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September 15, 2009 By:
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Elton John was denied the adoption of Baby Lev, a 14-month old HIV-positive child from Ukraine. According to the government, Elton is too old and not married. While Elton and partner David Furnish participated in one of the first legalized gay marriages in Britain, the Ukraine does not recognize their union as legal. Not only that, but the law says the adoptive parents must be no more than 45-years older than the adoptive child… and Elton is 62. “I don’t know how we do that, but he has stolen my heart. And he has stolen David’s heart and it would be wonderful is we can have a home,” John has said. The government issued a statement saying, “Elton John will not be able to adopt a Ukrainian child and if he files tha request we will unfortunately deny it. The law is the same for everybody: for a president, for a minister, for Elton John.”