Why Not Adopt Just adding my 2 cents on this taught. Infact adopting and caring an orphan is Highly rewarding. There are many ayats in Quran which shows that how important this is. And how much unworthy act of becoming heedless to orphans. But there are imporatnt things to keep in mind religiously. I don`t know, who were Alims who speak on this issue on this program(Not mentioning Amir Liaquat). But the issue of Mehram and Na-Mehram is right as same is seen in case of Hazrat Zaid (RAW) example, he was not mehram and Purdah was observed from him by the household of our Prophet (SAW). Also Nabi (SAW) married his divorced clarifying further issues on adaptation. But this problem can be solved religiously Look at the answer http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/view.php?q=11928 and http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/view.php?q=386
The other details are also available at
1. http://www.islam.tc/cgi-bin/askimam/search.pl?query=adopt&limit=20&order=DESC&sort=date&where=question
2. http://sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00000265.aspx
3. http://sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00004292.aspx
4. http://sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00003681.aspx
5. http://sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00000221.aspx
The beauty of Religion Islam is that it is really very easy to practice for those who want to do it. It provides solutions to every question. Religious quotations are fine to include in articles but needs validated approach to represent them. May Allah reward you & your family for such taught and actions.