Should gay people be allowed to adopt?

Question

What do you think?

Bill, thanks for sharing something so personal.

Prim, please explain what you think a normal family life is? Be straight to the point.

dluv, thanks for sharing you're opinion but can you please provide some evidence.

Robert, come again?

Dluv, you have not provided any credible evidence except you’re opinion.

Please provide some sort of academic evidence to support you’re claims and thanks for taking an interest in this question.

Answer 1

in my opinion yea sure why not. they have just as much love, money, and shelter to give as the next person.

Answer 2

YES! A loving home is a loving home. I have always been confused by people wanting a child raised in foster care and group homes than with a gay couple that will care for that child. . I don't see how moving from different foster homes and group homes repesent "normal families" better.
But what do I know. I only had a mom that wrote a letter advocating a family friend who was gay who wanted to adopt a child (with special needs even). He was even my babysitter when I was younger (he was my favorite), but I never knew until my late teens that he was gay. He must of been a bad recuriter.

Answer 3

Yes!

Why not? Ooh, two daddies or two mommies...scary? I think not. The child would grow up in a loving home. What's wrong with that?

Scared that the kid would be "recruited" into gayness? Uh, if that was how it worked, straight parents who were hell bent on not having a gay child could just "recruit" the kid as a straight. The kid will decide what he or she wants.

My straight dad was a deadbeat and my stepdad was abusive. Y'know, straight homes ain't a panacea, people.

Let's roll with getting these kids where they're loved and wanted. End of story.

Answer 4

Absolutely

Answer 5

No.

Most homosexuals lead unorganized and chaotic lives. They frequently exchange partners more than heterosexual couples which would lead to much confusion for a child. Most of them also tend to have unorthodox lifestyles that would not be stable enough for a child.

Also, the social ramification for a child growing up would be more difficult given that most children are not acceptable or understanding of gay relationships. Having a child go to school where most kids are being raised by a heterosexual couple would lead to many confusing and difficult things for the child to explain and deal with. Gorwing is already more difficult in the society we live in, but growing up beingthat much more different than everyone else would very traumatic.

Also, heterosexual couples generally are more open to letting their children explore and understand who they are. However, most homosexuals feel the need to express and advocate being homosexual. This may lead to the child feeling that to be accepted by their parent(s), they must be homosexual as well, where as, in a heterosexual environment, most would be felt accepted regardless of their sexuality.

I have seen that homosexual relationship also have to deal much more with sexual issues due to high number of partners and sexually transmitted diseases that are apparent in the homosexual community. This could lead to an over-sexed child and also expose them to other hardships such as death at way to an early of an age.

EDIT: You want evidence, fine.

I have a relative that is gay and they are the most unorganized person in my family. Thye have also gone through about 4 partners in the past year, frequently cheating on them. Also, their friends are constantly out at all hours of the night going to bars and meeting people to take home. Also, they all do some type of drug and know many people that have or have had some sort of STD. They are also constantly moving from one job to another, never seeming to settle down and advance themselves. They also seem to hold conversation that some how either involve their sexual orientation or evolve into something sexual.

I also had a neighbor growing up with two daughters. She was gay and her home was a mess. She often let her children skip school and stay home with her oldest eventually dropping out. She also would bring home several different women throughout the week, sometimes two at a time in front of the daughters. She also was arrested multiple times for things such as check fraud, possession of a controlled substance, and battery. She had gay male friend that had HIV and would come over to the house all the time and play with the kids. Finally, she ended losing the house because could not pay the bills on account of her drug problem and not being able to keep her life straight. Due to the lifestyle that she lead in front of her children, the oldest became a career criminal with multiple female partners and one bisexual male partner while her youngest daughter was taken away and placed in a foster home.

The police where I live frequently conduct prostitution stings due to a high volume of tourists that come to this area. Most of their arrests are homosexual men.

Answer 6

Yes, they are just as fit to be parents as straight people. What goes on behind closed doors shouldn't make a difference in whether you can be a parent. And how else would people who are not heterosexual procreate and have children? That's one of their very limited options that they have.

Answer 7

Yes. What's so scary about 2 mommies or daddies? Kids only care about being loved.

Answer 8

If they can provide a economically and emotionally suitable home environment then i think they should.

Answer 9

Most of the Homosexual couples with kids that I've seen myself have Never turned out good or even remotely well.
the answer to you question.... no!

Answer 10

Without a doubt.