SERIOUS QUESTION- Why should same sex parents be allowed to adopt a child?
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at
11:39 pm
I am writing a paper for english on why gay people should be allowed to adopt a child and I need help finding reasons why they should be. I know they should be but I’m having a hard time coming up with a basic reason. I know they should be able to be happy having a child and having the same right but I need reasons and supportingg details.
Any reasons would be amazing ! 3-5 reasons please.
Thanks!
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"Stop! Struggling to Find the Right Answers to Your Questions About Adopting A Child or Baby"
Being an opposite sex couple doesn’t necessarily mean they would make good parents.
Some women are just not cut out to be mothers, likewise some men not father material. Okay, they can make the babies but in some cases they have no idea how to bring up the child, or give love and caring.
It should be based on what the people are like. If two men or women can give love and a good upbringing to a child why should they not be able to adopt?
It goes without saying
Why would gay people not be good parents?
Why would gay people treat a loved one any different than a straight couple?
I have first hand knowledge that gay folks are loving and caring individuals and can and do raise their children in loving environments. And these children grow up to be outstanding personalities.
1) There are several orphans out there, and several gay couples who want to have a child.
2) A same-sex household does not harm children. Several children grow up fine in a single parent household.
3) It doesn’t make the children gay. If it did, then growing up in a straight household would make all the children straight. And this definitely is not true.
4) The child being adopted should choose whether or not they’re fine with growing up in a same-sex household. The state should not have any say in this matter, the CHILD should.
There are so many reasons. In America today, there are so many orphans who live in foster homes and orphanages with nothing to look forward to. Why deny a child a home, where two adults will take care of them, love them, support them, and help them achieve their dreams simply because the couple is same-sex?
Many people adopt children in the U.S for the tax breaks and benefits they are rewarded from the government as well. It’s a huge problem. The children aren’t taken care of, they’re just a paycheck. Now I’m not one to say a homosexual wouldn’t do that because people are people, but if you increase the number of people adopting, you lower the chance of a child being used for a government grant.
I suggest you read the book "They Cage the Animals at Night" by Jennings Burch. It’s an awesome book and very relevant to the subject matter. not so much same-sex adoption, but what it’s like to be in a foster home or an orphanage and the pain the children go through being separated from the outside world in those institutions.
also, there was a documentary on LOGO about Rosie O’Donell’s GLBT cruise. The video includes a short part where the children of same-sex couples share their experience living with same-sex parents.
I think if you write your paper not just about why it should be legal, but the opinions of children in same-sex marriages, you’ll definitely have a convincing thesis.
1) they have just as much rights to have a child as anyone else does. for example: If they want a kid but they are the same sex obviously they cant get one another pregnant. and they should have just the same rights to be happy as you and i have.
2) Parents of the same sex as i have heard are very good parents. i have heard that they are better parents then the regular parents. (they support thier own ideas and stand up for them just like they would for their childs)
3) There is no law that states the parents of the same sex can not adopt.
The vast majority of children of gay and lesbian couples are wanted by their parents, the lesbian parents I know( myself included) were happy to involve themselves with their child’s schooling- in terms of being a volunteer in organizations like the PTO, scouts, sports, band,and other activities. There are studies that indicate that children of gay and lesbian parents tend togrow up to be well rounded tolerant people
As PEOPLE, they should have the right to take an unwanted child into their home/heart to love. Their sexual preference has no bearing on their abilities to provide for or love a child. Many same sex partners are in committed relationships which benefit a child to the same degree that any other couple would have to offer-children need the love and stability of a loving couple. I think they are a little more likely to raise a child who is more open-minded, less judgmental and hateful about a lot of things, including encouraging a child to BE who he or she truly is (they have learned from their own pain what it is like to feel stiffled as a human being) I think we gay couples have many viable lessons of love to teach their children. Also, I think that anyone who knows the pain of wanting a child knows that it is a shame to deny someone this right when there are children who desperately want and need to be adopted (saved). Just a few reasons…….
The answer is simple: YES, because all of us are human beings with needs and dreams.
We have basic rights like any other human being.
The following is not really an answer to your question but indirectly it is.
In my country(Belgium) same-sex marriage and same sex parenting/adopting is allowed.
I’m a transsexual woman.
I married my wife when I was still a boy.
If we would have children when I was still a boy, i’d be the father of my children.
If I changed my sex on my id, we’d become lesbians, but I’d still be the father of my children
I have sperm frozen in a sperm bank.
If I would use this after I legally changed my sex, I can’t legally become the parent of my own biological child, I would have to adopt it and become a co-parent.
I think it’s totally okay for gay people to adopt. It makes sense, there are parent less children in the world, and just because they’re gay wouldn’t make them any less capable of looking after them.
The disadvantages though would be when the child’s growing up, and starts becoming aware that the majority of kids have female and male parents, and they probably would get confused when learning about sex education. Bullying could also be an issue too, but the teachers would probably be made aware about them and look out for it.
Anyway, I think when they go through the adoption process, homosexual couples need to agree to provide some kind of mother/father figure in their future child’s life. So if it was a boy raised by two lesbians, he’d have some kind of male role model to talk to about boy things, and viceversa with a girl raised by two gay men. Even if they do have two loving parents, young boys and girls need both a mother and father figure in their lives. And I think they’d need to state how they’d tackle said problems too.