Should same-sex couples be allowed to adopt children?

Answer 1

Opinion from an opponent of the idea:

No. In most countries this is illegal however it is permitted in certain circumtances. It is a historical and undoubted fact that the best environment in which to raise children is within a stable marriage of one man and one woman. One mother and one father. This is how children have been raised for centuries. Having, for example, two fathers can be seen as an insult to societal norms.

Opinion from someone supportive of the idea:

Yes. Studies show that children raised by gay parents grow up to be well-adjusted members of society. In fact, children of Lesbian parents are the most well-adjusted. Growing up in a loving household is all that matters.

Furthermore, it's not possible to teach someone to be gay. 99% of gay people have straight parents, and they didn't "learn" to be straight.

Answer 2

It is a matter of opinoin , but I would say NO! God designed marriage to be one man and one woman. So they should not have the privalage of raising a child since they are living in sin, because straight couples never sin.

Answer

YES of course! No doubt these children are extremely wanted and research shows they are happy and healthy kids who get along great in school and are less judgmental. The research done these kids are more likely to defend someone against bullies. So after reading the opinion above, it would mean you are punishing the kids not the parents. Marriage is irrelevant to the issue of being a good parent. It's the individual and someone who can love someone else child as their own should be able to adopt no matter if they love the same sex or not. Love is love and that is all kids needs and wants.

It's all a matter of opinion, but I personally believe that yes, they should. Potential adoptive parents should be judged on things like parental abilities, financial security and compatibility with the individual child and not sexual orientation. Single parents are allowed to adopt children, so why not same-sex couples?

Answer 3

Using the word 'allowed' suggests that a government can or should control who does, and who does not have children. This is not the case. The government has absolutely no say in who has a child in any country (that I know of), although most governments do have the ability to take children away from parents who are unable to look after them. The complication arises here, in the fact that it is impossible for a same sex couple to produce a child of their own, without the help of science (artificial insemination) and a consenting person of the opposite sex providing sperm (in the case of a lesbian couple) or an egg, and a womb for the foetus to grow (in the case of a gay male couple). These processes usually are regulated by governments.

The simplicity of the question, shows that the person asking it probably requires a simple YES or NO answer.

In which case as a gay man I would answer YES.

We can simplify the question even more, firstly by asking; Are gay couples people? The answer is clearly YES.

If we were to then change the question to - "Should people be allowed to raise children?"
The answer is obviously YES. If they were not, then the Human Race would die out.

If you are asking if gay couples are normally successful at raising well adjusted, intellectually and emotionally 'normal,' children, again, extensive social research shows that the answer is YES.

I know the first lesbian couple to legally adopt children in my county. They are loving, stable, educated, love children, and are totally devoted to their children's education and upbringing.

Competence as parents has nothing to do with the gender of your lover or spouse. Many heterosexual people do not have the skills or ability to raise children well.

It is ironic that many of the people who disapprove of homosexuality are Christian--as Jesus said to remove the plank from your eye before trying to remove the mote from someone else's eye. Preaching hate and intolerance is not loving nor is it a family value--after all, what if your child grows up to be gay? Can you treat him or her with dignity and respect? If you cannot should you be allowed to raise children?