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The case of Samuel shows once again how difficult it is for gay couples to have children.
Adoption of non-domestic children is practically impossible.
Adoption of domestic children is possible, but the number of children put up for adoption is too little
to meet the demand of the many candidate parents.
(Mateo, santé!)
We're at home with a family, celebrating a late newyearsparty.
This hip little guy is present at this party for the first time.
Last year, his two dads received redeeming news, after 3 years of waiting.
That was a wonderfull moment, one of the best moment of my life.
That one telephone call.. I called out: "we have a child!"
They both started to cry. Tears of happiness.
We asked what was happening, they said "we're getting a son"
We were gobsmacked..
Gert and Wouter always had a desire to have children,
and when in 2006 adoption became possible with a new law,
they started the procedure for domestic adoption.
Almost no one beleived they would succeed, but everything went fine.
We did'nt notice any difference with straight couples in the same procedure, not at all.
There was no difference made by lectureres in the parental course, or by employees of the adoption agency.
We were treated totally equally with all other people.
Last year, 11 childeren found a home with a gay couple,
that's more than in the 4 years before last year combined.
But the demand for adoption children remains greater than the 'supply',
and whereas straight couples can turn to non-domestic adoption,
for gay couples that's not really an option.
We (çavaria: federation of LGBTs) are asking that the Flemish authority for adoption
would search for new channels of cooperation with countries where adoption is possible for same-sex couples.
For example: several states in the USA allow adoption by same-sex couples.
We received our biggest gift, we're set for the future, right?