali, who sent the link from India, writes:

In a country where homosexuality is punishable by law, why on earth does a single parent adoption need to be a guideline for any orphanage? Of course, there are tons of widows/widowers or straight, unmarried singles who choose to adopt, but if there is long queue wouldn’t you pick a traditional couple for reasons of psychological well-being even?

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