Gay and Lesbian Adoption Gay and lesbian adoption is a serious‚ yet controversial subject. It has become a major issue in our society. In certain states‚ homosexuals can adopt children just like any other married or single adult. A person’s freedoms should protect the rights of gays and lesbians to adopt children when they meet the same standards for parenting and home environment as heterosexual couples (Driscoll and Stingl). Today over 520‚000 children are in foster care and 127‚000 of those
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Gay Marriage and Adoption Currently today in the United States Homosexuals face various problems when it comes to their partners and most importantly their children. Gay and Lesbian parents are facing discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Allowing same-sex couples to adopt children has made people assume particular aspects about Lesbian and Gay couple’s lives and the effects it could have on their children. American culture tends to reject or feel threatened by new
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limits the options you can have‚ but adoption is an option that is beneficial to all sides. Based on research I conclude that the pros of adoption outweigh the cons. Investing your time and money can help a child’s life instead of investing it elsewhere. Adoption helps children find a home‚ whether that be children from the U.S or from a different country. There are plenty of families out there who are not able to have children of their own and sometimes adoption is the only way for couples to start
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The children’s benefits of Gay Adoption out weight the negative effects. Gay adoption has been a very controversial topic for many of years. Gay adoption is pretty self-explanatory. It’s when a same sex couple adopts a child or children from foster care or an orphanage. Some people believe that gay adoption is wrong‚ and against many religions because two people of the same sex should not marry or adopt children. If two people are happy together leave them alone. If they are not hurting‚ or bothering
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Adoption records should be open to give adoptees the ability to know where they come from. Various state laws create many paths or roadblocks to determining biological parental information. Knowledge is more important than privacy. It is procedure for a new birth certificate(or ABC) to be issued when a child is adopted. The adoptee’s new name appears‚ along with the names of the adoptive parents. The fact of the adoption‚ the name of the birth parents and the birth name of the adoptee are excluded
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Gay adoption in the United States Karlene Porter Axia College of University of Phoenix Research Writing COM. 220 Tony Salinger March 06‚ 2010 Gay adoption in the United States As of October 9‚ 2009‚ there are approximately 123‚000 children waiting to be adopted in the United Sates alone (U.S. Children’s Bureau‚ 2010). My partner and I of 11 years adopted my biological niece. In February 2003 we were awarded permanent custody although we were seeking temporary custody until her mother
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Gay Adoption Adoption has been around for many years‚ people just need to show that they are qualified parents to adopt. There are many orphans in this world that want a family‚ but there is not enough families or parents to take them in. There are not that many families that can or will take children in‚ wether it is because they cannot support them financially or they have children of their own. The main result is that there are so many orphan children that want a loving family. Gay adoption
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difference in opinion in gay adoption has risen as gay marriage has become legal. The positive side to the controversy is that homosexual parents are more into the children’s future because they want to become parents. As children grow up having parents of the same gender they will learn more about themselves. They are able to stand out and be understanding with others they encounter. No matter the parents‚ children should be viewed on their characteristics not on who their parents are. Pro #1 - Reannen Throughout
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Allowing Gays and Lesbians to Adopt There is a lot of discussion in the U.S. today about whether gay and lesbians should or not be allowed to adopt. Different groups and professionals will see the issue very differently. Some will argue for the rights of the gay couple‚ and others will argue for the rights of the children. There are pros and cons to consider when discussing the rights of gay couples to adopt. Should gays and lesbians couple be allowed to adopt children? The answer to this big
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of society that grow up being Gay; they get treated differently‚ a new definition of what people don’t see as “normal”. In today’s world‚ there’s parents and friends that think that being gay is a sin. In a matter of fact‚ it is a sin according to religion (baptist‚ catholic‚ [etc..]). Some parents think that gay conversion therapy could help “cure” the sexuality of their child but will it? By showing a personal story‚ Sam Brinton wrote‚ “I Was Tortured in Gay Conversion Therapy. And It’s
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