(AgapePress) - The recent decision to support homosexual adoption of children by the American Academy of Family Physicians had disappointed many pro-family activists. Among them is Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition.

Sheldon says he does not understand the logic behind the decision. "They do not know what they're doing," he says. "I'm sure that at the heart of it are some very committed homosexual doctors who are promoting it -- because all of the physicians that I know across this country do not approve of this."

Sheldon insists kids need a father image, not a homosexual image. "When you talk about homosexual adoption, you're talking about a father image that is contrary to what a young infant or a young adolescent [needs]," he says. "Whatever age the child may be, boy or girl, they need a father who is a male figure -- not a homosexual figure."

The decision was made by the AAFP at its national convention. Several Christian organizations, including a medical association, have condemned the action. They claim research shows children of homosexual couples face more abuse and have more emotional problems and less security than those reared by heterosexual couples. [See Earlier Article]

Dubious Award?
Meanwhile, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has picked up an award for her efforts to get special rights for homosexuals.

The Dade Human Rights Foundation gave Senator Clinton its 2002 National Impact Award. The group recognized the junior senator from New York for supporting benefits to the September 11 victims of homosexual partners, and for co-sponsoring a bill prohibiting homosexual discrimination in the workplace. One Foundation board member described the senator as "an advocate for democracy, human rights, religious tolerance, and equal rights for gays and lesbians."

Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute says the award will not give the former First Lady a hoped-for "moderate" image in a possible presidential bid. "I don't think this is a step toward the center when you're getting awards from a radical, left-wing homosexual organization," Knight says. "That's not going to give her a more 'centrist' image."

Another former winner of the award was House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt.

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