This issue is loosely based on the controversies that emerge in Europe every now and then, when the child of an immigrant family gets adopted by a local family. One of those controversies concerns religion, i.e. the question of what happens if a, say, Christian family adopts the child of a Muslim family and they want to raise the child as a Christian. (edit: the religion issue has been removed in the 2nd draft. Now it's about allegations of cultural assimilation) We've had a little discussion about this in the Writers' Block a few days ago. (starting from: viewtopic.php?p=32131232#p32131232)
Draft 2
[description]a Gallopavian immigrant couple sparked a discussion in @@NAME@@ when they violently criticized the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ adoption system on live TV. They said that their child had been forcibly taken away from them on dubious allegations of physical abuse and given up for adoption to a @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ couple, as part of a systematic assimilation campaign.
[validity] allows immigration, corporal punishment illegal
1. [option]"I think we both know what is going on here," grumbles @@RANDOMNAME@@, a Gallopavian community leader from @@CAPITAL@@. "The @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ State is subjecting our children to cultural assimilation! Look at the case of little Emela here, who was mercilessly separated from her parents just because her parents had her ears pierced for earrings, as is common in their culture. How is this physical abuse? Give Emela back to her real parents and implement stringent criteria for defining what counts as abuse, so your Child Protection Services cannot abuse the system to assimilate our children!"
[effect]police officers cannot arrest parents who claim that bruises are made for cosmetic purposes in their culture
2. [option]"Cultural assimilation? Are you kidding me?" yells @@RANDOMNAMEFEMALE@@, the adoptive mother, hugging the little baby who is wearing a bodysuit with the colors of the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ flag. "If you mistreat your child, you forfeit your parental rights. As simple as that." Throwing a sidelong glance at the Gallopavian community leader, she continues. "By the way, her name is Amelia now, not Emela."
[effect]@@NAME@@ boasts of having the highest number of multicultural families in @@REGION@@
3. [option]"I think there is an easy solution to this," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, your Minister of Demographics, extending @@HIS@@ pointing stick and tapping it on a flowchart. "If a child from Ethnicity A is abused and given up for adoption to a family from Ethnicity B, this will cause a strife, because members of Ethnicity A will accuse you of trying to assimilate them. But if you make it mandatory that kids can be adopted only by families that share their own cultural background, assimilation will be out of question!"
[effect]poor orphans with an immigration background are condemned to be adopted by poor immigrants
4. [option]"This is nice, but does not go far enough!" yells @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Gallopavian ambassador to @@CAPITAL@@, who is known for @@HIS@@ strong anti-@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ sentiments. "Our children are forced to be educated in your nation's schools, indoctrinated with your nation's ideology, taught your nation's language! You should allow us to build our own schools here and appoint our own Gallopavian teachers, so that our children will not be estranged from their cultural heritage."
[effect]kids of immigrants have poor occupational prospects due to their inability to speak the official language
As always, comments, questions and suggestions for change are welcome