Warner Brothers Pictures will be releasing a horror movie on July 24th called “Orphan.” The film is about a couple who decides to adopt a 9-year-old girl from a local orphanage who “is not what she appears to be.” The message portrayed about adoption and orphans, particularly older children, is extremely negative. One of the quotes in the movie is, “It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own.” All of us, as adoptive parents, know that adoption is a great blessing and gift from the Lord. This film’s message is completely contradictory to the “Spirit of Adoption” message.
We encourage you, your friends and your family to protest this release by signing an online petition (http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/OrphanMovie) and by contacting your local theaters, as well as Warner Brothers Pictures, to voice your concerns about this movie.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
“Orphan” Movie Petition
So...we're checking our adoption agency's blog - and what new info do we find??? When we read this we immediately signed the petition. If you haven't heard about this insanity yet, you might be interested to know:
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Thanks for sharing! Some people will do anything to make a dollar no matter who it hurt! So sad!
A lot of adoptive parents are angry about one line in this film: “It must be hard to love an adopted child like your own.”
How pathetic that they chose to be angry about this movie line but are perfectly content that their adopted child’s birth certificate was permanently sealed from him/her with their permission! Yes, adoptees have to live their lives carrying around “amended” birth certificates and are NEVER allowed to see their original birth certificates containing their true names and the names of his/her true biological parents. Adopting parents get to have their names placed on the amended certificates as the birth parents! What lies!!!! These violations of a child’s rights does not concern the protestors because it works for them! It’s not their ethnicities, their heritages that are sealed. No, their newly purchased child will be forced to accept these lies are his/her truth. These self-righteous idiots own the copyrights to their adopted child's identity and could care less that it's FICTION that on the child's birth certificate. It’s downright disgraceful and pathetic what people choose to protest.
I’m an adoptee. A lot of my friends are adoptees. We want “Orphan” t-shirts to wear proudly because getting angry over one-liners and not giving a hoot about our civil rights is laughable.
Personally I find more than that one-liner offensive about this movie. I'm tired of movies being made about anything to make a $.
There is a lot of bitterness in your comment, and not sure this is really the best place to direct it. Many adoptive families go to great lengths to help their children find their birth parents. I wish that had been your experience. That loss has obviously caused you great pain.
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