1.   Fortunately for adoption advocates, finding permanent homes for foster children is a legislative objective that politicians throughout the political spectrum have found easy to support.

2.   Some adoption advocates say delays are necessary to encourage minorities to adopt children of the same race.

3.   Surprisingly, the adoption tax credit has few supporters among adoption advocates.

4.   But at a joint news conference, the adoption advocates said the bill would only put private adoption agencies in legal limbo.

5.   Still, adoption advocates said the new bill still might leave loopholes which would allow local officials to block adoptions.

6.   The measure has been strongly criticized by adoption advocates and human rights activists.