Many of you watched the film Dads Wanted, which told the story of several gay couples and their experiences raising children. Do you think gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt children? Do you think the sexuality of the parent affects the child's development? If gay parents divorce, do you think that the custody laws that we have for straight couples should apply?
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I definitely feel that gays and lesbians should be able to adopt. Just because they are homosexual does not mean they don't know how to raise and care for a child. They are who they are and they shouldn't be penalized for it. As for the sexuality affecting the childs development, it may affect them with their enovironment but not so much their own sexuality. I know a few people with gay and lesbian parents and none of them are homosexual. However, it was hard for them growing up with kids and parents making a big deal. Custody laws for heterosexuals should be the same for those who are homosexual. Again, just because they are gay or lesbian does not mean that raising the child is any different or effects of divorce on a child are different. Parenthood is parenthood. Straight or gay it comes with the same territory, problems, good, and bad things.
I think gay couples should be able to adopt because they can love their child just as much as a strait couple could. I know of a lesbian couple where one partener was artificially inseminated and they have a boy who is about 7 years old now. He understands that he has two moms and which one they came from and that most families have a mom and a dad. There is nothing different about this child than any other child he goes to school with. As long as the child has food, water, shelter, and someone to love him that is all that matters.
Leah was right when she said, “kids are teased about everything and anything“. I believe children that are surrounded by and experience the amount of care, nurturing and love these gay couples had to give,will grow up just fine. It seems these kids have a better chance at success then a lot of kids who are born to parents that were unplanned. All three of my children were unplanned. My husband and I were having children, one after the other with no birth control, just because we were Catholic. My marriage failed
after sixteen years, mainly because he rarely did anything to help nurture and care for the kids which spilled over into all the other area’s. My kids have suffered to some degree because of our selfishness.
I feel that gay and lesbians should beable to adopt children if they wanted too. As long as the child recieves care it should not matter if the parents are of the same gender. I do not know if it would have an effect on the child, it could if the child is not aware of the society as they get older. As a child it might be hard for them to understand why their "mom and dad" are the same gender. With the custody laws whatever it is for straight couples should apply not matter what. Women are fighting for equal pay..why can't we be equal with gay rights. If they want to adopt a child that if what they should get!
I believe that gay and lesbian couples should be able to adopt children. There are so many children born into this world without they're parents wanting to take care of them, and putting them up for adoption, so I don't think it matters if the couple is gay or lesbian. Just as long as the children are adopted into families that will make sure they are healthy and loved. I think later in the future there will be less shock of gay couples raising kids, so we don't have to worry about the children growing up "confused" or say that it is hard for them to grow up. I belive that now it would be hard for the children growing up, but if society makes it more acceptable and equal, we wouldn't have to worry about this. Yes, the laws should definately be the same because if gay/lesbian couples are going to have the same advantages as straight couples, laws should be the same for all types of couples.
I thought children needed a loving home to grow up in where they are protected and encouraged to thrive.Who cares what their parents sexuality is! Do good parents only come in "straight" boxes,i think not.Step outside your box america and join the rest of the world!
I most definitely feel that gay or lesbians should be able to adopt and raise a child of their own. Just because their a little different then straight couples doesn't mean that there incapable of raising and loving a child. I also think that the custody laws should be the same, they shouldn't be any different just because the decide to live their life's a little bit different then you. Any one can be a parent weather there homosexual, heterosexual, married, or single.
I hate how people look at gays and lesbians like they are a freak of nature. Yes, they should be allowed to adopt. They had parents just like everyone else. they were part of a family,they grew up a cetain way, etc. Its not like they were raised by a pack of Wolves! they know how to take care of people. This shouldnt even be a question. i think if a kid grew up around gays or lesbians they would get a better idea of how the world works and the different type of people that are in it. being gay or a lesbian isnt a disease. the kid isnt going to contract gayness from them. No, the custody laws were made with heterosexual couples in mind. as a matter of fact the custody laws dont really work for heterosexuals either. People always want to point fingers in the opposite direction of themselves.
I definitely feel that gays and lesbians should not be able to adopt. I dont beleive in same sex marriage and adopting a child and having your child be made fun because you have two moms or two dads. I beleive a child should have a mother and a father to take of them not two mothers. Society today beleives that the father is the breadwinner in the family and the mother is the nuturer in the family. I believe that god intents marriage should be a father and a mother.
I think gays and lesbians have every right to adopt a child. Is it going to affect the child definately. The child than has either two moms or two dads. Most childern have a mom and a dad. So of course the child will be effected becasue they will be different but i think if the parents take time to explain to thh child and tell them its okay the child will be fine. Growing up with gay parents has to be different because they lead a different lifestyle than that of hetrosexual couples so that would include raising a child.
I def. think gays and lesbians should be able to adopt a child. They are hummans like everyone else and can preform the same tasks including rasing a child. I almost think the child would turn out better and not conform to the socialy constructed norm in our society.Also, I know people who have parents that are gay and also have akot of gay freinds andf they are the most awsome and fun down to earth people I know. It woiuld almost be a privelage to be raised by homosexual parents I feel for the child's develoment. Homesexuals are born like that and coant help their feeling and shouldn't be denied their rights that straight people get!
I would say that gays and the lesbians should be able to adopt children and then raise them as other parents normally do. In my opinion , it does not matter if the people are gay or lesbian, what matters is that giving the child a better life and respect. I have known a bunch of gay and lesbians people, who have adopted children and they are living happily right now. It also depends on how people react to the fact that they are gay or lesbians. I have taken it normally, because they chose that they could be happy in future if they would marry guy or girl of the same sex, and so they are. So I don't think that it is necessary to prohibit gay and lesbians to adopt children.
I feel strongly that gays and lesbians should be allowed to have children. After all, there are plenty of man/woman couples with children who do not love their children...it should all come down to the love of the child. It may affect the child in ways such as bullied at school, etc...but it's unlikely for the child to become gay or lesbian. They have a mind and life or their own to create! If the parents get divorced, the same laws should apply. Just because they have a different sexual prefrence does not mean that are incapible of day to day tasks.
This is a great question. I think that homosexuals should be able to adopt for a few reasons.
Whats normal? mom and dad? living in the same house? It is clear in our society that even having a mom and dad in your home isnt always the best thing. Many things like hatred, racism, religious beliefs, political views, homophobia is all passed down form generation to generation. A persons ability to be open in the world is based on their upbringing at home. Chances are, gay parents have been teased, talked about, mis treated, all because they were different. So wouldnt it make sense that if they were to raise kids that they would teach their kids to be open to everyone. I thnk if a child is loved, cared about, given oppurtunities, they can succeed. The adoption process is unbelievably complex...I know, my parents adopted my brother and sister. You have numerous visits to make sure you are good people. They check to see how much money you make, how stable you are, etc..
You also have to look at the situation of adoption. The only people that want to adopt are people that are financially stable, ready, committed...they want to have the baby. If you are a heterosexual couple, you dont have to adopt, obviously. However half of all marriages end in divorce. Children are mistreated physically, mentally, emotionally, and sexually from mom and dad. Why does this happen? because these parents dont want their kids, they dont see them as children, their own. They see them as a burden or a mistake. The whole thing comes down to wanting a child. Parents who WANT a child give them love and opportunities.
So really, who cares who raises them if they are good people and are willing to do what ever it takes to have a child. At least one group in America is willing to to step up and do the job right. And yea, they may be teased in school, but hey, we all know how meaningless and trivial high school really is once we left.
If they want to get a divorce and the parents have proven to be good, then both parents should obviously be allowed to see his child. You wouldnt take the child away if a hetero couple divorced and they adopted...unless the were bad parents of course.
Homosexual couples have the ability to love and take care of kids just as well as heterosexual couples...bottom line.
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