Then I met many “birth mothers” who assured me that there was a very good chance she always wondered about me and would welcome me finding her – but she was afraid to search for me or didn’t know she could.

So I searched for and found her. She and her husband of 50+ years had been rehearsing what they would do when I found her.

She was wary of telling my brothers about me. When she finally did, they were upset that she had kept the secret from them. They would have searched for me if they had known.

Now, even though I know my mother and her family, I am still prohibited from obtaining my original birth certificate in New York without a court order.

I am friends with a number of search angels and their statistics say that MOST (but not all) mothers welcome contact AND either did not know or did not think they could search for their child.

So – the idea that “if your mother WANTED you to find her, she would have signed up with the state” is totally bogus.

Some mothers even believe they would be arrested if they accepted contact from a relinquished child, much less initiated a search.

If you don’t want contact – fill out the “do not contact me” form. The one that WOULD have been available to you if the legislation actually passed.

But justice in this world does not exist.

With all due respect to his service to the country, his support of “a strong military” inherently implies support for big government spending and the biggest public industry. Clearly the military is the epitome of public industry and is an important aspect of the district. By the way the military is most socialist institution in these great United States of America – it is also the greatest military in the history of the world.

While its honorable to seek public service, this response is humorous at best. From the numerous contradictions in his response, Brodhead seems more inclined to try to tear down government than to contribute anything positive.