Should Homosexuals Have The Same Rights?

In “Laws Should Support Loving Households, Straight or Not” (2002), Becky Birtha argues that homosexual couples should have the same right to adopting kids as heterosexual couples.

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

I. First, gay adoption should be legalized because there is already a shortage of adoptive parents.

There are too many children waiting to be adopted and looking for their forever home, it doesn’t matter sexual preference if people are eager to be parents to those kids, let the kids have an opportunity to a better life of love and stability that will change a child’s life. Many kids would be grateful to have two loving parents and adoption should be legalized because any human being with a desire to be a parent and meet the requirements should have the right to do

Gay marriage has in recent times seen a growing number of supporters. With this comes parenting and the urge to start a family but, as everyone knows a gay couple cannot get a biological child from both of the parents. This complication leads to many couples turning to adoption as a solution. Gays like everyone else are just as capable of taking care of a child if not more.

There is always a debate going on within the LGBTQ+ community. One conflict of interests questions whether or not same-sex couples should be allowed to raise children. People are claiming that development is being affected by the young who are raised by a gay, lesbian, or bisexual couple. Americans should start worrying about their own children. Those who are brought up with two mommies or two daddies are not being affected in any way and should be treated no differently than those with parents of the opposite gender.

Homosexuals are additional parents that can be used for families for children in adoption agencies. “The number of children in Hennepin County waiting to be adopted has nearly quadrupled since 2009, to 339 children this year (Smith).” If only, in one county, there are 399 children waiting for a family, imagine around the world. These are children that could have a family if agencies weren’t homophobic and would allow homosexulas to adopt as a couple. “Individual state laws determine whether or not gay and lesbian individuals can adopt these children (Smith).” If the person in care of the kid, is homophobic or has anything against hoosexuals they can restrict the oppurtunity the kid had to a family by saying they think the homosexuals are eligible. Gay adoption being denied restricts kid from opportunities to having loving parents and a stable

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.

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

This should enable the state to do anything and everything it can to protect the children from this disadvantage and to give them as many advantages that are possible. This is done by doing everything to make sure they go to a stable home with a mother and a father. To create an environment where the child is safe and not exposed to the type of behavior that will affect the choices they make down the road. The interest of the child being adopted should always be of the utmost importance. The fact that the parents are gay or straight is not the main issue. The safety and well-being of the child is what should be taken into consideration before anything. Discrimination is not the goal of denying homosexuals the ability to adopt children. The well-being of the

Same-sex parents are constantly getting rejected by a variety of adoption agencies because of who they choose to marry. Adopting agencies state that kids growing up in “that type of environment” would be unhealthy for the development of the child. They fear that the child would end up getting bullied by their peers, other concerning parents, and by the community which they live on. They also fear that the child will end up making the same life choices as their parents. Ultimately, same-sex parents should be allowed to adopt for the reasons that: gay parents have the same basic human rights as everyone else, the child would benefit from growing up in a same-sex home, and it would reduce the amount of orphans that are in need of a loving family.

For the most part homosexuals are frowned upon when wanting to adopt a child which seems unethical again because of orientation. Once people are more open to the fact that gays being approved to adopting children is just as normal as a heterosexual family adopting children it will be acknowledged more and more into society. There are multiple of opportunities for homosexuals to adopt, but these chances are banned because of laws prohibiting gays from adopting. To solve the problem for gay adoption from being prohibited the laws must be more workable for gays. Therefore homosexual couples should be given the same equal opportunities as heterosexuals to adopt children because homosexuals are as capable to give more love and care to a child than a heterosexual couple could.

My struggle to come to this country was epic. I crossed four border lines and spent almost a year to get to the United States of America. I didn’t care. I could repeat every step and face every fear I had during my journey because I reached my goal, living in a free country where your dreams become true and the government protects your rights and your freedoms, but this isn’t the truth for everybody living in America. There are no dreams come true for the homosexual people. They don’t enjoy the same warranties heterosexuals are granted. Getting married, raised a child,  or grow emotionally and economically together aren't rights that the federal government grant to homosexuals because they were left to the states to decide, and only a few have taken a step forward this matter. It loos like the constitution wasn’t being applied to people with a different sexual orientation. Same-sex  rights should be a federal matter as opposed to   a state matter. Therefore, the federal government should assure

Adoption has been around for a long time, however only recently has the topic of gay adoption risen. There are many fostered children on the planet, yet not enough families or guardians to take them in. There aren't that many families who can and will adopt children, regardless of whether this is on account of they can't assist them, they have offspring of their own, or they simply don't want kids. The final product is as yet an excess of stranded children needing an adoring family. There is an answer for this issue. LGBT adoption. There is a rising measure of openly gay couples all around and many of those couples would love to have children, however, it's as yet still illegal for gay couples to adopt children in a few regions of the U.S.,

“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.