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[nutmegdealer]

BAXTER, Minn. - Beechestore and Rosecarline, two Haitian teenagers in the throes of puberty, were not supposed to be adopted.

At the end of last year, American authorities denied the petition of a couple here, Marc and Teresa Stroot, to adopt the brother and sister after their biological father opposed relinquishing custody.

Reluctantly, Mr. and Mrs

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[fishphile]

“God got done in 10 days,” Mr. Stroot said, “something human beings couldn’t do in years.”

This quote pissed me off so much. So much of this article pisses me off. This is definitely one of the most heinous things that happen after disasters. I mean, some of these kids still have relatives around. Sickening.

[brecho]

If God set up the situation that a earthquake would hit Haiti and built up the social, political and economic situation so that it couldn't recover quickly so rich people from the United States could adopt two kids with a father who already wants to keep them than that God is not worth thanking.

[fishphile]

I know. It's like, "Yea! God killed a couple hundred thousand folks and made whole sections of a country unlivable for millions more so we could rip a couple of teenagers from their father's arm! Yea! Isn't God great?"

Fuck this.

[lotus82]

Agreed. Agreed so much.

[phaetonschariot]

This is why I believe in a god that has no real overriding interest in humanity. I don't have to pretend that disasters were ~for the best after all~. They're disasters. (For people, at least - strictly natural disasters usually tend to be neutral or good for the environment in the long term.)