Elton John Too Old To Adopt

No sooner did Elton John announce he wanted to adopt a 14-month old Ukrainian orphan struggling with HIV, than the country's Family, Youth and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko, say that law would prevent the singer and his partner, David Furnish, from bringing little Lev home. Pavlenko told the AP that Ukrainian law requires an adoptive parent to be no more than 45 years older than the child. John is 62. But his age isn't the only hurdle - John's apparently also too gay to adopt! The law requires adoptive parents to be married. Even though John and Furnish are married (or "civil-unioned"?), the Ukraines don't accept same-sex marriage. However, the law wasn't exactly on Madonna's side when she adopted Mercy, either, but she found a way, and somehow, if Elton John persists, we think he'll find a way, too! In this case, that's really sad, he's a sick boy, he could have a good home!