Will Madonna's Cougar Ways Impede Her Ability To Adopt Again?

Madonna's never made any excuses for her lifestyle, and why should she? She's smart, successful, single and in amazing shape for 50.

BUT, her recent hookup with a man over 25 years her junior may make it difficult for her to adopt again.

The NY Daily News reports that Malawian officials are debating whether or not to allow her to adopt 3-year-old Mercy James.

"Our official policy is that we do not encourage our children to be sent into broken homes," said an official with the country's Ministry of Women and Child Welfare Development. "The news she is linked to another woman's husband and a young man less than half her age makes us question her morals."

Holy Jesus! And we thought being the Queen of pop made her impervious to such judgments.

And as for poor little David? How will this affect him?

"We do not apply the law retroactively," the official said.