Should homosexuals have the right to adopt children?

Yep

they're people too

Yep, they definatly should be able to. I don't see any reason why not for one. If a single parent or anyone else goes though teh perperation/money to adopt a child that right there is pretty good proof that they could care for that child. There is no way that someone would go though all that trouble to not take care of it as best they can. Mostly it's just and extention of equal rights. If this was 50 years ago in teh US it would be almost teh exact same as asking 'Should blacks be alowed to adopt children?'.


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this is a stupid post. Are you gay and want to adobt kids? if you are I guess it would be ok. gotta have fun before the fires start.

The only downside (which I consider really big), is that the child will be raised without a mother/father. A child needs both a male and a female influence on their lives to be healthy. I don't know if this should keep homosexuals from adopting, but I think it is worth considering.

i agree with gdawg. with the limited amount of babies per pairents that want one, i think they should be put in the most healthy enviorment for them to grow up in, with a mother and father. this is not me being agenst gay people, i think the same of single pairents.
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now dont get me wrong its not liekim homophobic or anything but what would u think if ur parents were gay?

well if g-dawg is right, then what about the kids who are neglected? should they be taken out of their homes, and given to a straight family whos parents will care for them equally?

i think they should be able to. they can raise a child as well, if not better than most parents can.
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You also have to take into consideration the fact that it might be hard for the child to grow up having gay parents...just imagine how bad he would be teased in school and such. I'm not saying that homosexual people would make bad parents in any way but it would be hard fort the kid too.

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Hell no, that kid would be messed for life.

i think that mentaly humans are set up to be grown up by a mother and father. studies have shown that the relationship a person has with his father and mother shape the way they relate with that sex for the rest of their life, IE women brought up without fathers are more likely to later in life (subconsiously of corse) seek out attention from the male sex and are MUCH more likely to be raped, or grow up to be prostatutes and such and not know how to correctly deal with males in all situations. there used to be this radio show lovelines i would listen to and people would call in about their problems with men, like i'v been raped 5 times, or i am depressed if i dont have a boyfriend, and such problems with males and the first question he would ask is what was your relationship like with your father? and every single time the woman would say he was never around and such. well i guess the point of this rant is to say how you learn to interact with your pairents as a child is how you tend to react with that sex the rest of your life(ever heard the saying how you treat your mom is how your going to treat your wife?), and therefore i dont think it is healthy for the development of the child if he or she has gay or lesbian pairents.
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no, that kid will be screwed for his whole life. Kids will make fun of hiim, it will be bad.


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There is no reason to bar gays and lesbian couples from adopting a child.

And for the male and female influence? I grew up from the age of 10 to being 19 right now without a father, and it has shaped who i am, the same way it would be if he had still been around.


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Yes... They basically are humans too and have the right to adopt if they are fit to. If they can amply care for the child, then I don't really see a problem.
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Line1260 reminded me, Your all saying that it's not teh right influences but yet there are tons of single parent familys accross the US, the majority of children from these homes come out just fine. How is this any diffrent then only having influences from 2 people of teh same sex...


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yea, i didn't want to read everything you've all posted. but i believe homosexuals do have the right to adopt kids. my aunt is a lesbian and her 'partner and her both have kids. out of 3 girls and 1 boy, none of them are gay.....they all enjoy the opposite sex. so therefor, i don't believe that it will breed more homosexuals....just breed people with open minds and help the world accept people who like the same sex. i honestly see no problem with it. not like homosexuals can't be good parents. shit what does the person you fall in love with have to do with how you can raise a child?...........so im gonna say, homo's should have the same rights heterosexuals have. not like they are a separate species............kinda of sad people look at them this way though.

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alright, so i read the posts above now and im pissed. you guys are sitting there bitching about how straight parents are perfect. fuck that shit. my mom stole me from my father when i was 5 and kicked me to the street when i was 7. my dad had to in turn moved out to colorado to provide me with a home to live in. and yes it did shape me differently. that was a huge impact on my life and i do have trouble having any respect for women who resemble my mother in any way. however, by saying that a lesbian or gay couple can not provide good shettle, love, compasion, advice, or anything like that is bull shit. if my parents were two gay guys and stayed together for my whole life i believe i would understand compasion and things like that much more then i do. my parents bred me as an angry child who jsut snapped at anything, but after tons of 'shrink' help, i understand a lot more. and you say straight parents are good. bull shit. let the homosexuals have their kids. you guys sound just like a bunch of racist fucks. it just pisses me off. you act like you're being all nice.....'oh i have no problem with gays'.....but you are trying to take away their civil right to adopt a child because of their sexual preference. thats bull shit. what if they sad anyone who had blonde hair is a bad parent and can't raise a child. no matter who you are. what would you do now? its bull shit, think about the person's feelings and who that person could be before you pass judgement on them and try to take away their rights. after all we are all the same.....jsut with our own preferences.....jsut like boarders and skiers...............sorry im rambling, you guys jsut really pissed me off. now sit down and re-think your opinion.

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OK I can see why you feel so strongly about this. But you can't argue that, ideally, a kid has a loving mom and dad. If a boy has 2 moms, who is his male role model and influence? Michael Jordan? Cal Ripken? I don't think that's good enough. If it wasn't the best way, God or evolution wouldn't have made it that way. That being said, I think homosexuals should be allowed to raise kids and I think they can do a fine job, provided they are loving and supportive. I just think there are obvious merits to having a mom and a dad.


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yes i understand that not having a mom or dad affects the child. but that happens in straight relationships too. like myself, i haven't spoken to my mom in years, it bothers me that i haven't had a mom. but that doesn't mean i can't live a perfectly normal life. i mean yes, it is different from the 'norm' but it doesn't mean that i can't get through it. nor does it make it that big of a deal. i don't have a mother in my life.....i don't care, i don't even think about it. if you had NO PARENTS, wouldn't you jsut be happy enough with two of the same sex. i mean you gotta put yourself in those kids position. they don't have anyone loving them. im sure a homosexual couple around wouldn't hurt.

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Yeah I think we agree that the most important thing is to grow up in a loving, supportive household?


Is the poopdeck really what I think it is?

like i wrote above:
Saying the children could be picked on by other kids cuz of their parents being gay is like saying we shouldn´t take in foreigners cause they could be picked on by racists...
Probably those children would be more tolerant than others.


the only thing you actually could have against it is that it´s better for the child with parents of both genders. but that doesn´t mean they shouldn´t be able to apply. most important is how loving and caring you are.
you say children need parents of both genders. based on what? that´s the way it is? in what bad way do you think it would affect them? producing more gay people? well single parent´s children don´t turn more gay than others...

and no, if my parents were gay i think i wouldn´t mind, they are, after all, my parents...





what´s so funny about peace, love and understanding?

About that post that says if God had intended people to be gay. Well back in Roman times homosexuality was the norm and it wasn't frowned upon.

As for having a male and female parent, yes that is ideal but look at how many marriages fail and end up with a single mom or dad raising the kid. There are exceptions to every rule but I think most gay and lesbian couples would be very good parents due to the political bullshit they would have to go through to adaopt a child. It wouldn't be an easy, spur of the moment decision.

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I don't know. I was too excited. We're in the Lesbian stronghold

okay i never said that straigt pairents were perfect or if you dont have both pairents around your going to be screwed up o'm just saying that i think if babies are so limited they should be put in the best possible healthy growth situation they can.
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my only problem with it is how confusing it would be for the kid. the kid may be straight but it could confuse the hell out of him, his 2 main role models, his parents, being gay. but if this does become a problem it could be solved, or when the kid gets older he'll understand better

if they are a little kid when they adopt them they will think homosexuality is the way to go and it defenitely isnt...


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I don't think your sexuality is something you can change, but I do think if you were straight it could be confusing having your role models be gay. I'm not saying this should stop them exactly, but it is another negative for the list on whether or not they should adopt.

yep, the greeks were attracted to men. they tried to perfect their bodies. i actually did learn something in school. the greeks accepted homosexuality and didn't think a thing of it. WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SOCIETY!

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we got smart! thats what happened. Im not saying im one of those people that goes out at night and shoots gays but i am still uncomfortable with it. It makes me cringe...


'Let him go first, he is out of control when he is skiing backwards.'- Stupid Tourist

That's just being homophobic. I'm not homophobic, I'm just balancing out pros and cons of influences that gay parents would have on a childs life. Black people used to make people cringe too.