Gay Adoption Should Be Legal

Since the 1990’s approximately 8-10 million children in the US alone are raised in a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender (LGBT) household. Same-Sex Adoption is controversial because many people throughout the world are against LGBT adoption; but when faced with the number of kids who pray everyday for someone out there wanting to be the parent of a foster child, it is difficult to understand why the topic of gay adoption is controversial. Yes, there can be a bad outcome but there can also be a very good outcome of these kinds of adoptions. The LGBT Adoption situation can be fixed by allowing any adult or parent to adopt a child if they have the right living environment or the knowledge and skills that it takes to raise a kid in the proper way. But social workers have reservations on considering gay adoptive parents because they are fearful of how the parents will treat and raise the children and how they will grow up feeling. People who oppose same sex marriage, including U.S. elected officials, have argued that a child raised by a LGBT parent will need additional emotional support or will face social challenges compared to children with heterosexual parents (Borreli). Although many people believe that LGBT parents shouldn’t be allowed to adopt because it affects the child, LGBT parents should be allowed to adopt because many kids need a place to call home or someone they can call family, they need someone in a similar situation that they can talk

Gay adoption is a subject which is widely debated. However over recent years gay adoption has allowed for most gay couples who want to adopt young children and give them a good quality of life, which they would have if they lived with their biological parents or a heterosexual couple, to do so.

The simple definition of adoption from a book by the British Association for Adoption & Fostering, “Adoption means belonging to and growing up with a new family when you cannot live with the family you were born into.”.( Shah 6) Adoption is being brought into another family when an individual’s birth parents does not want or cannot raise a child due to any reason. It was not their choice to be given up for adoption. Those kids are looking for good and new families to raise them and “An estimated two million LGBT people are interested in adopting.”. (Adoption Statistics 1) The estimate of two million people who are part of the community who want to adopt is a very large number. Many kids are looking for homes and those people who are interested in adoption should provide homes for those children without question. According to an organization called Lifelong Adoptions who are registered with the Registry of California Adoption Facilitators that linked to an equality maps, “Same-sex couples in all states can petition for joint adoption statewide.” (LGBT 1) which means it is legal to petition yet what goes on in the adoption hearing tends to prevent those couples from becoming parents. Hearings tend to bend or exaggerate the opposite side where the birth parents, the more

While some states are more forthcoming towards the idea of gay adoption, other states remain reserved and rigid in their stand against gay adoption. Some would argue that it could cause possible psychological problems, that it isn’t ‘natural’, or that the couples would not be efficient parents; others are against it for religious reasons. Some people like Bill Maier, a child psychologist working with the conservative Focus on the Family, would say, “Children in foster care ‘are already scarred’ by abuse and neglect, we would

There are a many different reasons why gay adoption is banned and many people who object to it. While some states are becoming more open minded, other states remain close minded and remain strict in its stand against gay adoption, so in those states, it’s still illegal for gay couples to adopt children. Some would say that it could cause psychological problems, that it isn’t natural, or that the couples wouldn’t be good parents. Others would be against it for religious reasons. Some people like Bill Maier, a child psychologist working with the conservative Focus on the Family, would say, “Children in foster care ‘are already scarred’ by abuse and neglect, we would want to do everything we could to place them

By doing all of this it also gives the child a better experience in life and school for the know that they have the support of their adopted parents. It is also mostly gays who adopt because it is actually impossible, with males, to have biological children of their own. If all gays were allowed to adopt the children would be thrilled because they would have a family of their own to live with, instead of a whole bunch of other rambunctious kids. All people deserve the right to adopt children, as long as they are kind people. Who cares if the parents are gay? The only aspect that might change the kid’s education or experience is if people try to tell them they are weird because they have two moms or two dads but really that kid will know that they are special, in a good way, because they have two parents who support them

Within the last few years, homosexuality has become more socially acceptable. They are now coming out of the closet so to speak, ready to start having families and feeling a desire to adopt. However, only 15 states allow gay couples to adopt. Persons of the same sex are just as capable of nurturing, loving and supporting adopted children as a straight couple.

According to the Census Bureau of the United States, there were 115,064 same-sex households with children in 2010 (O’Connell). Recently, gay and lesbian couples are more commonly becoming parents by adopting a child, which has become more available to them. Historically, gay men and lesbians have been denied parental custody or prevented from adopting children on the belief that they would not be effective parents. In 2006, adoption by gay couples was illegal in six states, including Mississippi, which stated in its Domestic Relations Code that “adoption by the same sex [was] prohibited” (Giambrone). These laws from various states across the United States prove that there has been prejudice placed against homosexual couples regarding adoption and parenting in the past. But in a Supreme Court decision made on June 26, 2015, adoption by same-sex couples was declared legal in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (“Obergefell v. Hodges”). This law, and the previous state laws guaranteeing same-sex adoption, are significant in the adoption process of homosexual couples. Not only were states required to remove their anti-homosexual adoption laws, but it was an important step in determining how prejudice was used by businesses, and this change meant that adoption agencies were forced to obey laws barring “sexual orientation discrimination” (Giambrone). These legislative changes in the treatment of gay

In the past most adoption agencies were judgemental upon the homosexual community and would not allow them to adopt. Leaving thousands of the children within orphanages,with an expectancy of being adopted low. Children are the future for America today and it’s in their best interest to give them the opportunity to live in a household with parents that will give them the love and attention they need. Legalization of same-sex marriages facilitate adoption because those couples don’t have the ability of procreation and this gives them the chance to have a family. Some families believe that they will harm the idea of “traditional families” but in fact a 2009 study made by the Social Science Quarterly stated “laws permitting same-sex marriage or civil unions have no adverse effect on marriage, divorce, and abortion rates”. That it will not affect the families because of one homosexual family. A study that was initiated in 1986 to provide prospective data on the growth of a child within lesbian families showed that “adolescents who have been reared in lesbian-mother families since birth demonstrate healthy psychological adjustment” as said by the Pediatrics Committee on Psychological Aspects of Child and Family Health(Volume 126, Issue 1). That nothing was wrong with these children and it wasn’t the fault of the sexual orientation of the parent that affected the child.

Traditionally, a family has been considered to consist of a heterosexual couple and their children, but many forms of family life exist in contemporary society. Homosexual couples have become prominently accepted in modern history, appearing in many popular TV shows and even been inspirations for many hit songs. It has been more than accepted that even gay marriage have been accepted, and it is now legal in thirteen states. So why shouldn’t gay adoptions be legalize too? A child raised by a same sex couple can be just as normal as any other child. Gay couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples have in adoption. Adoption can do many good things for people, which include giving gay couples the opportunity to parent, and

The adoption of children should be based on finding a home with loving parents. This situation should not be judged regarding the sexual orientation. Gay marriage is now legal, the next step could be adopting children without any restrictions whatsoever. The Christian Church and some other religions overall see this as a wrong doing to humanity, some people believe children might grow up wanting to be the same. Also, there are many individuals out there in the world who are straight and still mistreat children, maybe they do not provide the care required to raise their own in a correct way. The adoption of children by gay people has also been seen as something that is not acceptable, as if

“State policies banning gay men and lesbians from fostering or adopting children hurt everyone involved” (Hunt and Krehely). Banning same sex couples from adopting is taking away that child’s chance at being able to be in a loving, stable environment and this could dramatically affect the outcome of their lives. There are many positive advantages that the child can get if they were adopted by a lesbian or gay couple.

When it comes to getting children out of foster care people in adopting services system need to come together and have an open outlook for what is best for the children. Urban Institute also found that more than half of gay men and 41 % of lesbians in the U.S would like to adopt .estimating to a total of 2 million same sex couples interested in adopting children. Same sex couples should be able to adopt children, it would take children out of foster care and Being a Homosexual parent does not affect parenting skills

Adoption by same-sex relationships is a very debatable topic to discuss about. Many believe that adoption by same-sex partnerships is not wrong at all because they believe the children adopted by same-sex relationships grow up in the same stable environment as children who were adopted by heterosexual relationships, leaving out factors of before living conditions or anything that might have happened before the children were adopted. Some people may be apathetic to the controversial topic and others believe that letting homosexual adoption take place is wrong for many reasons being: same-sex adoption is going against Christianity and many also believe that it would be an unstable environment for children to live under same-sex relationships

First of all, homosexuals should be allowed to adopt. The goal of our adoption and foster care systems is to provide all children with permanent, stable homes with loving and supportive parents, but discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status hinders that. State governments bear discrimination, economic costs, same-sex couples are denied the ability to build a family, and, most importantly, children in need of loving and permanent homes are left in unstable caregiving situations. Over the years' child foster care has increased by a big number. With all these restrictions on homosexuals trying to adopt children doesn't help the number go down at all. People are trying to start a family and they can't because people don't believe it's right