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Duane R. Bidwell
Duane R. Bidwell, an adoptive father and Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, teaches practical theology, spiritual care and counseling at Claremont School of Theology. He is author of Empowering Couples: A Narrative Approach to Spiritual Care (Fortress, 2013).
Adoption is not a "second-best option"
National Organization for Marriage board chair John C. Eastman recently called adoption a “second-best option” for children. He was speaking to the Associated Press about Chief Justice John Robert’s position on the rights of same-sex couples: “Certainly adoption in families headed, like Chief Roberts’ family is, by a heterosexual couple, is by far the second-best option.”
The comment reveals less about adoptive families than about Eastman’s willingness to jettison religious tradition for political gain.
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