Is everybody happy? The Malawi government refused to grant Madonna permission to adopt three-year-old Mercy James (whom she first met two years ago). The child will stay in an orphanage. That’s better than Madonna?!
Madonna and David Banda © Getty Images
Even Guy Ritchie, though happy to be single again, released a statement praising Madonna’s parenting, and expressed distress and surprise at the actions of the Malawi court.
Odd, isn’t it, that the child’s grandmother — the only living relative — allowed Mercy to languish in the orphanage, without a peep, until Madonna showed up ready to adopt? Then granny gets all excited, and we are treated to the idea that the evil pop star has come to pluck the child, shrieking, from her grandmother’s loving arms.
In Malawi, 14 percent of the population is HIV positive, and life expectancy is 44 years. And what awaits many African girls — aside from contracting AIDS? Rape, teenage pregnancy and death caused by childbirth. (Mercy’s 18-year-old mother died soon after giving birth.)
Whatever happens to little Mercy, we can all sleep safe and snug, knowing she is not being raised in comfort and safety, with the best medical care and education available, by that monster of iniquity, Madonna.
Even if we never contribute a dime or a second of time to a needy cause, we’re all better than Madonna, right?
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