On September 12, John had just finished performing for children at the orphanage in Makiyivka -- some of whose parents had died of AIDS -- when he told journalists that a toddler there named Lev had "stolen" their hearts. "I can honestly say this boy in the front has stolen our hearts, and we will try the most we can to give him a future and a home -- always remembering, of course, that he is from Ukraine" John said. Legal Issues But the real issue for John and Furnish is whether Ukrainian officials can allow the adoption of a boy by two foreign men who are in a civil partnership under British law. Full Article at Spero News