Last year the State of Nebraska was making the news every few days after they passed a "Safe Haven" law so that parents could drop their children off at a police station, fire station, or hospital and not be charged with child abandonment.
The purpose of the law, of course, was to protect children from abuse, but the law was meant to be used only for newborn babies, and only for Nebraska residents. Unfortunately, the legislators forgot to put an age limit or a state limit in the law, so parents from throughout the nation were traveling to Nebraska with their unruly teenagers to leave them with the State. Ultimately, the law was changed, and while I do understand the theory behind the law, I just cannot imagine a parent giving up a child. Apparently, though, we have a similar law here in California, or at least in La Mesa. The following sign is posted on the brand new La Mesa fire station:
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What a world, Jim. Some people should never have children. And in Nebraska which I would think is a low key, low stress State. Can you imagine if they did that here in California? Another thing, it is probably impossible for anyone who has a same sex mate to addopt and they would actually make better parents than some of the straight couples!!!