Non religious adoption

Neither my husband nor I are religious and we adopted two Caucasian special needs newborns (though we were open to any race). In our case, neither sets of birth parents were religious. I don't doubt that the fact that we were waiting for an infant with significant special needs shortened our wait considerably, but because our sons' birth parents shared our lack of religious conviction, I don't beleive that worked against us. In fact, it may have worked for us. You mentioned that you're considering opening yourself to races other than Caucasian. I would think that would certainly shorten your wait, if you're truly comfortable with that. All the best... Janet