"My mother was a widow and I am gay, but I know many other children of widowed mothers who, despite missing their father, did not become gay. After all, I am convinced that for a child almost anything is better than an orphanage. Nor can we pursue perfect family balance. It is sufficient that the adopters are normally civilized, not sadists who slice up creatures, that they have an income to support them, without necessarily having to be an Agnelli."