Should gay couples be given the same legal rights as heterosexuals in adopting children?

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  • I think gay couples should be able to adopt children, because there is no reason to deny them that privilege.

    There is no evidence that gay couples are not fit to parent and, therefore, I believe they should be granted the legal rights to do so. They should go through the same selection process that other couples currently go through. I think gay couples can offer stable environments for children. I also think that all qualified individuals should be allowed to adopt, whether they are gay or straight.

    Yes WoozyEusebio

  • Basing a decision on sexual-preference is discrimination.

    The sexual-preference of an individuals, or group of individuals, does not give any indication of their value as parents. Basing the decision of whether to allow a couple to adopt based on that single variable is simply discrimination. It would be no different then basing whether someone would be a good parent on race or gender. Society considers it wrong to judge the value of a person by these variables, but still allows sexual-preference to be a major source of judgement.

    Yes KnownEvan

  • Gay couples should be able to adopt children. I think that anyone attempting to adopt, who is able to show that they can provide a stable and loving home for a child should be allowed to do so no matter what their sexual orientation.

    Unfortunately, we live in a world with many children who are in the need of loving homes. A home does not have to have two parents of different sexes in order to be loving or stable. Studies have shown that children of gay couples grow up to be just as competent and well adjusted as children who come from more traditional homes. An injustice is committed when an acceptable couple is not allowed to adopt because they are gay. This injustice extends not only to the couple but also to the child who is denied a home.

    Yes QuizzicalKenneth

  • I support legal rights to gay adoption because we are all afforded equal protection under the law.

    Everyone deserves the same legal rights and protections under the law, as given by the 14th amendment to our Constitution. And someone should not be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. In raising a child, it is much more important that the individual is a good and loving parent, than what gender their partner is.

    Yes InfamousTad73

  • I believe that gay couples have as much rights to adopt children as do heterosexual couples, because sexual orientation does not mean you will be a good parent.

    Statistically, there is nothing to say a child raised by a same sex couple is worse off than one raised by a heterosexual couple. Many children of gay couples tend to be more open and accepting. A majority of them will enter into heterosexual relationships. From a statistical point of view, a higher percentage of adopted children from heterosexual couples tend to be abused, and in turn become abusers, than from homosexual couples.

    Yes B0rdKool

  • Yes, they should be able to have the same rights, because who they love should not be a factor in adopting children.

    Same sex couples are no different than heterosexual couples. Simply because they love someone of the same sex, it doesn't change who they are on the inside. It doesn't mean they are contagious, and it doesn't mean they're crazy. So many couples wind up in a relationship that becomes abusive and, sadly, even fatal, and I think that should be more of a legal concern when it comes to adopting children than what sex you chose to be with.

    Yes eddietron

  • Gay couples should be given the same adoption rights as long as they provide a role model of the different gender.

    Gay people should not be denied rights to adopt because simply being gay has no bearing on whether a person would make a good parent or not. But it is important for healthy development to be exposed to aspects of both genders, because we learn about people and the way the world works through such interactions. So I think it would be a good idea to mandate that gays expose their children to a member of the opposite sex who they trust and think would make a good influence on their child.

    Yes EImerBuddie

  • Gay couples are just as capable and successful adoptive parents as heterosexual couples.

    Someone's sexuality or sexual preference has no impact on their ability to be a good parent. A gay couple is just as committed and loving as a straight couple. Gay relationships and gay partners have the same parenting needs as straight couples and children would benefit from the stable home life they would offer them.

    Yes IevDoom

  • Gay couples should have the very same legal rights as heterosexuals do with regard to adoption.

    There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that a child living in a home with two same-sex parents is any worse off than one living in a home with heterosexual parents. Furthermore, restricting the rights of individuals based on sexual orientation is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

    Yes C35Flames

  • They are people too and should be treated as such!

    This issue reminds me of slavery and undermining basic human rights. Gay people have every right to adopt and take care of their children, but we as a community deny that right. They deserve the right to have family and be happy just like everybody else! They are not sick or perverted as majority of people thinks. Heterosexual people can be bad and abusive parents, too. And, we still treat gay people like animals!

    Yes 5h0PPingPerry

  • Gay couples should be able to open their hearts and homes to adopted children with the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.

    There are many children all over the world who need a loving and safe home. A gay couple can provide the same protection, monetary support and love to an adopted child as a heterosexual couple in the same position. It is a shame to think that a child would be deprived a better life because the law decided that a gay couple was unqualified to raise him or her.

    Yes D35General

  • Gay couples should be allowed the same rights in adopting because they are capable and loving parents just the same as heterosexuals.

    It is discrimination to not allow gay couples to adopt. They can love a child just as much as a heterosexual couple can. Just because a couple is gay doesn't mean that they should be treated any differently. In some cases gay couples make better parents because they are more caring and understanding of differences.

    Yes B3rkIffy

  • If a stable, loving couple can afford to adopt a child, their sexuality should not be a factor.

    There is an abundance of children in need of parents. If a stable, established couple are willing to provide a home for a child, they should do it. What difference would it make to the child if they happen to be in a same sex relationship? There are many heterosexual relationships that are dysfunctional and abusive, but they are given preference over healthy same sex couples. Children placed in these homes are being penalized for prejudices that are not theirs.

    Yes MainBen

  • Homosexuals should have the same legal parenting rights as heterosexuals because lifestyle should not change your basic civil rights.

    Homosexuals should have the same legal parenting rights as heterosexuals because lifestyle should not change your basic civil rights. What people do in the privacy of their own home that does not hurt another person should be off-limits to the rest of the world. Homosexuals are just as American as heterosexuals and it's wrong to be treated as anything less than equals.

    Yes H0bi3Invader

  • I think gay couples should be given the same legal rights as heterosexuals in adopting children. After all they are adults too.

    Gay couples have been adopting children for decades now. There have been a number of studies which should the benefits of adoption by gay couples. Therefore gay couples deserve the same legal rights as heterosexual couples when adopting children. In addition, there always is a need for people to adopt children, why discourage gay couples by limiting their legal rights to adopt children. The orphaned children need parents, whether gay or heterosexual it doesn't matter to the children. The children simply need a safe and loving environment to grow up in. Therefore gay couple should have the same legal rights to adopt children as heterosexual couples currently receive.

    Yes VampMarce

  • There is no reason to deny committed gay couples the same rights in adopting children as heterosexual couples.

    There is reason to deny committed gay couples the same rights in adopting children as heterosexual couples. I have met many gay couples who are loving, committed parents. They offer a home to children whose birth parents could not or would not take care of them. Denying gay families this right is simply prejudiced.

    Yes NatBIab

  • A person's sexual orientation does not effect their ability to effectively raise children.

    Sexual orientation has no bearing on whether a person can effectively raise a child, and often gay couples are more loving and balanced than straights, simply because they are more honest with themselves. It takes a lot of honesty to be able to come out as being gay when a lot of society looks down on it. And this honesty about themselves is a great value for children to learn.

    Yes Nik0Interior

  • I support equal rights for gay adoptive parents, sexual orientation doesn't matter to a child with out a family.

    I believe to grow up healthy and well balanced, a child needs a stable home environment with active and participant parents. The gender and orientation of these parents is largely irrelevant, only stability of the home and the feelings of belonging. The idea that a family is made by a man and a woman is a fallacy and one only need look to the divorce rates to see that man plus woman doesn't always equal happy family. By allowing gay couples to adopt, unhindered, it expands a child's likely hood of finding a good permanent home.

    Yes R0II4Icy

  • Gay couples deserve the same rights for adopting children - they raise children the same way heterosexuals do.

    Studies have proved over and over that children raised in homes with homosexual parents turn out just as well-adjusted as the children of heterosexual parents. Just because a child doesn't have a father doesn't mean he or she won't be exposed to men at all. Two gay men can raise a female daughter who associated with other females and is perfectly content with having two dads.

    Yes 54ndDavi
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  • Gay couples should not be allowed to adopt children, because children should have a mother and a father.

    God created children to be raised by a man and a woman. If a child is being raised by two women or two men, then they are at a disadvantage, because they will be raised with the perspective of only one gender. Both men and women bear the image of God, and it is unfair to deny a child a full picture of God.

    No 5h4yGust

  • Anoymous

    I believe that God created us to be with the opposite sex,and i mean i have no problems with homosexuals.But when they bring a children into there relationship, thats underminding what God has created a family to be thats a issue.I believe that mothers and fathers have different purposes in a child's life that they need. There are just some issues that are better dealt with by a father and a mother have that no other person can give to a child

    No Anonymous

  • there is a difference between the environment of heterosexuals and homosexuals

    i have no problems with homosexuals, it's just that, if they adopt a child, then the child will find it hard to socialize with other people because of humiliation that they will undergo. Most of the people doesn't agree with homosexuals, if they knew that your child is a child of a homosexual, then your child might suffer from humiliation.

    No Anonymous

  • Gay couples should not be given the same legal rights as heterosexuals in adopting.

    Don't get me wrong...I have no problem with gay couples themselves. Their lifestyle is a choice they have made for themselves and it has not bearing on me good or bad. However, I do have an issue with gay couples adopting children. I believe that mothers and fathers play different roles in a child's life. There are just some issues that are better dealt with by a father (man) and a mother (woman). There is a necessity for both sexes in a family setting. I feel the same way about gay couples adopting as I do a single person adopting. It is just not right for the child to miss out on what each sex can provide in nurturing.

    No w00tboycomic

  • It is more beneficial for children to be raised in a heterosexual environment.

    The act of homosexuality is not natural. If it were, homosexuals would be able to reproduce homosexually. A stigma still exists on homosexuality. Subjecting children to homosexual tendencies at an early age almost promises them a lifetime of objective scrutiny and chastisement. It also fails to provide them with vital aspects of culture that only heterosexual relationships can provide.

    No R0m4nticCar

  • Children do best in a two parent family - why deny those without parents that by choice?

    Study after study finds that children do better with two married parents who are related to them. Single mothers without a father in the home result in children with a far greater likelihood of going to jail, failing in school, doing drugs, committing suicide and getting pregnant out of wedlock. Children whose parents divorce or whose parents cohabit do slightly better than a single mother, while remarriage of their custodial parent does almost as bad as a single mother. Thus the proven best way to raise a child is with a married mother and father. Adoption by gays denies a child at least one of these two gender role models. It also puts them into a social structure found to be more unstable that heterosexual marriage, as homosexual couples are found to have relationships that have shorter duration than married couples. Taking children that have already lost their parents or were given up already have a strike against them. Do not deny them a stable two parent alternate gendered home, which has been proved as the best environment to raise them.

    No Pir4And

  • I oppose giving parental or adoption rights to gay couples, because marriage is intended to be between man and woman, and the family is meant to be composed of a husband and wife and children.

    I do not believe that it is good to extend rights that have been extended to traditional families because it is impossible for a gay couple to provide the appropriate family environment because the family is not intended to be composed of two moms or two dads. The Bible says that man is to leave his mother and father and cling to his wife. God created Eve as a companion for Adam to establish the foundation of the human family. Going away from that traditional model of the family is destroying the foundation of our society.

    No TasticBran
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