Another route we considered was international adoption. At that point in our adventure we hadn't realized that babies don't only come as newborns and visions of exotic little Brangelina infants danced in our heads.
Apparently, if you go through a Canadian adoption agency, international adoption is not open to legally married same sex couples. A straight couple - yeah, no problem. I write apparently only because I am sure there are ways around this - but we never bothered to research further. A tangent - the Canadian Revenue Agency (our tax guys) also don't recognize *legally* married same-sex couples. No tax benefits for us!
The other detriment to international adoption is price. It starts at $50,000 Canadian. Then there are visits to the host country and - man oh man - that's the price of a new BMW - a down payment on a house - a whole lot of bling. Buying babies is expensive (that is entirely tongue in cheek for anyone who is going to comment yell at me).
So, 'yah Brangelina babies' but they aren't for the gays - at least the Canadian gays.
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