National Adoption Day 2009

[CinRandom]

I my not be gay, or be entirely comfortable with it. But I dont think it is right for states to ban gay people from adopting, they are depriving children of families, that are just as loving, if not more loving, than straight couples.

[faunflynn]

Wow cool stuff guys.

[BabyGirlGoddess]

congrats on you adopting.

i would adopt, but i hate kids....lol

i don't think i would make a good mom.

[aaronlosing]

@BabyGirlGoddess I don't think kids are in my future either, however I do think about adopting a special needs child or children every now and then. Those children especially are seen as throw away or damaged children....SAD.

[deansilverz]

separating siblings is so tragic! i cannot imagine life without my sister. siblings are the only ones you share your whole lives with. maybe one day daniel and selena will be able to keep in touch with their brother.

[freyrepelaez]

they are both HOT!!!! dadys

[Serenityearth]

You have a very beautiful family. Your children are very lucky to have you. My sister and I were separated from our two brothers who were thrown into the foster care system. I would have much preferred to have been raised by a loving gay or lesbian couple then to have gone through the hell I had to experience growing up.

Subscribed! :)

[tabeetz]

you guys are amazing and great role models for young gay and lesbian people out there

[JeffTheDude777]

Fags.

[triked14]

woo. congratz on the feature guys!!!

[aGua421]

Bryan is so hot. He has the cutest smile

[Rabbitsketch]

Thank you for this video! I was taken away from my parents when I was 12 year old and was returned when I was 15 (I'm 19 now) and though I was returned, I saw so many kids suffering. The conditions in group homes are sometimes so sad and not up to par. So many of my friends aged out of the system and had nowhere to go and would cry to their group homes for support that they couldn't give. I want to work directly with kids in foster care. Social work or something! And I want to adopt.

[peebzzz]

I'm going to adopt a kid one day. When I'm older and have a house and a steady job. I think everyone should consider adoption, not just the gays and the barren. There are so many kids that need love! And the world is over populated, it doesn't need us adding to it.

[avengermuffin]

I love what you guys are doing for the gay community and for those kids :) I wish u all the best!!! I also wanna to adopt a kid but my partnet is not into kids :( but well someday i would be a proud parent :)

[orgay3]

I will adopt one day!!

Its great that you can adopt in the majority of the states.

Most countries in Europe want to see children growing up in loveless foster-homes instead of a gay family, but you can always hide your identity and adopt as a single parent.

[HiWorldFriends2]

Thank you my friends for all you are doing to help make this world a happier safer place for all humanity.

Your Friends

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[navdizzle]

I think you guys have enough room in your home for one more, want to consider adopting me? : )

On a serious note, another excellent post.

[grishno]

AAAAUGH I HATE UTAH! I was raised there and was there when they banned gay marriage in the state constitution... ug.

Thanks for such a great video though! It's so great to have amazing exposure of positive gay families. =)

[brentwithani]

Great message! We are still waiting to be matched now and very excited!

[depfox]

cant wait till you get matched

[timhere64]

god bless all of you and all of the kids waiting.

[koolbrez56]

Great job guys!

[1Vella]

I'm still 18 but I'd love to be a parent so so much

[redfire2614]

You have a beautiful family. I am 20 and a Relief foster parent, its a good way to spend the weekends.

[sassygalady]

Great info. Adoptive parents are special because of chosing to be parents. So many children are just born because someone got pregnant. I have children but they are older and I have seriously thought about becoming a foster parent and who knows, maybe adoption down the line.

[alonelychild]

You guys gave me hope that someday I will have my own family to care for and love!

Thanks A LOT!

[Fightdog]

Sobering statistics. All adoptive parents are heroes. What's more important than opening your family to a child with none. I love you guys.

[btchiebitch]

I wanna adopt ester from orphan movie lol!!!!!

[sleekcartim]

It's sad gay couples cant adopt gay kids in most places. so ironic that the church runs so many ophanages, abusing kids & denying gay couple adoptions all the while. things need to change. remember how cool it was to see that gay teen boy adopted by the guys in "torch song trilogy"?

[sleekcartim]

o man i have such anger at this system! It's a topic that frustrates me so much! It's so damaging for these kids to be in the system. not nearly enough ppl talk about it, so THX! Being an abused kid in the 70's, & knowing how bad kids in the system had it, it scared me much worse to be put there! wish i had rents like u guys!

[SeanChapin1]

This is a really wonderful video - one of your best yet :). I featured it on the Equality Civil Rights Movement facebook page, hope it gets out to many people.

[HythlothCoder]

Really beautiful video. I wasn't always comfortable with the idea of adoption, but you two really seem to have been very successful. Maybe one day my partner & I will adopt and it's great knowing there are people like you who have made a loving happy family.

[bonniebr22]

Your daughther its such a cutie! : D

Im so jealous of her hair!

Kisses from Brazil!

[kwertie]

that's way too many kids. I am hopeful that one day I will be able to adopt a child. I think it's illegal for gay people in Georgia if I'm not mistaken. But I'm hopeful.

[depfox]

you can adopt in Georgia :O)

[kwertie]

haha i posted that before watching the rest of it. that is surprising! me and my boyfriend were talking about having kids, just generally haha. Hm well that's good then. I've always just thought it impossible so I've never given it much thought until recently.

[tommy2tone]

Another great video Leffew family.  Thank You.

[scottneumann82]

I was adopted on November 29th course that was 24 years ago. lol so with that i'm very glad

[depfox]

That is my moms birthday

[americancarguy]

As always great video! I know that, this is what I want at some time in the future (one I have a life partner) I have always know I wanted a family.

[swampex]

Awesome, this is way I love you guys

[shadowskink]

As someone who is adopted myself, i find this video very heart warming.

Your kids have amazing dads and are very lucky to have you.

It always amazes me how you guys get on so well and look so healthy and happy. I love my adoption parents (who i count as my real parents), and i think i am lucky to have them.

Much love from the UK

Matt xx

[thedancetuber]

wishing you all a beautiful weekend, you guys are the best, be well, michael

[rainbowpagan]

you guys are so kind and your kids are so lucky

[18loverof2]

i would like to thank you for adopting the kids and thank every one who has or well adopt and the ones who are foster parents. i personally will adopt when i have my life in order. i have to get a steady job and then i will i believe that all kids diverse a loving home and i hope some day all kids will have a loving home so thank you once more to all who adopt, or foster kids and give them hope

[agphotography1569]

As always awesome video and a great message. I can't wait to see the adoption videos.

[DanielR305]

to keep me and my family together in the long term I am proudly they all achevied to keep me and my family together and yeah they achevied this, yeah it was not alway idelic as it sounds but they kept me and my together forever now thanks to them. even if you don't want to adopt fostering as these guys say can just be as rewarding I know of kids that just stayed with their foster familys and were adopted by their foster familys after they were 18 so there are nice storys even when into adulthood

[depfox]

Thank you Daniel for telling us your story

[DanielR305]

highmaintance kid with varous of disabilities I have. so even tempory foster homes are just as important as a foster for kids whom are waiting for adoption to come up too. I had varyious different foster homes to living on a farm to a very christain family to a wrathy family to whom the father was a major in the army and they lived in 9 bedroomed house oh I also lived with a couple who had a big age gap on a housing estate so I had lived with various of foster homes but they had one misson con't

[EvenEvenOdd]

One of my friends has recently become pregnant, and i feel a bit of resentment towards her that she did not opt for adoption instead.

I don't want to be a biological parent of anyone: it's one of the most ego centric, criminally self-indulgent, things a person can do, in my opinion.

But adopting is something that i sometimes think about as a (remote) option, if ever i feel i'm sufficiently well-adjusted and well-off.

[bobby472]

:-) once again i posted before the end of the video, i really got to stop doing that hahah. My dad and his twin sister were adopted also. The parents didnt want my aunty, they only wanted my dad. But he wouldnt leave her behind. thankdfully he was old enough to fight for her. Im glad I had her in my life. I couldnt imagine being adopted away from a sibling. That would be very heart breaking. I hope to one day be half as good as you guys are. You two are amazing. Love the video :-)

[depfox]

Daniel and Selena have 5 other siblings all taken away from them ;O(

[KENNY04151963]

that is so sad

[bobby472]

@depfox :( that sucks. I hope they all have a loving family like dniel and Selena do. also I hope that someday they will see them again.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

If I wanted kids I'd definitely consider adoption first, no matter if I end up being with a man or a woman.

[DanielR305]

I would love to adopt but sadly, I have cerebal palsy and other problems associated with it. My life is empty yet I feel I have so much love to give kids. Yet I cannot give a kid the happiness they rightfully should have. I have too been in foster care as kid from ages from 4 right up 13 14 because my had had at 18 and she brght me on her own solely from 3 onwards with the additional probs I had so she made the chocie to put me in foster homes for a time than getting rid of me as I was vry con't

[debbieomi]

I was going to add this to my comment, but it's more appropriate for your, I think. Even if you can't adopt or foster kids, you should consider being a Big Brother (or Big Sister). The positive and quality time you can spend with these kids can absolutely change their lives. If it isn't physically possible for you to take them places, there are clubs (YMCA or BB/BS clubs) where you can mentor/befriend at the clubs.

[depfox]

I agree I wonder how many kids with Cerebal Palsy that might need your strength as a big brother or sister

[bobby472]

I want to adopt, Ive always wanted to be a father :-). I just hope my future husband wants to also. I did always want atleast one child of my genes, but if I cant. Adoption will be awesome. Great video guys

[debbieomi]

So much to say here, might take a few comments. :-)

I was just chatting with a gentleman in a blogtv show. He's from Palm Springs and he and his husband just adopted three siblings! I recommended your channel to him and I really hope he checks you out. The kids are 3,5, and 8. YEAH them!!!

My mom and her twin were adopted. They were taken from their birth parents at age three and adopted at 4. This was in the late 40's and my grandparents really only wanted one child, but couldn't say no (cont)

[debbieomi]

to the twins. lol

They remained close with their foster parents until their deaths.

I am blessed to be close friends with an amazing couple who fosters in my town. These folks have had over 30 children with them over the past ten years. They are amazing humans!

I am horrified that my state doesn't allow adoption by gay couples. They have made it law to DENY children two loving parents! What if that parent dies? That kind of crap pisses me off! Do they not think about the kids?

[alielaine1990]

I'm a straight woman, but I'm sure that I want to adopt children. I'm only 19, so I've got a while yet, but I don't plan on having any biological children.

[EvenEvenOdd]

You're my hero (or is it heroin? no this can't be right). It is so rare to find women (men too, but particularly women) who are able to relinquish the exuberant self-adulation endogenous to the wish to have a biological child.

Lesbians are the worst. They pop 'em out like olive seeds from a pitting machine.

Biologicals vs. adopters is like polluters vs. recyclers.

[MMA]

Hahaha...interesting comment. Like Alie, I don't plan on having biological children. I may never have kids period, but if I did want a child, I would adopt. There are just far too many parentless children out there to warrant bringing another life into this world, only for the sake of perpetuating one's genes.

[EvenEvenOdd]

I'm so glad you got it in the right spirit. Will you marry me? Shall the three of us move to Salt Lake City and live happily ever after?

[MMA]

Salt Lake? I don't know about that. :-P

You do (jokingly) bring up the topic of plural marriage, and that is something I am against. With plural marriage, there is an inherent inequality, and the chances for abuse and degradation are very high. I know this is a serious response to a lighthearted comment, but I felt the need to address the topic.

[u3q2v]

I never thought about adopting before. My preference has always been to just have my own biological children. However after seeing your awesome family now I am starting to rethink things. Maybe I will try to adopt a child as well in addition to attempting to have biological children. Another great informative video.

[KENNY04151963]

What a powerful and informative video...you guys make great dads

[VlogasaurusFlex]

I hope I get to adopt or foster some day. I'd like to be a parent.

[danielzero]

I attended a gay adoption seminar here in Texas a couple of weeks ago. It was surprising to find out that around 30%-40% of all adoptions here are same sex couples. Texas is extraordinarily conservative but has a such an overabundance of homeless children that they're willing to look the other way a lot of times.

[Stephanreyu]

I was adopted in the womb, there is a part of me that hope my wife and I can't conceive so we can adopt a child that isn't wanted, just like i wasn't. Of coarse we probably will anyway even if we have one of our own. On a side note, I think it is awesome that Daniel is willing to be a face for the cause.

[bananabread119]

Jamie Foxx was adopted.

[MarcusHBP7]

great vid you guys. i'm only 18, but can see myself adopting in the future.

*cough* bryan's cute! :D

[bearchewtoy75]

I can't wait to see your videos about the adoption process! My partner and I have started talking about adoption a few years down the line. There are so many things on the web, but I don't know anyone personally who has been through the process.

[summersonset]

I wanna say a couple of US adoption organizations make these children available to gay and straight couples in Holland and recently another organization was added, so thats great news for the children (and the couples who want to adopt, too ofcourse). I myself dont want to adopt, but I love children, I work with them at a school. Im sad to hear about so many kids not having a stable and caring home, this should be made impossible, but that goal is hard to reach. x

[lailaagrado]

im so proud of you guys,that you dont stop think about the kids who dont have parents after you did adoption once :)

[OrlasGcn]

Hugs from México!!! :D

[Comixbear1]

I agree that adoption should be considered by all those who want to open their hearts to a child. So much is made about the magic of childbirth, but more should be made of the magic of bringing someone into your life to love. I am not the type who is looking for a child in my life (other than my loving niece and nephew), but if I were, I would want to choose love over lineage. And my firm belief is that children of ALL ages need the additional love from a family.

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