Looks like Elton John and David Furnish weren’t able to get past the Family, Youth, and Sports Minster in Ukraine. The couple who were interested in asking president Viktor Yushchenko to make an exception to allow them to adopt a baby boy from an orphanage, have just been denied the chance by senior official, Yuriy Pavlenko.

Yuriy confirmed today that Elton and David are too old and gay to adopt the 14-month-old baby boy, and that the country wouldn’t be making an exception for them because of their celebrity status. Yuriy said,

Elton John will not be able to adopt a Ukrainian child and if he files that request we will unfortunately deny it. The law is the same for everybody: for a president, for a minister, for Elton John.

We wonder if they’ll be pulling a Madonna and throwing a public hissy fit until they get their way.