Gays should not be allowed to adopt >>>MOD ALERT<<<

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Nearly 1 in 3 people believe gays should not be allowed to adopt children. And almost 90% of them feel a male and female parent are the ideal role models. Do gays actually think of the affect having two dads or two mums can have on a child? Or are they so caught up in there own selfish needs, that they fail to put the interests of the child first? What say you?

 

Yeah, spent years as a foster parent and eventually adopted because of my own selfish needs. What have you done lately for somebody else?

 

Excuse me, is this 2011 or 1911? Based on what rational theory should a gay man or lesbian be prohibited from adopting a child or children solely on sexual orientation? So 90% of respondents feel male/female parents are ideal; does this mean that if one partner in a male-femaie household absconds or dies the child[ren] should be removed and placed with a male/female couple? The very notion is absurd.

You're next chestnut is as tired as the "some of my best friends are..." line. Prior to Loving v. Virginia, and the ever increasing number of bi-racial couples, a very similar argument was mounted to support prohibition of inter-racial marriage. What would the resultant child[ren] suffer being of mixed races? I guess, in at least one case, we have the answer: he'll be elected President of the United States and be persecuted by bigots. The children of same-sex parents won't be damaged due to same gendered parents. Any negative affect on the child[ren] most likely will stem from the prejudice directed at the family from outside homophobes.

There are hundreds of children languishing in every state's foster care system. Ask any of them if they'd prefer to remain without a family or have two dads, two moms, or even just one of either gender. I've worked with society's throw-away kids for over 30 years and I can tell you what far more than 90% of them would say.

 

Do you support removing children from single parent homes?

 

In what sense?

 

Not unless there's a good reason to.

 

I don't think gay or single parent families should be deemed equal to a traditional family on the issue of sexual orientation. Meaning...all things equal I do believe a child should be placed in a traditional family. I believe that best for the child.


BUT....I think it should be on a case by case basis. It might be that a gay arrangement IS better in a custody or adoption issue at that particular time in that particular situation.

 

That's your opinion and I respect it as such. However I believe we're discussing public policy here and personal opinion doesn't wash as a rationale. So if you would like to see your opinion made into public policy please supply us with a rational basis to make such a policy. Thanks.

 

i have to disagree with the OP , my neighbors kids are very well mannered and polite , they are clean and get grest grades . The young boy plays all the sports and is always looking to play with other kids , The parents are a same sex couple who adopted .

 

.........source?

 

I read it in the Daily Mail a while ago.

 

There are more children in the system than families to adopt them.

Why would you want to deny a child a safe and loving home?

Gays are just as capable of providing for, raising, and loving a child as any heterosexual couple.

 

I think that two responsible men, or two responsible woman, who will take good care of a child that they love are better for the kid than two irresponsible people of opposite genders.

 

I would say that at one time most Americans thought marriage between a couple of different races was wrong. And one of the arguments that they had was 'the interests of their children'.

I would say if you are interested in the child first, go out and volunteer to be a foster parent.

 

The child doesn't have a mother AND a father. They should be removed and placed with a family that is stable, right?

 

Yes, I agree.

 

Fact: You're An Idiot!

 

I forgot one.....Gays are as equal to Petifiles.

A mentaly ill, un-normal people do not need to be mixed withing the norm.

Their unstable dimented influence is damaging to the future of civilization.

FACT.

 

Is it just me or does there seem to be an abnormal amount of "special" people posting on this forum lately.

 

Here's something abnormal.

A queer or lesbian couple want to adopt a baby or small child.

Well now.....

The child grows through the years watching one of the queer parents cross dress into looking and acting like a female.
Or
The child grows throught the years watching one of the lezbo parents cross dress too looking and acting like a fella.

This sort of brainwashing, mind sickening confussion is what makes a child develop into a dimented socialpath freak.

Thus the reason queers, and lezbos should not be allowed to adopt children.

FACT.

 

Sure they do; but because they think upside down, convincing themselves that their parenting is as good or better than a traditional marriage can provide is child's play.

I guess sometimes it's best to judge by appearances.

No responsible person would subject a child to an upbringing under a same sex "marriage"; and professing homosexuals can't love children because they can't love themselves, having forgotten who they are.

 

Prove it....

 

Please don't denigrate the developmentally challenged. They may be slower, but they are neither petty nor small minded.

 

Anyone suggesting that, is just FULL OF IT.

 

Does the Y stand for Yutz?

Why are you so afraid of people who are not so different from yourself or is it that you fear you're too much like them?

Do you actually think it is better for a child to grow up without a family and in the foster care system than to be part of a stable gay family. If you don't think the latter is impossible take a walk around Chelsea or the West Village (or any other community that has a significant gay population) on a weekend afternoon. I worked with throw away kids my entire adult life and I can tell you that any child would have opt for two dads or two moms rather than live in the best of foster care placements.