Lisa And Terri Adoption

Should gays and lesbians have the same rights to adopt as heterosexuals? The laws of most states permit an unmarried person to be an adopted parent. However, many states have enacted laws limiting and in some cases prohibiting, lesbian and gay men from adopting. Adoption of children by lesbian and gay men remains controversial. A court must first find that the best interest of the child will be served by the adoption. Some courts have strongly rejected the notion that adoption by a lesbian or gay parent could ever be in the best interest of a child. This applies to same sex unions as well. Yet the United States has many children waiting to be adopted. Older children and those with special needs are the hardest to

The other four said that children of same-sex couples face disadvantages, but these four studies are flawed because the majority of the children in the studies were born to different-sex couples who then experienced a family breakup after one parent came out as gay or lesbian. Gratify Children raised by same-sex couples do just as well as those raised by heterosexual couples, and there are several possible advantages Gay and lesbian parents may be more committed and motivated than heterosexual parents, because there are no accidental births. More likely to adopt children who linger in the foster system, such as minorities and kids who are older or have special needs. Gay and lesbian parents provide a unique environment that promotes open-mindedness, tolerance, and gender equality. “I was lucky to be adopted by two guys I can both call ‘Dad,’”

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

One positive view of gay adoption is that it gives the gay couple the chance to start their own family and give a child in care a new start to life in a loving home. This will allow the couple to love and care for the child just as much as they would if the child was living with their own biological parents. Gay couples who want to adopt a child will give the same loving family home just like a heterosexual couple or single parent would. For some children, living with a gay couple may be something they haven’t experienced before. However finding a family who love the child and appreciate them for who they are, also encouraging them with all aspects of their life and supporting them all the way through their life is what matters most to children.

Many children, if they had to guess if the parents were gay or not, could not tell the difference. The adopted child acts and does as every normal child. The children get the same loving care as traditional home and raise them to make right decisions when going through life. The child may become more open minded on both sides of a different kind of situation, and not just on being gay. This may let the child see the world from a different side than a traditional household, and let the child explore different options that the world offers. As a result, the child gets a happy home with financial support that he or she needs. People that are against gay adopting believe a traditional home is the only acceptable home for a child. They say that house may become unstable with two men being too feminine. They argue that having a dominant male role in the family is a big factor on how the child will grow up, and without the male role the child may choose drugs, gangs, or even suicide. It may make the child gay from seeing their parents, think that is what society will accept, and think that is what is normal. Many people who are against gay adopting mainly base it with religion, that if they take their child to church then they are a hypocrite. The bible says being “homosexual” is an abomination and is wrong in God’s eyes. The child may also experience bullying in school; growing up with sexual confusion, depression, and emotional problems. Thereafter, the child

Recently, research has shown that gay and lesbian parents share the parental characteristics of support, protection, and stability that children need. Sexual orientation should not be problem when adopting children. Children adopted by same-sex couples are more likely to be placed with parents who are patient, dedicated to their children, and have respect for the differences of the

Homosexual people have faced many trials and tribulations in pursuit of living a normal and happy life. There are many controversial events and topics that are barriers blocking complete happiness. Although those barriers are in place, the people in the LGBT subculture seem to making the best of every situation. Fighting for their rights and changing laws to protect them are paving the way for a brighter future. In hopes of being normal, many same-sex couples want to have a family and for some the only option is adoption. Well, same-sex adoption is not legal in most places which makes this dream for some impossible. This caused controversy between same-sex couples and the general public who believes that same-sex adoption should remain

There are currently 107,011 kids in the U.S. foster care system that are hoping and waiting to be adopted, so just imagine how many of those children could be adopted if more lesbian and gay couples were able to adopt. According to lifelong adoption agencies more and more gay and lesbian couples are becoming parents through artificial insemination, a surrogate, or LGBT adoption. It’s hard for same sex couples to adopt because adoption agencies that have religious beliefs against same sex couples reject them, or a state law prohibits same sex parents. Same sex couples face much opposition from a large number of people even though they do not have well supported arguments for their beliefs. Many studies have been done in an attempt to figure

Gay parents are facing discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Twenty-two states currently allow single gays to adopt and 21 states currently allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt in the U.S. (Mallon, 2007, p. 6). The ability of gay couples to rear a child should not be denied only because they are gay. Homosexuals may be looked down upon by society, but they still are humans and have morals. These morals they possess, may influence a child more than those morals taught to a child with heterosexual parents. All over the world, children suffer in families consisting of alcoholics, drug abusers, and sexual abusers (Powell, 2007, p.1). It is not possible that these environments are safer than what would be provided by homosexual

A child is known to have a mom and a dad; growing up with knowing mom is a woman and dad is a male, but realizing a child can be adopted by a same sex couple. A child can have two dads or two moms and would still grow up normal just any other kid in the world. Adoption laws vary state by state, some other states do not allowed homosexual couples such as Florida. Actually USA TODAY explains thirteen states “Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas—prohibited same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court decision.” Even though the LGBT community has been represented in society through social media, still same sex couples face issues

“About 19 percent of same-sex couples raising children reported having an adopted child in the house in 2009, up from just 8 percent in 2000.” As society changes there opinions on same-sex marriage they more gays and lesbians are adopting. There was recent rise in same-sex adoption but there is still people in U.S. that are against same-sex adoption. Recently a judge in Kentucky objected gay and lesbian adoption. This caused a huge uproar and had people thinking whether or not gay and lesbian adoption is okay for the children. One article feels that state legislators are putting more hurdles in the way of adoption and preventing children from getting into loving and caring homes (“Adoptions are declining,”2017). Gays and lesbians being able to adopt will provide loving homes, get kids out of foster care, and they choose to be parents.

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

There are five times as many LGBT parents willing to adopt than there are kids in foster care. All those couples adopting would mean that children without a secure home could be put in a stable household with loving parents. While some believe same sex couples adopting children gives the children an unstable home and the children will suffer mentally and socially, same sex couples should be able to adopt children because it allows children in the foster care system to find a home quicker and it encourages the next generation to have an open mind and accept people for who they are.

Although the law does not prevent a gay man, or lesbian to adopt, it does prevent a couple of gays or lesbians from adopting. When gay or lesbian couples want to adopt they are forced to choose only one of them to become the legal parent of the adopted child(Rogers). There are no need to force only one parent to become the legal one. For example, John Roughan supports that only one gay or lesbian person should be allowed to adopt(New Zealand Herald). He believes that a gay couple or lesbian should not. Roughan refers it to a “fine thing”, but isn’t fine when men are the ones adopting. Roughan does not have a strong argument against kids being adopted by gay and lesbian couples. The only thing that he has is that younger kids will get

Imagine all of these 500,000 children in the foster care system (“Debate: Should Gay and Lesbian Couples Be Allowed to Adopt?”) with no parents, no one to directly look up to for help, no one to show them love and care, and no one to protect them. These children are hopeless and some of them at this point are not expecting to be adopted by anyone, anytime soon. Instead they are stuck in a botched foster care system, being influenced with false hope and dreaming of the day they get to have a family. Now imagine a lesbian couple who both have stable jobs and are married. They both love each other like any other heterosexual couple would. Neither of them is interested in having a baby of their own, and they decide they want to adopt one instead. Now why would this be an issue? Why would anyone doubt their decision when there are so many available children who are in need of a family? A household that offers care and love towards adopted children should not be questioned nor doubted just because the household is headed by a gay or lesbian couple.