I mean no disrespect at all to Ethiopia and its wonderful people but if international adoption were to halt entirely in Ethiopia so many children would be without homes or could even face an untimely death. To me it is inconsequential whether the adoptive parents skin color is blue with pink polka dots. Adoptive parents go through an extensive (and I know I don't need to tell all of you) amount of paper work, classes, back ground checks, and a slew of other paper work to adopt a child from Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government is not just handing out babies to anyone who wants them. It makes me very sad to think that some people in Ethiopia are not pleased with "whites" adopting "their" children. I think it is pathetic that new parents have to "hide" in hotels with their children so as not to upset the locals. It is a very sad sad thing to witness discrimmination like this........
