thank you 🙏

wow

What a great man

You go, ladies!

It’s sad that the women had to shut down the country to get heard and taken seriously

Dolly Parton is a queen.

Good boi!

This is wholesome for the father and daughter. But it's sad on so many levels. Not only is this discrimination against single and gay parents, but they are also treating disabled children with so much disregard. I'm happy for the father, but there is so much to ponder about here.

The one thing that stands out to me in this post is that not only gay people are seen as less in Italy, but children with illnesses, behavioral problem or syndromes as well

her look for him says all <3

gay people just aren't treated right.

My little sister has down syndrome and this just warms my heart.

Down syndrome no longer means unemployed, unable to live on their own and I have a feeling this dad is going to raise his daughter to be quite independent.

What kind of f****d up s**t is that? "Hey, you're gay so... u can't have a "normal" baby... u can only have a baby that the egotistical, stuck up, stupid heterosexuals don't want..." .wtf? I mean, cool they're letting single gay ppl adopt. But what the F**k kind of discriminatory bullshit is this. Not just against the adopter but the child! "You're "defective" so u can't go to a "normal" home... u have to wait for one of the other "rejects" to want to adopt u since nobody except a gay person could ever love u n all of your "defects"..." obviously I don't think any of these things. I would adopt a child w/ any disability or issue because I myself am a "reject".. lol. But how f****d up is that. There are so many kids who need loving homes. why are we discriminating against who can/can't adopt n who they can/can't adopt? Love is universal.. it shouldn't matter their sexual orientation, race or gender. As long as they will give that baby a good, loving home.

It's messed up in so many ways that they take the children they consider undesirable and keep them aside for the parents they would also consider undesirable. Treating children as items, as rewards or commodities, and throwing the ones they don't like away to people they don't like...

Wow, what a nerve ! Shame on you Italian child services and government!!!!

Your a gay single man so your only right is to a child no one really wants... WTF?

I wish all the protesters outside women's clinics would devote their energy to inclusive adoption instead of screaming at frightened 16 year olds in parking lots.

He's on Instagram with her, they are adorable together

I previously commented on this thread agreeing with the poster OCD Mom and further stated that "they" say we come a long way, I say not even close. I came back to read some of the other posts regarding the issue. A lot of people seem truly up in arms about the way social services treated a. The man because he is gay; b. The child because she has down syndrome. I don't know how many of you open your eyes or how often you do so and really take a good long look at the world around us, we live in a world that is so completely morally corrupt and the disdain that people feel for one another so rampant, it's a wonder the earth still exists. Something as got to give and it's got to happen soon. I am just glad that I am in the twilight years of my life and will be out of here soon enough.

So, what, "We don't think that you're capable of being a good parent bc gay+ unattached, so we're going to give you the most complicated and care-intense case so that we can feel justified in our prejudices when you f**k it up." Is that what's happening here?!

That's so nice and sweet but wrong on so many levels, just because he's single and gay means that he gets the children people "don't want". It's good that she got a home though, she may not have if he didn't adopt her

This angers me on so many different levels. I’m adopted and have two moms. We were the first same-sex adoption in the county and state. I’m also disabled. They took extra classes to be able to foster a child with special needs or health issues. They had to fight tooth and nail to get parental rights terminated (extreme physical and sexual abuse with bioparents) and even harder because CPS decided that a 3yo with health issues wasn’t a candidate for adoption. My one mom was a social worker who had worked for CPS a bit and my other mom had an extremely well paying job as a founder of programs at several universities so they were able to take on the system and have the best of the best attorneys in the state. I guarantee you this kiddo has a home and family that would make anyone jealous. She’s going to be loved, respected, and cherished her entire life. She’s gained an amazing father that will forever show her the love she deserves.

The audacity to handle the child like a broken object to harass a gay man. This shows exactly how children are viewed by society. What an excellent specimen of a human being he is. And what a blessing that those two found each other.

Discrimination in its purest form. But this man deserves all the world can give him!

Good pointing out that gay people often care for children straight people refuse to care for, but it's the straight people's magical baby making ability that's a big deal to churches, and not the kids when they arrive.