NEWS:MADONNA FACES OPPOSITION IN ADOPTION CASE
VIA PRINSIDE.COM:
MADONNA faces opposition from a group of civil rights lawyers in Malawi who are fighting to block her adoption of two-year-old tot DAVID BANDA.Activists in the country are demanding a change in the law to prevent foreign adoptions, fearing Madonna’s case could open the floodgates and encourage Westerners to flock there in search of prospective adoptive children.The adoption of baby David sparked global controversy, with many children’s rights groups accusing the star of taking advantage of the poor nation.Madonna and her director husband Guy Ritchie filed a motion at Malawi’s High Court to delay the couple’s forthcoming adoption hearing until the end of April (08), because it clashed with the singer’s promotional duties for hew new album Hard Candy.
The Hollywood stars appear to have won over Malawian officials with their parenting skills and a judge is expected to formally approve the adoption during the next court date. But a group of civil rights lawyers are determined to fight the court’s decision. Lawyer Justin Dzonzi says, “We have a number of preliminary issues which need to be resolved before the adoption can go ahead.” The couple brought David back to Britain from Malawi in 2006 and have been fighting to keep custody of him ever since.
They need to let Madonna adopt Davis and leave them alone. He will have a good life and privilage he could never have in foster care. People need to get off their high horse. If the civil rights workers were so concerned, David and the millions of other children would not be in foster care in the first place. From what I understand the condition of the foster care system there is deplorable. Of course foster I’d NOT that great anywhere. So anytime a child gets the opportunity to have a good home, the adoption should be encouraging.
these civil right campaigners need to go inside many African villages and see how these children are suffering, no food no clothing and living is squalor. people like Madonna are a God send they have a heart of gold. The civil right should encourage adoption, but i guess they are not the ones suffering so…