Hollywood is within easy driving distance for me. Living in the LA area, stories on celebrity adoptions generally seem to fly into my radar. Or, maybe it is just those Yahoo headlines I generally read? I really don't know why I keep finding celebrity adoption stories.

However, at the risk of getting slapped silly again on this subject, I will offer this story to you. Here is the link to Jessica's Story.

Last time I mentioned my skepticism about some celebrity adoptions, at least one person commented that they felt anyone who wanted to adopt should be commended - or words to that effect. They seemed highly insulted that I dared to question the motives of anyone who wants to adopt.

I believe that we do have the right to question the motivation and suitability of people who want to adopt. There are home studies and a whole host of procedures in place just for that purpose. Mostly, I believe that people who decide to adopt love children and want to parent. In most instances, I believe that it probably is that simple.

However, I feel strongly that we should question the sincerity and fitness of all adoptive parents. Being a celebrity should not "entitle" a person to adopt a child. I believe that it is important to insure that children are adopted by people who, at the very least, have reasonable expectations of becoming good parents. There are no guarantees, but, we should try our best for our children.

After all, we encourage some women to relinquish so their children will have more suitable parents. It stands to reason, therefore, that we are obliged to do our best to insure that adoptive parents will do a good job at parenting.

In researching this story, I goggled "Jessica Simpson denies" first, but, got a rash of stories not about adoption, but about her denial of trouble in her marriage. For those of you not up on her marital situation, she has filed for divorce. Of course, that's old news now. Who knows maybe the rumor of her marriage woes were false at the time, maybe her troubles came later. Amazing though how many stories there were with her denials of marriage woes.

Therefore, denying reports of her intent to adopt isn't the only story that she is saying is false. In my research, Jessica seems to be denying all sorts of things ranging from a nose job, denying that she isn't "fluff" to allegations in a lawsuit. Maybe I am being overly critical of poor Jessica. Celebrities may often have to contend with rumors that they need to deny, right?

Should we believe that Jessica really doesn’t intend to adopt? She seems to be denying all sorts of other things. Do we really care if she plans to adopt or not? Will any publicity about adoption promote more adoptions? Is that why some people love to hear about celebrity adoptions?