Italian Couples Need Counseling For Adopting Babies That Look Like Them

Nothing but insane

In the sickening example of politically correct social engineering below, we are told that Italy’s highest appeal court has said that parents who want to adopt a child “in their own image”, i.e. White, should not only have their request turned down, but should also be re-considered for their suitability to adopt any child, and provided with “psychological support to allow them to overcome their aversion”. 

Since when should the courts limit one’s choice when making such a profoundly personal decision?  Next thing, Italy will be telling its citizens who to marry and have children with – and offering “psychological support” if they prefer to cohabit with someone of their own race.

The Italian Court of Cassation [official website, in Italian], the country’s highest appeals court, ruled Tuesday that couples seeking to adopt children of a certain ethnicity or race “are not suitable for international adoption.” The judgment was prompted by the case of a Sicilian couple who declared that they only wanted to adopt a Caucasian child of European descent. The decision cites violations of the Italian Constitution [text, PDF] regarding inalienable rights, equality, and international agreements. The court stated that parents who indicate a preference should not only have their particular application denied by the juvenile court under Article 30 of Law 184/1983 [text, PDF] of the Italian Civil Code, but their capacity to apply for adoption in general should be called in to question [ANSA report, in Italian]. The court also recommended that social services provide discriminatory parents with psychological support to allow them to overcome their aversion to adopting a child “who is not in [their] own image.” The decision comes more than a year after the attorney general asked the court to intervene [Apcom report, in Italian] and ban these types of discriminatory requests. Children’s rights group Friends of Children [advocacy website, in Italian], which initiated the complaint, said that they have been battling these types of requests for years and welcomed [press release, in Italian] the court’s decision.

Ethnic tensions and discrimination are problematic in Italy, where Illegal immigration is a growing problem. In January, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] dismissed a suit against Italy [JURIST report] by Palestinian immigrants alleging illegal expulsion from the country. Earlier that month, a group of African immigrants was evacuated [JURIST report] from the town of Rosarno after violence was directed towards migrant farm workers there. In August, rights groups criticized Italy [JURIST report] for returning a suspected terrorist to Tunisia, disregarding obligations imposed by the ECHR. Last July, the Italian Senate approved a law [JURIST report] that would criminalize illegal immigration with a fine of between 5,000 and 10,000 euros and up to six months detention before deportation.

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2010-06-03