Contents:
- THE MOST EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT AGAST GAY RIGHTS
- GAY RIGHTS, RELIG EEDOM, AND THE BATTLE OVER ADOPTN
- ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
- WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN
THE MOST EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT AGAST GAY RIGHTS
Ten reasons agast adoptn rights for homosexual upl. 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.
GAY RIGHTS, RELIG EEDOM, AND THE BATTLE OVER ADOPTN
In a homosexual "fay" the benefs of proper velopment are liberately whheld om the child.
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. • There are signifint differenc between the liftyl of homosexual and heterosexual upl. Statistilly speakg, the promiscuy of gay men livg together is much higher than a mon father-mother relatnship.
WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN
• The vast majory of studi allegg an equaly between heterosexual and homosexual parenthood, have been found to be serly methodologilly flawed.
Lbian and Gay Rights Project125 Broad StreetNew York, NY 10004(212) 549-2627. Conservative anizatns that claim to poe “tradnal fay valu” have promised to lnch a natnwi mpaign 1998 to enact state-level legislatn to prohib adoptn by lbians and gay men. The threats of anti-gay and anti-child legislatn have e rponse to the creased willgns of urts, policymakers and legislators to regnize that lbians and gay men n be good parents and should be evaluated on their parentg skills, rather than their sexual orientatn.
The recent settlement of an ACLU lawsu New Jersey, where the State agreed to allow lbian and gay upl to adopt unr the same standards applied to married upl, has creased the right wg’s foc on this issue. Anti-gay, anti-child adoptn legislatn n take several forms. The most obv is a tegoril ban on any adoptn by lbians or gay men, eher as dividuals or as upl.