National Council for Adoption Archives | Bastard Nation https://bastards.org/tag/national-council-for-adoption/ The Adoptee Rights Organization Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:18:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://bastards.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/8/files/2015/12/cropped-bASTARD-BOUTIQUE-32x32.jpg National Council for Adoption Archives | Bastard Nation https://bastards.org/tag/national-council-for-adoption/ 32 32 158542501 NAM/NAAM Day 9: National Council for Adoption Gets Hammered http://bastards.org/nam-naam-day-9-national-council-for-adoption-gets-hammered/ http://bastards.org/nam-naam-day-9-national-council-for-adoption-gets-hammered/#respond Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:51:51 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14543 The National Council for Adoption is getting a hammer taken to it on Facebook….Back in that day (again! )NCFA founding president Bill Pierce called BN and our allies socialists, anarchists, and hippies in Birkenstocks He accused us of buying the M58 election in Oregon. I’m down with all those labels and accusations, but it looks like NCFA has taken the most unPiercian strategy of remaining silent while the Proles throw cowpies in its face. That’s no fun!

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]]> http://bastards.org/nam-naam-day-9-national-council-for-adoption-gets-hammered/feed/ 0 14543 NAM/NAAM Day 2: National Council for Adoption Shills for Money on Facebook; Gets Trounced http://bastards.org/14514-2/ http://bastards.org/14514-2/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:46:33 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14514 Here’s the answer: asking for money on Facebook, and perhaps other social media platforms. NCFA president Ryan Hanlon (he’s adopted,) ran this soft hit-up for $$$. He looks like he’d rather be writing some nerdy paper for an obscure professional journal than shilling…Hanlon didn’t get a great reception. Seven out of 16 responses are vociferously negative.

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]]> http://bastards.org/14514-2/feed/ 0 14514 A Brief Memoir: Bill Pierce, Me, and AdoptaTalk with God http://bastards.org/13624-2/ http://bastards.org/13624-2/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:00:48 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=13624 One day he told me that he was ready to die more or less, and couldn't wait to get to heaven "so I can talk to God about adoption for eternity."

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]]> http://bastards.org/13624-2/feed/ 2 13624 What Does America Get for $500 Million a Year in Adoption Tax Credits by Jim Hamlton http://bastards.org/what-does-america-get-for-500-million-a-year-in-adoption-tax-credits-by-jim-hamlton/ http://bastards.org/what-does-america-get-for-500-million-a-year-in-adoption-tax-credits-by-jim-hamlton/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:47:28 +0000 http://www.bastards.org/?p=4979 Some of you, including me, have a hard time understanding the Federal Adoption Tax Credit.  Established originally to encourage the adoption of special needs/foster  adoption (which I have no problem with as long as the ...

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