Today, on the inauguration of Baha’i Rights Day, most people are posting about the persecution of Baha’is in Iran. But persecution of Baha’is is certainly not limited to Iran. Over a month ago, I posted about how we were facing discrimination in adopting a Korean baby due to our being members of the Baha’i faith. […]
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Recently, after 4 years of trying internationally, we were ecstatic to receive a proposal to adopt a baby boy from Korea in April. We were shocked to hear yesterday that the government adoption agency in Korea, Social Welfare Society, has suddenly refused our adoption based on our membership to the Baha’i faith. The adoption would
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It never ceases to amaze me exactly how low the importance of children is in our society in terms of the priorities of things in our culture, country, political system etc. Lately, this painful reminder came during a meeting with our local government adoption agency, who handle children with possible developmental issues that we are
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