There's all this going on about gays and adopting, and I've got very clear views on this: why should a homosexual couple be any less suitable to raise a child than a heterosexual one? As long as they are financially stable and loving, why shouldn't they be allowed? isn't a stable gay couple even better than a straight one which perhaps isn't as suited to look after a child? Also, how is it that single gays are allowed to asopt, but couple aren't? just because he/she is living as a single person, doesn't mean they won't be having sex. I think this is ridiculous, and I'd quite like to hear what others think.
2007-01-24 03:19:40 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
by asopt i meant adopt, sorry it was a typing mistake.
2007-01-24 03:21:20 · update #1
hasse_john, i'm not gay and not wishing to adopt as i'm a teenager, and i'm certainly not perverted and never said anything about having sex all the time, i simply would like to know what people's thoughts are on the subject. and Chrissy, i think what you said about kids and foster homes is absolutely spot on. some people argue that kids with two mummies or two daddies may get bullied, but im sure they'd rather it than being with not-so-good heteroparents. also, i think if a parent wants their kid to be adopted by a catholic or someone of a specific religion, they should say it when they put them up for adoption, so the agency knows only to give their kid to someone of that religion.
2007-01-24 03:36:53 · update #2
It is completely ridiculous. My personal opinion is if a person is responsible enough to take care of children let them. Keeping kids in foster care because people don't agree with sexual orientation of the parents is just stupid. I'm sure those children would much rather be in a loving home and environment then hopping from home to home, never knowing their future.
Statistics have proven the children living in Same sex environments have grown to be just as well adapted to society as the rest of the world. Better than those raised in foster care.
2007-01-24 03:26:29 · answer #1 · answered by Chrissy 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
There are two concerns that people would say against gay couples adopting:
1- They would give a negative family model and convert them to be come gay.
2- They will be subjected to bullying and teasing at school for having gay parents.
For the first one, it is ignorance and fear of the unknown. Gay is not something you catch or you choose. It is something a person is born with. The fact that gay and lesbian come from straight family and science proved beyond doubt that gay is by birth in humans and animals. So children raised by gay couple do grow up to be straight or whatever they like. And No they do not get converted to become gay! (see references)
Second, bullying and I know this is a serious problem to consider. But we have to understand the bullying children for having gay parents is because society see it as not "normal"! This is what children bully, the person who is 'different'. But what is the solution? The only way forward is to make it Normal! When they can see that this is fine by everyone and there are few children with gay parents.
The main factors: financial support, moral background, educational background, and loving family should always be the priority and not any other consideration. And my feeling is that gay people who were subjected to serious discrimination and bullying, are probably going to be loving and extremely open minded parents.
2007-01-24 07:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by Fadi S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is not fairly honest, claiming that the Pope endorses the abuse that has long gone on or some thing.... yet confident, the Catholic church does have a large minority of hypocrites, and confident there perspectives on gay couples frequently are very regressive. Their ethical highground became lost earlier. Paticularly in my technology, almost every person isn't a large fan of Christianity and particularly against catholics.
2016-11-01 04:12:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't quite understand how they can say that "adoption to homosexuals is wrong", yet allow adoptions to single people and couples who do not follow their doctrines as well! It's double standards. Unfortunately the church is becomming a single issue faith, faith in intolerance.
Besides, adoption should be what's in the best interest of the child not what's in the best interest of the religious institution!
2007-01-24 04:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by PJW 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all I agree with what you say about gays being able to adopt. . .I think the church should have nothing to say about a child being adopted. The "guidelines" should be, financially stable, in good condition to physically take care of a child, no sexual offenses (child molestation etc). And a home. . .What right does a church have on deciding whether or not a child can have a home, loving family, and with who they will be living with.
2007-01-24 03:26:39 · answer #5 · answered by sweet_treat101 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i think gay couples should definitely be allowed to adopt! they are probably most loving and caring towards children because adoption is the only way they can have children. if they have a stable home, and a stable income, why should their relationship status come into play? there are so many children who desperately need homes to make sure they dont go off the rails, yet all these people are being refused just because they aren't straight.
in today's society there shouldn't be anymore discrimination....people get in big trouble over racism, so why not for being homophobic? it all makes no sense.
2007-01-24 03:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The church has NOTHING to do with it, or at least they SHOULD have nothing to do with it, as it is not their business. Now, I think that any person who can offer honest love and a stable family to a child that doesn't have anyone in the world should be commended and allowed to. I don't personally care if it's two gay men or two gay women. What does it matter?? I have often found that gay men, for instance, are so full of love, and I have thought before that it must be sad for them that they can't have any children of their own.
2007-01-24 03:29:54 · answer #7 · answered by blah 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Why would I want to adopt a church? What kind of church are we talking about here? Is it a gay church? Is it a handicapped church because I have enough to do I don't need some handicapped church demanding my time when I have so little as it is? Will the biological cathedrals of this church lay claim after I've gotten emotionally attached?
Whoa, so much to think about when adopting a church. Good question!
2007-01-24 03:35:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
absolutely ridiculous. all that matters is that the couple are able to provide a comfortable, stable and loving home for the child. in my oppinion it should not matter a hoot if the couple happen to be gay. just cos one is gay, doesnt mean we are incapable of loving another human being. the church is soo out of date in this country, makes me really annoyed. the church is living in the past with fuddy duddy ideas. we need young people running the church with young ideas not old cronies.
2007-01-24 05:38:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Church is absolutely right.
Gay sex is perversion, once we start down that road the danger aspect takes over and before too long its rent boys and then 16 year olds or 14 year old, and how does a child decide between submitting to perversion or losing his home.
Gays are perverts and perverts have no place bringing up kids.
2007-01-24 10:43:30 · answer #10 · answered by Timothy B 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋