In good fah? U.S. legal battle over gay adoptn tensifi | Rters

Contents:

• PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
• MAJOR EVANGELIL ADOPTN AGENCY WILL NOW SERVE GAY PARENTS NATNWI
• WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN
• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
• IN GOOD FAH? U.S. LEGAL BATTLE OVER GAY ADOPTN TENSIFI
• THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN
• GAY ADOPTN
• OUR PARENTS ARE GAY. ARE OUR FAI GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SUPREME COURT?

PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

Gay and lbian upl have been expandg their fai through adoptn for a long time, and as legislatn has changed over the years, more optns have bee available. While every gay uple's adoptn procs is unique, there are some standard procr and steps every adoptive parent mt go through, and facts and rourc that n be helpful when nsirg adoptn. Gay upl n explore all avenu of adoptn, cludg foster re adoptn, tradnal adoptn, and ternatnal adoptns.

In the past—and likely still today some areas of the untry—some gay upl have rorted to lyg about their stat so they uld adopt. When a gay uple adopts, is mon for one partner to adopt and the send to then apply to the urt as a send parent or -parent. A uple do not need to have a legally-regnized relatnship orr to pursue a send parent adoptn, which mak an appealg optn for gay upl who choose to not get married or enter to a civil unn.

Gay and lbian groups tend to show posive rults, while relig or nservative groups often dite negative rults. Many of the ncerns center around unrstandg sexual orientatn and tablishg whether children will velop emotnal problems due to havg gay parents. Know that there has not been a sgle study showg that the children of gay or lbian parents are disadvantaged any signifint rpect.

MAJOR EVANGELIL ADOPTN AGENCY WILL NOW SERVE GAY PARENTS NATNWI

Some gay upl fd that their parents—who may have been upset at one time about their children's sexualy—e around when grandchildren enter the picture. Hopefully, you'll have lots of support your ner circle, but numero onle rourc ​are available for new gay and lbian parents to help your recently-expand fay to grow and flourish. Dpe the fact that gay adoptn grows more monplace every day, the road ahead may be difficult and filled wh obstacl, so make sure you're both on solid footg and sure about your cisn before you start the adoptn procs.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMajor Evangelil Adoptn Agency Will Now Serve Gay Parents NatnwiThe cisn as more ci and stat require anizatns to accept applitns om L. ) Prevly, openly gay prospective foster and adoptive parents most stat were referred to other cisn amid a high-stak cultural and legal battle that featur qutns about sexualy, relig eedom, parenthood, fay stcture and theology. ”Bethany’s practice of referrg gay upl to other agenci was not official, the agency’s lears say.

Media reports prompted the cy to spend ntracts wh Bethany’s lol branch and Catholic Social Servic, an agency wh the same fah-based agenci have challenged new requirements to work wh gay clients the urts. And when the anizatn changed s policy Michigan 2019, rponse to the state’s announcement that would no longer fund agenci that did not accept gay upl, a ver story World, an evangelil magaze, read “GIVING UP” wh an illtratn pictg a hand wavg a whe flag om behd a sk. On October 14, the Uned Stat Supreme Court cled to review a challenge by the Liberty Counsel about the Florida Bar’s amic brief support of Mart Gill, a gay man who sought to adopt his two foster children.

WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN

Gill ma history last year when Miami-Da Circu Judge Cdy Lerman stck down a 32-year law prohibg gays and lbians om adoptg. But Gill isn’t a typil prospective parent the ey of feral law–he is a gay man seekg to adopt Florida, the only state the untry that has an outright ban on adoptg to homosexual parents. Child psychology experts ttified that there was no scientific evince that would support the state’s ban on gay adoptn, and that would be the children’s bt terts if they stayed wh Gill and his partner.

When Judge Lerman led the state ban unnstutnal and granted adoptn rights to Gill, the se was seen as a huge tone for gay and lbian prospective parents Florida, and for LGBT rights activists worldwi. A recent survey showed that there are 250, 000 children the Uned Stat livg wh gay and lbian parents, acrdg to Lambda Legal, a natnal anizatn dited to protectg the rights of the LGBT muny as well as those wh AIDS and HIV. Cens also showed that there are approximately 600, 000 gay and lbian fai, and that they live 99.

They were among the first adoptn s a Dallas-based agency where the birth parent requted a gay adoptive parent for her child.

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The state of Florida put him up for adoptn, but refed Lofton’s requt to adopt Bert bee of the state ban on gay adoptn. But the once-hostile environment for gay and lbian people the Uned Stat is showg signs of improvement. Compare the figur to a 2005 CBS/New York Tim poll, where only 23% of terviewe believed that gays should marry, and 41% said that there should be no legal regnn of gay upl.

Donaldson Adoptn Instute’s David Brodzsky, 60% of more than 300 public and private agenci natnwi were willg to accept applitns om gay and lbian parents a 2003 study he nducted.

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

Brodzsky says that 15% of the agenci he studied took “active steps” to rec gay and lbian parents, and over a third ma placements. The day before the Milanos me to the agency, a birth mother had walked wh a special requt; she wanted her baby to be adopted by gay parents. This beme the tippg pot for Adoptn Advisory, which had once refed applitns om gay parents; the Milanos beme the agency’s first gay adoptive parents.

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

While there are promisg chang the way gay adoptn is beg viewed and practiced, many people are still stnchly opposed to . In the Gill and Lofton s, anizatns like the Liberty Counsel, Amerin College of Pediatricians, and the Christian Coaln exprsed rervatns urt about allowg gay and lbian people to adopt.

Lawyers and experts of the state the se agast Gill prented reasons why children would be nsired danger if placed wh gay or lbian parents.

THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN

They said that homosexualy would attract unnecsary social stigma to the children and that, scientifilly, children uld bee homosexuals as well. Furthermore, they said that homosexual relatnships were oftentim unstable and secure, th likely promptg prsn.

GAY ADOPTN

CWLA filed amic briefs for both Lofton’s and Gill’s s, cg that the ban on gay adoptive parents go agast well-tablished child welfare polici, sayg every prospective fay mt be screened on an dividual basis, to make sure they match the needs of the child. CWLA’s posn statement wh regard to gay and lbian adoptn reads that “lbian, gay, and bisexual parents are as well sued to raise children as their heterosexual unterparts.

” CWLA believ that by excludg gays and lbians om the prospective rource parent pool, some children will not be afford the privilege of havg a permanent home. Studi nducted by other experts have also untered the arguments of those opposed to gay adoptn. He says that wh regard to children beg gay bee of havg gay parents, “there is no evince whatsoever to support that.

OUR PARENTS ARE GAY. ARE OUR FAI GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SUPREME COURT?

If the sexual orientatn of the parents was what would terme the sexual orientatn of the children, then prumably we won’t have so many gay children growg up heterosexual hom.

“Anytime a child n grow up a home where they have the love of parents… and n gui them and help them get off to a good start life, that n be a good thg…whether a homosexual environment or a heterosexual environment, ” he says. His two- study on gay parents and their children is nsistent wh Berl’s studi and nclus that there is no empiril evince that would suggt that children growg up wh gay parents would negatively impact their well-beg.

Regardg a child’s likelihood for prsn, both Berl and Erich say that there has never been a study that has proven children wh gay parents are prone to prsn.