Should homosexuals be able to adopt?

Question

Hello =]
thnx for taking time to read over my question.. i really appreciate it =]

this is for my Religious Studies Standard Grade exam ..
i have to investigate a topic which really interests me =]
Homosexuality and adoption is my chosen subject

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Answer 1

Yes, as long as they’re checked out like straight couples.

Answer 2

Yes! People who say that they need a 'mum' and a 'dad' where are they getting this from? Society, probably media where on adverts there is the traditional nuclear family.

What a child needs when growing up is love, socialisation, care, allowed physical developement, stimulated minds. Which of these can a homosexual person not provide? As long as they are able to care and love the child there is no reason not too.

People say, oh they might be bullied. Not true. I've seen it myself. And who said bullies should make the rules. If this were the case, people who wear glasses/ braces, people with spots, people are different from the 'normal' human being shouldn't be allowed to go to school and live a normal life.

The people who say they shouldn't be allowed to adopt are usually religious people, who can't develope their own point of view on something and use what they have been told. Either that or they are homophobic. From what I can see anyway.

Good luck! I remember my standard grades!

Answer 3

Well done for choosing an interesting topic.

I believe homsexuals need to have the same gate way to adoption as anyone else. Since there is nothing wrong with us.
Also studies have shown that if a child has openly homosexual parents they are more likely to become well rounded, and open to changes and difference in others- which is surely a good thing.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Like anything else, there are pros and cons to the adoption of children by a homosexual household. The inherent negative aspects are of course the lack of immediate mother and father figure. But that's only gender specific, as we all know many feminine men, and many masculine women, so that's neither here nor there. Another immediate down side is how will the child deal with ridicule from his or her peers. This is an unfortunate aspect that no one will be able to control. There will be ignorance as long as the homosexual community remains an anomaly. However, as time passes, and more "new age" families develop, that stigma will begin to disappear. Then there is the "fear" that homosexual parents will raise homosexual children. Once again, this is neither here nor there. Only a correlation between the two may be established, but not proven. Or at least it will not be proven until either "they gay gene" is isolated, or it is discovered that it is a learned trait. Either way, heterosexual parents will raise homosexual children, and homosexual parents will raise straight children, and visa versa. But there are also many upsides to homosexuals adopting children. Primarily, as it is with any adoption, homosexual parents will have to fight for many years to claim a child, and to keep him or her in their home, so the child is promised a loving home that has been deemed safe and functional by the government, and parents who will love the child very much since they did have to fight so hard to adopt him or her. Another very positive aspect of homosexual adoption is the acceptance aspect. A child growing up in a alternative family will grow up learning that all people are different, and that doesn't mean that they aren't any less important than anyone else. They learn tolerance as they grow. As I said before, there are pros and cons to each situation, but I feel like for the world to be able to continue its forward movement in the acceptance of homosexuals, the next step is accepting the alternative family. Good luck on your exam!

Answer 5

Of course they should be able to adopt. Just because they are gay doesn't mean they would be bad parents. I have a daughter from my ex. husband and when he found out I was living with my girlfriend he called the Dept. of Children and Family Services and said we abuse my daughter. It back fired however, the caseworker after doing an investigation said in her report that my daughter was in a very happy family home. And if more of the parents would be like my partner and I she would be without a job.

We would love to adopt a child however until the religous groups realize that our sexuality has nothing to do with our parenting skills we can't.

Answer 6

Not that it's a big deal, but you asked the question incorrectly. The Question should read, should homosexuals BE ALLOWED to adopt? Homosexuals (most of them anyway) are clearly ABLE to adopt, even if they aren't allowed to.

Well, your Religious Studies topic is one for which there isn't a direct answer. It's an opinionated question.

If you want to answer your question from a Christian perspective, you should look to the bible for that answer, and focus on that. If your religious studies class is open to all religions, you need to study Judasim, Christianity, Islamic, Hindu, Budhist religions, which would make for a very long paper.

My personal opinion is that the parents should have the option of who adopts their child (within certain limitations). If a parent wants her/his kid to be adopted by a gay couple, a Christian couple, or an atheist couple then I think that's what should happen. However, as for the limitations, a parent shouldn't be able to give their child up to be a slave, or something like that.......

Answer 7

Having been through the process and looking at all the issues, I think that any individual regardless of sexuality has the right to be fairly considered as a prospective parent.

Any gay person, particularly men have additional scrutiny to safe guard against public opinion and once approved, are great parents.

An additional point to bear in mind is that because of a preference system unofficially operated by most areas, gay people do not tend to be considered for young babies or very young children. More commonly, they are matched to children who have severe health or behavioural problems because most 'mainstream adopters' want 'perfect' children to be their own. (This is a generalisation and does not apply to all cases).

Answer 8

Of course, any loving home that can afford to have a child & is willing to open their doors. Should be allowed to have a child. As there is NO gay agenda and the child will not be brought up to be trained to be gay or anything crazy like that. I wish people would realize we aren't bad people...

Children will receiving a loving home and will be raised right by being adopted by anyone. So why punish the child and a potential home, but excluding them because of their sexuality? Seems unfair on all sides! :)

Answer 9

Absolutely. A lot of people are homophobic and think that if two men or two women adopted a child of their own sex, they'd rape them or something. This isn't true and could just as likely happen with a straight couple. As for a child being confused with gender roles, this is 2007 and those lines are starting to blur. I think as long as a couple can support a child physically, emotionally, and financially they should be allowed.

Answer 10

Yes. A person's sexual orientation has nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent. There have been several/many scientific studies done that the children of gay/lesbian parents turn out just as well as children of straight parents. The only difference is that families headed by gay/lesbian parents and their children are more likely to experience prejudice and bias from other people who are ignorant about gay parents or bigoted against them than heterosexual parents and their children are going to experience.
Also, people don't accept or know that the majority of pedophiles (people who sexually abuse children) are heterosexuals not gay men.

Answer 11

The truth is the large amount of people who do adopt children are homosexual couples. If they werent allowed to then there would be a great increase in children staying orphaned and not going to a good home.