Adoptions advertised on a billboard.

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You have to see it to believe it.

http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/12/03/4937184fab40b

[kwassa]

1. what is wrong with that?

The article is about how the agency screwed up, not about the billboard.

Am I missing something here?

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2. Florida billboards have a history. A commercial history, mostly.

It's just not something you would associate with the adoption of human beings.

[kwassa]

4. Adoption agencies advertise.

Speaking as an adoptive parent, I have no problem with the practice.

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5. I don't question they advertise.

It's just that on a billboard, well, it's surreal to me.

[kirby]

3. So what?

The sad part of the story is that I hear adoptions from Guatemala has become corrupt and abused to the point where people should avoid Guatemala all together. I believe adoptions have been suspended for a year or more.

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6. Do you have a link to the Guatemala situation?

I think it's a big what, advertising on cheap billboard. Well, that should say it all, right there. Adoption services should have a professionalism about them that transcends drive-by advertisement.

[kirby]

9. Here you go...

http://www.coha.org/2008/03/guatemalan-adoptions-suspended-by-overseas-crack-down/

[Marrah_G]

7. What is wrong with that?

I am an adopted child.

I am very thankful both families chose adoption.

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8. I value our adoption agencies, and I truly hope they are professional

enough to find better sources to advertise, than a billboard. That's my opinion. Billboards suggest a more commercial enterprise, and I would hope that human babies are not considered a commercial enterprise.