Missouri Man Claims He Was Denied Adoption Because of His Weight

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html

A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to his weight,
according to MyFoxKC.com.

Gary Stocklaufer said he and his wife, Cynthia, were asked to adopt Gary's
cousin's 3-month-old son because the relative couldn't care for the boy
anymore. But a judge — the same judge who approved Gary's adoption of his
now 7-year-old son — denied the adoption on the grounds of Gary's weight,
Stocklaufer said.

Click here for a video report from MyFoxKC.com

http://tinyurl.com/276y5h

Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds — though he's lost 35 and is
working to lose more — and that his weight hasn't stopped him from working
as a truck driver or playing with his son.

The couple said their attorney has filed a motion for a new hearing.

vince <vince@gmt.net> writes:

> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>
> A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to his
> weight, according to MyFoxKC.com.
>
> Gary Stocklaufer said he and his wife, Cynthia, were asked to adopt
> Gary's cousin's 3-month-old son because the relative couldn't care
> for the boy anymore. But a judge — the same judge who approved
> Gary's adoption of his now 7-year-old son — denied the adoption on
> the grounds of Gary's weight, Stocklaufer said.
>
> Click here for a video report from MyFoxKC.com
>
> http://tinyurl.com/276y5h
>
> Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds — though he's lost 35
> and is working to lose more — and that his weight hasn't stopped him
> from working as a truck driver or playing with his son.
>
> The couple said their attorney has filed a motion for a new hearing.

The real question in this case is who *is* going to watch out for the
child? Quite frankly, I think that the judge is over-stepping some
boundaries.

Jason

"vince" <vince@gmt.net> wrote in message
news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>
> A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to his weight,
> according to MyFoxKC.com.

I went out and watched the video at the website. The guy is 500 pounds and
the judge was worried about his health complications, which *happen* to be
weight related. I don't see that this guy was turned down "just because he's
overweight". I don't think that a person's weight effects what's inside
their mind and soul, BUT, this guy is handicapped by his weight and the
judge probably figured he wasn't physically fit or healthy enough for
day-to-day parenting.

On another note, I'm not aware of any law prohibiting descrimation against
people based on their weight. There are laws agains sexual, racial and
religous descrimination, handicap, national origin, etc. But if a person
applies for a job, "we won't hire you because you weigh so damn much," is
just the same as saying, "we don't want to hire you because you're gay."
Right, wrong or indifferent, that's the law.

> Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds - though he's lost 35 and is
> working to lose more - and that his weight hasn't stopped him from working
> as a truck driver or playing with his son.

Yah, he can drive a truck. I call bullshit on not stopping him from playing
with his son. Maybe he can roll around on the floor to play with toys and
board games, but I can't see this guy keeping up with a seven year old, for
two minutes, out on a playground, much less having the ability, g-d forbid,
to rescue that boy from just about any perilous sitution.

> The couple said their attorney has filed a motion for a new hearing.

G-d bless them! They guy has already lost 35 pounds. If he keeps at it and
continues to lose weight, he might get the kid. That'd be great!

Why post this crap in MFW?

--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

http://www.hardbopdrums.com/


"vince" <vince@gmt.net> wrote in message
news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>
> A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to his weight,
> according to MyFoxKC.com.
>
> Gary Stocklaufer said he and his wife, Cynthia, were asked to adopt Gary's
> cousin's 3-month-old son because the relative couldn't care for the boy
> anymore. But a judge - the same judge who approved Gary's adoption of his
> now 7-year-old son - denied the adoption on the grounds of Gary's weight,
> Stocklaufer said.
>
> Click here for a video report from MyFoxKC.com
>
> http://tinyurl.com/276y5h
>
> Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds - though he's lost 35 and is
> working to lose more - and that his weight hasn't stopped him from working
> as a truck driver or playing with his son.
>
> The couple said their attorney has filed a motion for a new hearing.
>

On Jul 28, 5:40 pm, "Hard Bop Drums" <nos...@hardbopdrums.com> wrote:
> Why post this crap in MFW?
>
> --
> Robert Schuh
> "Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
> intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
> the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
> the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
> - Nietzsche
>
> http://www.hardbopdrums.com/
>
> "vince" <vi...@gmt.net> wrote in message
>
> news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
>
> >http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>
> > A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to his weight,
> > according to MyFoxKC.com.
>
> > Gary Stocklaufer said he and his wife, Cynthia, were asked to adopt Gary's
> > cousin's 3-month-old son because the relative couldn't care for the boy
> > anymore. But a judge - the same judge who approved Gary's adoption of his
> > now 7-year-old son - denied the adoption on the grounds of Gary's weight,
> > Stocklaufer said.
>
> > Click here for a video report from MyFoxKC.com
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/276y5h
>
> > Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds - though he's lost 35 and is
> > working to lose more - and that his weight hasn't stopped him from working
> > as a truck driver or playing with his son.
>
> > The couple said their attorney has filed a motion for a new hearing.

Geez dude I've always been willing to cut you some slack but frankly,
at this point YOU ARE A TOTAL BONEHEAD.

What part of the word WEIGHT in the FIRST FUCKING SENTENCE is unclear
to even a brainless schmoe like you???? Do you need a pubmed cite
<cue JMW>?

Go take some more Ritalin for you ADD Bob, and check back in, oh, 3
weeks or so.

Thanks,

Richard

"vince" <vince@gmt.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>
> A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to
> his weight,

Good. A man that takes so little care of himself should not be
allowed to adopt an innocent child.


--
/\ preben nielsen
\/\ prel@post.tele.dk

<The.Sargon@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 28, 5:40 pm, "Hard Bop Drums" <nos...@hardbopdrums.com> wrote:
>> Why post this crap in MFW?
>>
>> --
>> Robert Schuh
>> "Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
>> intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
>> the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
>> the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
>> - Nietzsche
>>
>> http://www.hardbopdrums.com/
>>
>> "vince" <vi...@gmt.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
>>
>> >http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>>
>> > A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to his
>> > weight,
>> > according to MyFoxKC.com.
>>
>> > Gary Stocklaufer said he and his wife, Cynthia, were asked to adopt
>> > Gary's
>> > cousin's 3-month-old son because the relative couldn't care for the
>> > boy
>> > anymore. But a judge - the same judge who approved Gary's adoption
>> > of his
>> > now 7-year-old son - denied the adoption on the grounds of Gary's
>> > weight,
>> > Stocklaufer said.
>>
>> > Click here for a video report from MyFoxKC.com
>>
>> >http://tinyurl.com/276y5h
>>
>> > Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds - though he's lost 35
>> > and is
>> > working to lose more - and that his weight hasn't stopped him from
>> > working
>> > as a truck driver or playing with his son.
>>
>> > The couple said their attorney has filed a motion for a new
>> > hearing.
>
> Geez dude I've always been willing to cut you some slack but frankly,
> at this point YOU ARE A TOTAL BONEHEAD.
>
> What part of the word WEIGHT in the FIRST FUCKING SENTENCE is unclear
> to even a brainless schmoe like you???? Do you need a pubmed cite
> <cue JMW>?

The word in the newsgroup title is "weights", as in weights that you
lift, not what someone weighs when they step on the scale.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

> Go take some more Ritalin for you ADD Bob, and check back in, oh, 3
> weeks or so.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard
>

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:33:51 +0200, "preben nielsen"
<prel@post.tele.dk> wrote:

>
>"vince" <vince@gmt.net> skrev i en meddelelse
>news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>>
>> A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to
>> his weight,
>
>Good. A man that takes so little care of himself should not be
>allowed to adopt an innocent child.

Discrimination is perfectly legal if it is NOT one of the protected
classes such as race religion etc. Weight is not a protected class
so the judge is within his rights to use that in determining what is
in the best interest of the child.

Why the fuck do you post this drivel??
--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

http://www.hardbopdrums.com/


"vince" <vince@gmt.net> wrote in message
news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>
> A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to his weight,
> according to MyFoxKC.com.
>
> Gary Stocklaufer said he and his wife, Cynthia, were asked to adopt Gary's
> cousin's 3-month-old son because the relative couldn't care for the boy
> anymore. But a judge - the same judge who approved Gary's adoption of his
> now 7-year-old son - denied the adoption on the grounds of Gary's weight,
> Stocklaufer said.
>
> Click here for a video report from MyFoxKC.com
>
> http://tinyurl.com/276y5h
>
> Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds - though he's lost 35 and is
> working to lose more - and that his weight hasn't stopped him from working
> as a truck driver or playing with his son.
>
> The couple said their attorney has filed a motion for a new hearing.
>

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:36:31 -0000, The.Sargon@gmail.com wrote:

>On Jul 28, 5:40 pm, "Hard Bop Drums" <nos...@hardbopdrums.com> wrote:
>> Why post this crap in MFW?
>>

Well it isn't relevant in SSFA either.

Keep it up Richard. You will be a Dick before you know it.

LV

"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank."

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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:33:51 +0200, "preben nielsen"
<prel@post.tele.dk> wrote:

>
>"vince" <vince@gmt.net> skrev i en meddelelse
>news:Xns997B746712341ZXMA9@localhost...
>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290849,00.html
>>
>> A Missouri man claims he's being discriminated against due to
>> his weight,
>
>Good. A man that takes so little care of himself should not be
>allowed to adopt an innocent child.

Well no one kept a mental midget like you from moving free in society.
Therefore liberalism has its advantages, yes?

What about all the innocents you have corrupted?

LV

"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank."

---Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones
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"A fanatic cannot change his mind and will not
change the subject."

---Winston Churchill
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"Lady Veteran" <armyvet@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:36:31 -0000, The.Sargon@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>On Jul 28, 5:40 pm, "Hard Bop Drums" <nos...@hardbopdrums.com> wrote:
>>> Why post this crap in MFW?
>>>
>
> Well it isn't relevant in SSFA either.
>
> Keep it up Richard. You will be a Dick before you know it.
>
> LV

You're an expert on "Richards", aren't you? "Off color Richards" to be
exact.