Gay rights, relig eedom, and the battle over adoptn

Contents:

• WHAT DO THE BIBLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT GAY ADOPTN?
• BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVIC’ CISN ON GAY ADOPTN MAK THE CHURCH SHE BRIGHTER
• CHRISTIANS WHO THK GAY ADOPTN ISN’T IAL SHOULD START ADOPTG KIDS THEMSELV
• CHRISTIAN MAGISTRATE FIRED FOR SHARG VIEWS ON GAY ADOPTN LOS APPEAL
• CHRISTIANS WHO THK GAY ADOPTN ISN’T IAL SHOULD START ADOPTG KIDS THEMSELV
• CHRISTIAN MAGISTRATE FIRED FOR VIEWS ON GAY ADOPTN LOS COURT APPEAL
• GAY PARENTG ON TRIAL
• ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
• GAY RIGHTS, RELIG EEDOM, AND THE BATTLE OVER ADOPTN
• DEAR BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVIC: PLEASE RENSIR GAY ADOPTN CISN

WHAT DO THE BIBLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT GAY ADOPTN?

The Bible has many posive thgs to say about adoptn general, but universally nmns homosexualy as an immoral and unnatural s agast God. The morn practice of gay/lbian/homosexual adoptn is not mentned Scripture, but the homosexual factor nnot be ignored. Gay adoptn treats a gay “fay” as equal to a heterosexual fay, and that vlat the biblil mol of the fay un as ordaed by God.

Some people support the ia of gay adoptn by potg to the needs of children on adoptn wag lists—havg gay parents is better than havg no parents at all, they reason. But there’s no way around the two facts: homosexualy is a perversn of God’s sign and a homosexual uple nnot form a “fay, ” acrdg to God’s fn of a fay (see Genis 1:28; 2:24). Should Christians be supporters of gay adoptn?

Based on what the Bible says about homosexualy, the answer has to be no. Homosexualy is a perversn of the very nature of what a fay is supposed to be.

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVIC’ CISN ON GAY ADOPTN MAK THE CHURCH SHE BRIGHTER

What do the Bible have to say about gay adoptn?

Public Relign Rearch Instute pollg shows that 70% of Amerins oppose allowg taxpayer-fund agenci to refe placg foster children wh qualified gay and lbian upl.

CHRISTIANS WHO THK GAY ADOPTN ISN’T IAL SHOULD START ADOPTG KIDS THEMSELV

Some stat have forced Christian agenci to serve gays and lbians, cg feral anti-discrimatn laws.

Th answer to the qutn “Do gay people have a right to adopt?

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CHRISTIAN MAGISTRATE FIRED FOR SHARG VIEWS ON GAY ADOPTN LOS APPEAL

You would not get away wh dismissg a homosexual for g out as a homosexual, and then sayg: ‘we duly rpect your sexual orientatn as long as you keep to yourself, ’” she add. I’ve worked up a good lather the so-lled “culture war” around homosexualy and same-sex marriage for about two s now.

However, to bate the issue serly and tthfully, we mt seek an hont picture of what our opponents actually believe — workg om what we thk they believe is neher helpful nor there are people of many diverse beliefs and nvictns — cludg gay and lbian people — who oppose same-sex marriage, here are 10 foundatnal tths that rm the tradnal, orthodox Christian belief. This is more than mere relig happy talk — ’s tth whether one is gay, straight, or otherwise.

J wasn't silent on homosexualy.

CHRISTIANS WHO THK GAY ADOPTN ISN’T IAL SHOULD START ADOPTG KIDS THEMSELV

Some claim J never said anythg about homosexualy and therefore is ntral on the topic. Author Jackie Hill Perry shar her own story of turng om homosexualy and fdg wholens a new inty Christ. In Gay Girl, Good God, thor Jackie Hill Perry shar her own story of turng om s and fdg wholens.

Jackie grew up fatherls and experienced genr nfn which led her to embrace masculy and homosexualy as her inty. Some stat have forced Christian agenci to serve gays and lbians, cg feral anti-discrimatn laws.

CHRISTIAN MAGISTRATE FIRED FOR VIEWS ON GAY ADOPTN LOS COURT APPEAL

"This se is much bigger than me now; is about how ordary folk, jt like me, are beg creasgly fearful to speak out agast the homosexual agenda. Acrdg to the Daily Mail, Page was spend after plats om gay and lbian staff at the tst. Gays and lbians are steppg up their natnal battle agast rtrictive state regulatns, nservative Christians, and others to ga the same parentg rights as heterosexuals.

GAY PARENTG ON TRIAL

"There is no doubt that homosexuals love their children, " says Suzanne Cook, a Christian who was raised part by her divorced father livg wh his gay lover. The Feral Appeals Court Atlanta will ci this year whether to uphold a Florida law that says, "No person eligible to adopt … may adopt if that person is a homosexual. " Also, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will le on a legal challenge to the state's ban on "-adoptn" by a gay or lbian uple.

Only Florida, Mississippi, and Utah explicly ban homosexuals om adoptn.

Insir's viewCook, a rint of Fort Worth, Texas, has an sir's perspective on homosexual parentg.

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

Cook told CT that when she was seven years old her father left the fay to pursue a homosexual relatnship. Even her mother enuraged her to have sexual relatns outsi marriage so that she would not mistakenly wed a homosexual.

Cook strongly supports a ban on gay adoptns.

She says that children wh homosexual parents avoid cricizg parental sexual behavr when rpondg to qutns rearch projects. Stacey and Biblarz examed 21 gay-parentg studi. They nclud that there is "no notable difference between children reared by heterosexual parents and those reared by lbian and gay parents.

GAY RIGHTS, RELIG EEDOM, AND THE BATTLE OVER ADOPTN

Stacey, 59, told CT that society should nsir the sir of adults as well as the welfare of children regardg gay parentg. The progay Lambda Legal Defense Fund, a 1997 document, not that "the last has seen a sharp rise among gay people planng and formg fai through adoptn, foster re, donor sematn, and other reproductive technologi.

Some have scribed the current perd as a lbian and gay 'baby boom.

But homosexuals should not be permted to adopt or provi foster re, bee 's not the bt tert of children, said Alan Chambers, head of Exod North Ameri, a Christian mistry that assists dividuals overg homosexualy. Some gay advot are more terted expandg their own civil rights than providg stable hom for children, Chambers told CT an terview.

DEAR BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVIC: PLEASE RENSIR GAY ADOPTN CISN

An creasg number of dividuals who ntact Exod have had homosexual parents, he said. "They were raised gay-parent hoeholds, and was trimental to them, pecially as they grew olr.

Rearcher error allegedIn formg public policy and applyg existg law, judg and state officials often look to doctors and social scientists to asss how homosexual parents fluence young children, and what is the bt tert of a mor child who is orphaned or whose parents have divorced. In turn, gay advot urge policians, doctors, and rearchers to believe that homosexuals n be good parents and should be allowed to adopt or reta child ctody after a divorce.