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 wrote:

> 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 reporter stated that the judge had a concern that the father might
develop Diabetes or sleep apnea. And the judge in the case might have
read the "Friends' obesity can be contagious, study says" article,
too.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...478/-1/LOCAL17
aka http://tinyurl.com/2nnns3

And the anti-fat hysteria takes hold! Instead of zombie movies, we'll
be seeing a rash of overweight people in film. Hmmm. Norbit! And those
other Eddie Murphy flicks. It's already happening!

Emo Philips is the only media representative on the skinny side?

http://www.emophilips.com/home

That doesn't seem fair.

--
Curt

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

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

The.Sar...@gmail wrote:
> "Hard Bop Drums" wrote:

> > Why post this crap in MFW?

[...]

> > "vince" wrote

> > > 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.

[...]

> > > Stocklaufer said he weighs roughly 500 pounds - though he's lost 35

Hmmm. Thirty-five is what percent of 500 pounds? Maybe Stocklaufer
could stand to lose a few *additional* pounds? He can give 'em to me,
okay?

[...]

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

Oh, juuuuuust kill file that clown! ;o)

> 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>?

Risking you calling me a bonehead or taking shots at me with a 626?
Isn't that a Mazda car? Never mind. Yes, risking your special brand of
ridicule, I'd like to actually defend ol' 'bert as I can see where
he'd see misc.fitness.weights as having nothing at all to do with a
guy (a fat guy at that - as, while 'bert's really mister cranky pants
when it comes to those he'd characterize as "homophobic bigots," well,
he's pretty A-OK with being a fat-ophobic son of a bitch) not getting
custody of a kid.

Now if you'd substitute CAT for every instance of CHILD in that
article, well, that'd be a differen't story, I suspect. Uh, yes,
literally, and also in 'bert's eyes.

Also if you'd substitute the 500 pound man for, say, Miles O'Keeffe
squatting 500 pounds then, too, you'd pique 'bert's interest.

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

See? Now drug references work. I'm sure 'bert will feel all warm and
fuzzy when he sees reference to drugs and time frames. He's a walking
medicine cabinet it seems.

--
Curt

"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
news:1185665791.358792.159720@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
> 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
>

Steve Freides wrote:

re the validity of posting about "A Missouri man claims he's being
discriminated against due to his weight"

See: http://tinyurl.com/276y5h

> The word in the newsgroup title is "weights",

Weights, eh? Hmm. I don't see "weights" listed anywhere in the groups
you've cross-posted to: soc.support.fat-acceptance, alt.vampyres,
alt.support.diet

> as in weights that you lift, not what someone weighs
> when they step on the scale.

Stupid kill file. Just makes it damned difficult to point out the
idiocy (hey, opinion) of noting "weights" in this newsgroup's title
without thinking about - duh - MISCELLFRIGGINGANEOUS and, oh, yeah,
fitness (as opposed to fatness or, say, maybe fitness of parenting?

Regardless, off-topic posts aren't exactly unheard of in Usenet or,
for that matter, in MFW.

--
Curt

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.
>

Robert Schuh aka "Hard Bop Drums" wrote:

> Why the [expletive deleted] do you post this drivel??

[...]

Why do you reply to something you characterize as drivel?

"THIS WAY, SANCHO!"

--
Curt

"Curt" <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote
> Robert Schuh aka "Hard Bop Drums" wrote:
>
>> Why the [expletive deleted] do you post this drivel??
>
> [...]
>
> Why do you reply to something you characterize as drivel?
>
> "THIS WAY, SANCHO!"

That's from "Dirty Harry", isn't it?

David

Cohen wrote:
I scribbled:

> > "THIS WAY, SANCHO!"
>
> That's from "Dirty Harry", isn't it?

I was quoting the bible.

Duh.

--
Curt

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."

---Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones
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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
--------------------------------------------
"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.