should gay couples be allowed to adopt children?

Question

look at both sides of the argument eg. for = children just wants people to after them no matter what they are. against = the children must be influenced by their foster parents to be gay - tell me more

Answer 1

first off, don't dress it up by calling it GAY.
A gay person is a person who is happy.
a queer is someone who is NOT NORMAL. can't you just see, when he/she is in school and another kid comes up and says, i saw your dad kissing your other dad,are they queer?
what do you think that will do to that child? i love little kids, because they're HONEST. so my answer is, NO.
raise kids in a home with a husband and wife.

Answer 2

Absolutely. First of all, the argument that a gay parent will "turn" their kids gay is ludicrous. That isn't how it works. Secondly, even if that were true, that is autimatically counting as a given that being gay is "bad". It makes me sick that there are people who would keep a child in an institution or in horrible conditions rather than have them in a loving family if the loving family is homosexual. Will the kids have to deal with issues: explaining it to others, teasing, etc. Yes, they almost certainly will. But different families have different issues that kids have to deal with. It certainly isn't worse than living in an institution or in foster care, shuffled around until they're 18 and then being on their own with no place to call home, no roots, for the rest of their lives. Seriously, what are people so afraid of? I don't get it. I mean, I understand some people think it's biblical. But the Bible says that we're not supposed to do lots of other things too that people do all the time and no one gets all holier than thou about it. It's discrimination plain and simple.

Answer 3

Personally, I think they should be able to adopt children.

-Single people are allowed to adopt. There is no problem with them being single if they have the income in most cases. I agree that they should be able to adopt but being raised in a one parent family isn't ideal to most people's standards--right or wrong it's the truth.

-There are people who marry just to divorce because on realizes they are gay or just comes out. It's sad but it happens. That's fine. The kids in those situations are not anymore influenced by having one gay parent and one straight parent. Kids know what sex they like.

-Gay people do NOT have an influence on anyone's sexual orientation. Gay people DO have an influence on people's tolerance, acceptance, and understanding of homosexuality. There's a big difference. I believe that homosexuals are born that way or have had a serious issue [rape, molestation, and other forms of abuse] that leans them in the other direction.

-Kids with biological parents can still have parents with problems--alcoholism, abuse, divorce, separation...etc. To adopt a child there is a very intense background check and in home inspection--both of the home AND the family. Now, any sane social worker wouldn't hand over a child to a couple [heterosexual or homosexual] that is abusive, overly sexual, on the rocks, or anything bad. Adoption agencies are very strict on who is allowed to adopt.

This is why I have no problem with gay people adopting. I think it's great that these kids have loving families--homosexual or heterosexual! They just need to be loved and cared for. Isn't that what adoption is all about anyway?

Answer 4

Well I dont see how they would be influenced to be gay. Being gay is not a choice. It's someting you are. The child will find out if he is gay or not when he hits puberty and starts having "feelings". I think gay couples should be able to adopt cause they would be just as good of parents as straight couples.

Answer 5

being gay doesn't make them unhuman. they should definetly be allowed to adopt children. the children just want a safe, loving, caring environment to live in. if a gay couple can provide that, then why not? true, a gay couple may influence the child into being gay as well, but is that really a bad thing. i think that society needs to take a fresh view on gays and lesbians, and stop criticising them. i'd be just as happy to leave my child in the care of a gay person as i would a straight person. they're still people.

Answer 6

I don't think that having gay parents would make a child gay. I strongly believe that if you are gay it is because you were born that way. No one can make another person gay or straight. Its not a disease...it doesn't spread!
I think that ANYONE that can offer a secure, loving, caring home to a child should be able to adopt. There are so many children out there that are just looking to be loved. WHY NOT? Being gay doesn't stop you from being a bad parent!
My answer: HELL YES, they should be allowed!

Answer 7

It's not the gay, it's the serious mental problems that being gay indicate. Whether daddy didn't love them enough or mommy was too affectionate, there is always a childhood trauma behind every gay person. It may be impossible to distinguish or identify, except by the inability of the gay person to admit that something happened to them, something is wrong. But everyone knows it and everyone can see it. You're not fooling anyone.

Answer 8

That is a really tough question to answer. I can go both ways with the answer. But I say NO because I am a paarent of 4 kids and From experience I know that children learn by what they are shown. They grow up to be like their parents.

Answer 9

Ok now i know a gay couple who are foster parents and have raised both boys and girls into woman and men! And not a single one of them turned out gay just cause there guardians were! Thats ignorant if you ask me! Discovering you are gay is not something you "learn"! Its something you discover about yourself! And children dont just want someone to look after them! Children wanna be loved! They want there parents natrually and the process of getting to know foster parents and becoming comfortable with them is tough!

Answer 10

Yes, being gay does not have anything to do with your ability to be a good parent or to love a child. And gay parents do not influence their children to be gay. That's ridiculous. If anything, most of them try to steer them away from it because they've had a hard time and they don't want their children going through the same discrimination they've gone through.

Answer 11

This a win-win situation. The new parents get a baby to love, care for and nurture, and take care of. The kid gets taken out of the system, gets loved, gets cared for and nurtured, and gets taken care of. Everybody wins. Personally i don't care what sexuality they are as long as the parents take care of them. As long as everybody else is happy what makes you think you have the right to comment on it? And so what if they child gets gay they might not. Something they do learn by having gay parents is that every body's different and no matter what they are you should still treat people with kindness and respect and that being prejudiced is morally repugnant. For people who are plain IGNORANT that means wrong, bad, a no-no!!!!!!!!