A British man and his wife were turned down by child adoption authorities because the man is too fat.

Damien Hall, age 24, is 6'1" tall and weighs 340 pounds. When he and his wife applied to adopt a child, they received a letter from the Leeds City Council that said they were ineligible "due to concerns that the medical advisors have expressed regarding Mr. Hall's weight."

"The bottom line is I am too fat," Mr. Hall said. "I feel as though we were only judged on my weight and not all the other good things about us. We don't smoke or drink, and we could give a child a happy and safe home."

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Tracy had no plans to become a mother; but her visit to a Croatian orphanage changed that. While she was there, she met Mishi - a three-year-old boy who stole her heart. Thus began her four-year journey to adopt Mishi and bring him back to Wales.

"She wrote to the Croatian Ambassador, but embassy officials told her she couldn't adopt Mishi because the countries had no adoption agreement. So she contacted the Rijeka hospital, where bosses welcomed her dream - and persuaded government officials to authorize the adoption."

Back in Wales, Tracy met just as much resistance from her home country's government. Her social services representative had never even heard of Croatia. But, four years later, Mishi is home and settling well into his new life. Source: Wales on Sunday

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