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moogs_writes t1_ix8pizw wrote

Reply to comment by isleepinahammock in Parents welcome twins from embryos frozen 30 years ago by genericdude999

They’re a Christian organization, not surprised. However, the fact they won’t involve themselves with surrogacy or people with a history of mental health issues isn’t controversial in and of itself. A trans woman can’t gestate an embryo, and these embryos are only adopted to couples who will be able to carry them themselves, and not just baby buyers who found creative uses for their wealth. Surrogacy is messy and complicated even somewhere like the us where it’s heavily regulated and only altruistic surrogacy is allowed.

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isleepinahammock t1_ix8vmmc wrote

The surrogacy argument is a red herring. They also don't let lesbian couples adopt. They explicilty discriminate against people.

And don't let them co-opt the term "Christian." They're bigots that just happen to be Christian. There are plenty of churches flying pride flags.

And while surrogacy is legally complex, so is the entire thing they're doing. They're taking embryos from one couple and gestating them in another. The whole operation has to involve lawyers with experience in fertility law. Bringing LGBT people into the mix isn't anything more complex than what they're already doing.

They're bigots, pure and simple. They claim they want to help unborn children, and maybe they do. But for them, the absolute highest priority is bigotry. Everything else is secondary.

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moogs_writes t1_ix8wkek wrote

For them, bigotry. For others, money. Baby factories are, in fact, messy and often unethical in all sorts of ways. I’m not going to pick and choose. This organization is wrong to refuse to allow gay couples to adopt on the basis of homophobia. Gay couples are wrong to exploit vulnerable women half the world over on the basis of it being cheaper to get a baby from them there.

Either way, I don’t lose sleep over people who can afford the money they give to baby factories, because it just perpetuates the problem. Gay, lesbian, white, cis or not.

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Upstairs-Wheel-8995 t1_ixa98z5 wrote

Deal with it. It’s viewed as a sin in their religion. Go somewhere else if you don’t like it.

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isleepinahammock t1_ixaaynq wrote

Of course, and part of that is informing others of their practices. You have a right to your own religious beliefs. You don't have a right to avoid the consequences of your actions.

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