Adoptn agency should be able to reject gay upl, Tmp admistratn argu

Contents:

• ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
• ADOPTED CHILDREN REMOVED FROM GAY DADS IN RSIA
• THE GAY ADOPTN CONTROVERSY
• RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN

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

""We do not doubt that this tert is a weighty one, for '[o]ur society has e to the regnn that gay persons and gay upl nnot be treated as social outsts or as ferr digny and worth, '" Roberts wrote, quotg the 2018 se Masterpiece Cakhop v. ”The latter argument c a recent Supreme Court se which the ernment tervened on behalf of baker Jack Phillips who refed to bake a weddg ke for a gay uple due to his relig beliefs. The anizatn argued that to provi the servic to gay upl vlated s nstutnal rights to ee relig exercise and ee speech.

Over 21 percent of gay upl are raisg adopted children, pared wh 3 percent of straight upl, and nearly 3 percent of gay upl have foster children, pared wh 0. Are the out for children of gay, lbian, or bisexual parents general the same as those for heterosexual parents? Relatnship stabily appears to be higher among gay and lbian parent upl and may be a key mediatg factor fluencg out for children.

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

There remas a need for high-qualy rearch on same-sex fai, pecially fai wh gay fathers and wh lower e.

ADOPTED CHILDREN REMOVED FROM GAY DADS IN RSIA

[Homosexual parenthood and child velopment: prent data]. Parent adjtment over time gay, lbian, and heterosexual parent fai adoptg om foster re.

THE GAY ADOPTN CONTROVERSY

Stigma Experienc, Mental Health, Perceived Parentg Competence, and Parent-Child Relatnships Among Lbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents the Uned Stat.

RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN

Although gay upl’ legal right to marry has been settled, their right to adopt has not been. 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.

(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.