Singer Elton John’s request to adopt a 14-month old toddler from an orphanage for HIV-infected children in Ukraine has been denied by the country’s minister for family affairs. Ukraine’s Family, Youth, and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko said that Sir Elton John is not eligible due to his age and his non-traditional marriage.
Ukranian law requires parents to be no older than 45 years to adopt. And the country does not recognize same-sex unions as a form of marriage. The singer entered a civil union with his longtime partner in 2005, the year the United Kingdom first began to recognize officially recognize same-sex civil unions.
Elton John met the HIV-infected toddler during a charity visit to the orphanage and was smitten with the child. The Times Online reports that more than 65,000 children in Ukraine live in state-run institutions, 90% of whom have been placed there due to poverty.
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