people. The only reason someone should not be able to adopt is if they have a horrible criminal record such as a sex offender or a meth addict. Some people argue that it is not the fact that they are gay‚ but the fact that is it for the child’s better welfare. There is a statistic that being raised by gay parents will lead to substance abuse (Subulica)‚ but kids with divorced parents are more like to abuse substances‚ than kids with married parents (Peacemakers). There is also a statistic that
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However‚ people against LGBT+ adoption say that a child needs both a female and male role model for them to grow up as well balanced adults. Males and females may have different styles of parenting and a child needs to be exposed to both of those types to be successful. The opposition also believes that LGBT+ adoption will “lead to the breakdown of the traditional family” (Gaines). Many people who oppose LGBT+ adoption also say that children brought up in a same-sex household have a greater risk
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Gay Adoption in the US Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the debate regarding gay men and lesbian couples adopting children in the United States. Thesis: Social stigma‚ legal hurdles‚ and agency biases are the main points surrounding the gay adoption controversy. Introduction: In 2011‚ 400‚540 children in the US were in the foster care system‚ waiting to be adopted according to the Children’s Bureau page at the Administration for Children and Families webpage. However‚ an entire
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Gay & Lesbian Adoption We as a society have this false sense of reality that everyone is treated equal‚ but I often ponder if we are truly equal? Everyone in the world today fears what they cannot understand. People have this enormous cowardice of homosexuality. If we as a nation are looked upon as being righteous‚ then why do we treat same sex relationships unfairly? Nowadays‚ same sex relationships are a natural occurrence. Everywhere in today’s media it is very easy to hear and see about the
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Gay Marriage and Adoption: Good or Bad? Gay marriage is one of the‚ if not the most‚ discussed topic in today’s society. Like every subculture‚ gays have their distinctive norms‚ social practices‚ and‚ vocabulary. Thus as caused them to be subject of discrimination throughout history. Conservatives and religious people who don’t believe that homosexual couples should be allowed to be united by law or any other institution have been putting pressure in on the government to prevent the creation of
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240 Civil Rights for Gay in Marriage and Adoption When it comes to civil rights for Gays pertaining to marriage and adoption there is a lot of major controversy‚ however the pro’s by far out weight the cons. History shows the beginning of the gay civil rights movement in the United States primarily began with the Stonewall riots that took place in Greenwich in 1969. Some refer to it as the Gay Revolution‚ this sparked a lot of controversy pertaining to whether the gay community had the right
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the article ‘Do Gay-Friendly Corporate Policies Enhance Firm Performance?’ the potential outcomes of a firm adopting gay-friendly policies‚ such as anti-discrimination policies and the extension of benefits to couples‚ are studied. When the results of the study were assessed‚ it was found that the adoption of gay-friendly policies had improved the studied firms in multiple ways. It was observed that more employees were being recruited‚ employees were staying longer‚ and current gay employees felt
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healthy and well-functioning. When you think of a child being raised in a gay community and being often surrounded with the familiarization of lesbians and gays‚ you may think the child will later in life turn homosexual. Some might‚ it’s is their choice and there’s nothing wrong with it. However‚ people that grew up with homosexual parents say that they have never pressured them to follow in their footsteps. Another reason why gays should be allowed to adopt a child is when they have a kid‚ they intentionally
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In modern day‚ man does not truly think about how much the earth means to life. On the contrary‚ humans aspire to cease Mother Nature’s beauty with the replacement of modern day cities made up of synthetic nature. Since the dawn of the twentieth century‚ a major theme in the American Arts has been the protest against man’s destruction of the natural world. With this in mind‚ as very well argued in Chief Seattle’s article “Respect”‚ humans fail to be conscious of the physical and sentimental value
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caring family. There is a solution to fix that problem. Gay adoption! Homosexuals are like every other typical American‚ they work and pay taxes‚ they can vote‚ and do things like most American people do. There is an increasing amount of open homosexual couples everywhere in the world today and most of them would love to have children‚ but it’s still illegal for homosexual couples to adopt children in some parts of the world. It does not make a gay person any less of
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