Can Gay Coupl Adopt? Your Gay Adoptn Rights | Consirg Adoptn

Contents:

• ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAST GAY ADOPTN
• ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
• ADOPTN RIGHTS FOR GAY COUPL
• DEBATE: SHOULD GAY COUPL BE ALLOWED TO ADOPT?
• CAN GAY COUPL ADOPT? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN

ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAST GAY ADOPTN

In the stcture of a homosexual "fay", that right of the child is methodilly and liberately nied.

A child a homosexual "fay" is therefore at a disadvantage om the very begng of his/her velopment.

ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU

If the child is tght, however, that a homosexual "fay" is a plete, albe alternative type of fay, this settg prevents the child om mourng the loss of the real father or mother.

Statistilly speakg, the promiscuy of gay men livg together is much higher than a mon father-mother relatnship. • The vast majory of studi allegg an equaly between heterosexual and homosexual parenthood, have been found to be serly methodologilly flawed.

ADOPTN RIGHTS FOR GAY COUPL

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

DEBATE: SHOULD GAY COUPL BE ALLOWED TO ADOPT?

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.

CAN GAY COUPL ADOPT? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

While there are no barriers to gay adoptn several stat, other jurisdictns put up var legal obstacl.

Mississippi and Utah prent the most severe barrier; both stat adoptns by homosexuals are illegal. The prciple opposn to gay adoptn is that children are entled to their blogil parents who are of the oppose sex. But the major groups ncerned wh children’s health do no oppose gay adoptns bee evince pots cisively that beg raised by same sex upl is not trimental to a child’s well beg.

WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN

(The assertn that anizatns such a the Amerin Amy of Child and Adolcent Psychiatry, the Amerin Medil Associatn and the Natnal Associatn of Social Workers are eher timidated by or are the thralls of the “gay agenda” is spur. Incintally, the arguments raised agast gay upl adoptg are the same as those prented agast trans-racial adoptns. Children may suffer fai for many reasons but beg raised by a gay dividual or uple is not, and of self, one of them.

Generally, though, love, re, stabily, nurturance and rpect are enough for a succsful upbrgg, regardls of whether is provid by those blogil nnected, heterosexual or homosexual upl or sgle parents. Table of Contents Introductn Why Homosexuals Should Not Be Allowed To Adopt Children Concln Works Ced Introductn Due to the creased acceptance and changg societal perceptns towards same sex marriag, many gays and lbians have opted to bee parents through adoptn.