There was an article floating around the internet yesterday that got a lot of people pissed off.  If it had been true, I would have been right there with them.

Thing is, it wasn’t true.

The original article appeared on The Daily Bleach, which is a parody site.  I can’t link directly to the article right now because the entire site appears to be down but here’s what it said:

A Southern Carolina couple have made national news by being the first parents to put their child up for adoption due to their sexuality. Usually parents give up their children because they can’t raise them due to finances or because they are young and don’t have the mental ability to bring up a child. Kids are also usually given up for adoption at a young age, but April Chadwell is barely 16 years old and has been listed as legally adoptable by the state of Southern Carolina. Mrs. Chadwell released a statement saying “It was a tough choice to give up our daughter to the state, but we don’t know how to handle someone who decides to live a lifestyle that we do not agree with”. The Chadwells said they had help from their local church, who prayed for weeks seeking guidance for the couple and came to the conclusion that it would be best to let the child go in hopes of being adopted by a gay friendly family.

There were no links to provide a source.  Just the text.

I was initially unaware that it was a parody site, but the article set off alarm bells right away.  No links to a longer article.  No sources quoted at all.  It just looks pretty flimsy.

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