Does your religion play into anything when adopting?

Question

like Atheist and Wiccan?

Answer 1

THey only thing that really matters in adoption is

MONEY

Answer 2

i dont think so, the only thing they pay attention is criminal history and health

Answer 3

Legally, I'm sure it's not supposed to, but in reality a Christian family will probably find it much easier to adopt than a Wiccan family.

Answer 4

Yes. I'm Muslim and not only am I not rich enough to adopt Muslims can't change the name of the child given to it by it's birth father because it's last name that it's father gave it is part of it's identity and if you changed it's name then it would only confuse the child and it might hate you if you never told it it was adopted. In Islam you have to tell the child that it is adopted around the age of 7 years old so it knows you are not it's real  mother and father.

Answer 5

I think it probably depends on whether the adoption is infant or an older child.  If you are adopting an older child it is likely through the foster care system where a family needs to pass a home study.  I don't think religion is part of those home studies.

If the adoption is an infant adoption, then the expectant parents almost always choose the adoptive family.  In that case it is a bit of a "c**p shoot".  I have seen a wide range of preferences expressed by expectant parents.  My guess is that most want Christian families, but I seen others who do not want their children to grow up with any religion so they look for non-religious families.  I have not seen any expectant parents looking for Wiccan families, but that is not to say that there are none.

Answer 6

well some adoption agency's only cater to christian family's, but if you go through the state i.e. foster care I don't think that they can turn you down because of your beliefs.

Answer 7

Hey become LDS (Church of Latter day saints) Did you know you can get a child for as little as 3 thousand dollars and they don't even mind kidnapping the child from the birth father or even get his consent. This has happened to my son and he has payed so so so much more to try to get him back. Even when they knew he wanted is baby (in the hospital) they don't care if you are a member and in good standing ( don't forget your 10%) you get the best. Hey they will even move the birth mother's to other states to throw off the birth father. And the last of the great news the tax payers pay for the birth now how cool is that.

Answer 8

i doubt it it depends on how old the child you are adopting is... if an infant then i would say no but if the child has his own beliefs like a 10 yr old i would say maybe just a little. .but all children can be molded..

But i know if the biological parents are involved in the adopting they may choose who they prefer for their child..

Answer 9

As someone else mentioned, in domestic infant  adoption it will usually depend on the preferance of the expectant mother. However, there are some agencies that require adoptive parents be Christian (but many don't)

  We adopted internationally, and we were told that the only religious stipulation was that our religion must allow our children to get medical treatment if injured or sick.

Answer 10

I asked this question when we were looking to adopt through the foster care system.  My wife is Jewish and we live deep in the bible belt.

We were told that religion was not an issue, but I cannot help wonder if some over zealous case worker wouldn't favor people of the same religion.