Rsia enacts anti-gay adoptn ban | CNN

Contents:

• ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAST GAY ADOPTN
• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
• RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN
• IN GOOD FAH? U.S. LEGAL BATTLE OVER GAY ADOPTN TENSIFI
• PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAST GAY ADOPTN

Some nservativ raise qutns on the viabily of equal adoptn rights for gay upl as odd upl. On the other hand, liberals have on many ocsns voted for equal adoptn rights for gay upl. The cisive moment me on June 26, 2015, when the Supreme Court removed all rtrictns and prohibns on gay marriage the Uned Stat, which was closely followed by the Feral District Court’s cisn to lift Mississippi’s ban on gay upl om adoptn on March 31, 2016.

In a nutshell, stated that there is no evince to validate that lbians and gay men are not f to be parents. It was also found that children wh gay parents had the same if not more chanc of growg up happy, healthy & veloped.

Recent statistics show, 18, 400 gay upl were raisg one or more adopted children. Many people also go as far as speculatg if children raised by gay and lbian partners are likely to bee homosexual.

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

Same-sex adoptn statistics suggt that more and more gay upl are adoptg. Today, 4 percent of adopted children and 3 percent of foster children are raised by gay and lbian parents, and 2 ln more LGBTQ dividuals are terted adoptg.

Throughout the history of gay adoptn, same-sex upl have often faced barriers to growg their fai and have had to fight for equal adoptn rights. Combed wh the feral marriage equaly lg 2015, this urt cisn now protects the right for gay upl to adopt throughout the Uned Stat.

RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN

However, like oppose-sex upl, there may still be rtrictns on adoptn laws for gay upl based on maral stat, om state to state.

At Amerin Adoptns, our program, sts and wa tim are the same for gay and lbian parents as for heterosexual upl. While the benefs of adoptn are clear, gay adoptive parents will likely also face many of the same challeng that heterosexual adoptive parents experience: addrsg their children’s racial or cultural inty, managg birth parent relatnships an open adoptn, talkg to their child about adoptn and simply adjtg to parenthood.

Gay Internatnal Adoptn: In general, is easier for LGBTQ upl to adopt domtilly than ternatnally.

IN GOOD FAH? U.S. LEGAL BATTLE OVER GAY ADOPTN TENSIFI

While many same-sex upl have succsfully pleted ternatnal adoptns, several untri still prohib gay adoptn. If you are nsirg ternatnal adoptn to grow your fay, refully rearch untri that allow gay adoptn.

False Ias About Gay Adoptn’s Effects on Children: While has monly been ed as an argument agast gay and lbian adoptn, studi have shown that same-sex adoptn do not have a negative impact on children. In addn, there are no signifint differenc the velopment of genr inty and sexual orientatn between children of gay and lbian parents and children of heterosexual parents, acrdg to rearch prentg gay adoptn facts and same-sex adoptn statistics.

PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

The followg rourc n also offer addnal rmatn and support for gay upl nsirg adoptn:.

As a queer-intified person a mted same-sex relatnship, I’ve had to navigate the often nfg pathways toward beg an LGBTQ+ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer) years, whenever people asked how my partner Mark and I beme dads, I ed to joke that we were set up on a bld date graduate school, we had a few drks and 12 1/2 years later, we accintally adopted our son. Beg prepared for the long hl will help alleviate fears and adoptn rourc for LGBTQ+ faiThe followg rourc offer rmatn and support for LGBTQ+ dividuals and upl terted adoptn:Adopt US KidsCenterLk LGBT Communy Center Member DirectoryChild Welfare Informatn Gateway: Adoptn by Fay Type: Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Qutng (LGBTQ) Fai Child Welfare Informatn Gateway: Planng for Adoptn: Knowg the Costs and RourcFay Equaly Natnal Network of LGBTQ Fay GroupsNorth Amerin Council on Adoptable Children: State Adoptn Assistance ProgramsU. Civilized societi do not discrimate on grounds of race, creed, genr or sexualy, yet the nial of equal rights to gay upl is clear discrimatn.

Gay adoptn is clearly an issue that is bt cid on a untry-by-untry basis, whout shg cizens more tradnal societi. There is ample evince to show that gay upl n be jt as good at parentg as straight upl. In fact, some believe homosexual upl on average tend to be better motivated and more mted than heterosexual parents, bee they always chose to have children – unlike the around 50 percent of straight uple who stumble to parenthood by accint.

Many gay upl form relatnships that are more stable than many heterosexual marriag givg adopted children a secure, emotnally stable home. Christian, Jewish and Islamic lears have all spoken out agast gay marriage. Given the shortage of suable straight upl, gay adoptn n provi kids the lovg hom they need.

There are now around 65, 000 children who have found hom thanks to gay adoptn legislatn the Uned Stat.

Yet we have to rpect the mocratic cisn of people who vote for policians and ernments that oppose gay adoptn. Children raised by gay upl may have different outlooks – surveys the US have shown they grow up more tolerant and open-md. Liftg bans on gay marriage or gay adoptn are steps towards more diverse, more tolerant societi, where nobody fac discrimatn.

“Now we’re on the right si of history, ” said Portugue gay rights mpaigner Isabel Advirta, after parliament approved the gay adoptn law December. It’s already happeng: Catholic agenci Bra and the Uned Stat have shut shop the wake of laws that would have obliged them to send children to gay upl.