Same sex adoption

dont_know_what_2_say · 03-14-2006, 12:46 PM

what do you think?? should same sex couples be able to adopt children or not?
I just wanted to get people's opinions because i'm doing a project on that.

xtina · 03-14-2006, 12:57 PM

i think they should. it is better for a child to live in a welcome home than being an orphan. People say that they will be looked differently at school blah blah but i dont think they care, because of the way the child would be brought up. Soooooo I'm for it!

AwdreeHpburn · 03-14-2006, 01:01 PM

In my opinion children already grow up in such a variety of situations. I don't think same sex parents has anything to do with anything. It won't make the child gay.

Oh....wait tho - it may teach the child tolerance and expose them to diversity so I don't know....

Yes. I think they should, unless the couple is abusive. Then no, they shouldn't.

Day_Walker · 03-14-2006, 01:06 PM

Yes I believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt. Two loving parents is portrayed to be the most ideal situation for a child to grow up in.

xtina · 03-14-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Day_Walker

Yes I believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt. Two loving parents is portrayed to be the most ideal situation for a child to grow up in.

expecially when they are gay

because for some odd reason they seem so much nicer.

Tigris · 03-14-2006, 01:22 PM

I think they should too!

It's better for a child to live in an atmosphere of calm and stability than to be put in an orphanage or into long term care. They get better opportunities and learn to develop their interpersonal skills. They also learn to feel loved.

RayKay · 03-14-2006, 01:50 PM

I believe that they definitely should be able to....my brother is gay & I know him and his partner will make wonderful parents (they are looking at surrogacy or adoption). I really hope, and want them to have a family....those children will be very loved by them, and the entire family.

I think there are so many children in this world without family, I do not understand why it can be considred wrong to allow them to be adopted in a loving family (even if the parents are both the same sex!) yet it's okay to let them jump from foster home to foster home or be deemed "unadoptable" or miss out on a stable environment.

Gay parents are no more or less likely to be abusive, or bad parents then straight couples. At least with adoption there is a screening process as to whom is given a child or not! Nor are you any more likely to "be" gay. My parents, grandparents and all other siblings are straight...my brother is not. It's not something you "choose" to be. I know plenty of gay children born to straight parents, and straight children born to a gay father/mother (which came out later) and brought up with a father or mother and their partner.

**BellaDonna** · 03-14-2006, 02:04 PM

I believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt.

Most gay individuals have been raised by straight parents- and it did not turn them straight- so I think when people state that being raised by gay parents will turn a child gay- it is totally unfounded. Not to mention- if the child did "turn out" gay- so what!

I think a child will do best in a loving home. Loving homes can consist of same sex parents. And if they are adopting, they obviously really WANT a child. There are plenty of unhappy homes where children are not wanted- and that's where the real problems are.

BellaDonna

tyler711 · 03-14-2006, 03:35 PM

I can't fathom ever being raised by gay parents. I disagree. I do like the idea of crack babies and teen pregnancies getting a decent home and a better shot at life, though. That's something for me to ponder. Maybe I'm to traditional, but one thing I look forward to in life is hopefully having a son. Teaching him to hunt, fish, work on cars, work hard, play catch, be his soccer coach, like my father was to me. Is it fair to put a little boy that wants to climb trees and shoot BB guns with gay parents that would rather take him shopping or out for a pedicure?

xtina · 03-14-2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tyler711

I can't fathom ever being raised by gay parents. I disagree. I do like the idea of crack babies and teen pregnancies getting a decent home and a better shot at life, though. That's something for me to ponder. Maybe I'm to traditional, but one thing I look forward to in life is hopefully having a son. Teaching him to hunt, fish, work on cars, work hard, play catch, be his soccer coach, like my father was to me. Is it fair to put a little boy that wants to climb trees and shoot BB guns with gay parents that would rather take him shopping or out for a pedicure?

woooooow! Don't generalise there, ok? Someone to be gay is not the same thing as someone gay you see in television. a homosexual is not always a woman inside a man's body - and also be aware that there are woman who like soccer, and who like hunting and all. My uncle is not all girly like. I would have NEVER guessed he was gay if he didn't tell me. He works out and works in a pub just like any man but he is in fact gay and has a partner.

I think gay parents are aware that their son is not gay, so why would they make the kid gay? I think they would do EVERYTHING they can to make them as "normal" as possible.

03-14-2006, 12:46 PM	#1
dont_know_what_2_say Offline Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 372	Same sex adoption what do you think?? should same sex couples be able to adopt children or not? I just wanted to get people's opinions because i'm doing a project on that.

03-14-2006, 01:01 PM	#3
AwdreeHpburn Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tiffany's Gender: Female Age: 37 Posts: 4,639	In my opinion children already grow up in such a variety of situations. I don't think same sex parents has anything to do with anything. It won't make the child gay. Oh....wait tho - it may teach the child tolerance and expose them to diversity so I don't know.... Yes. I think they should, unless the couple is abusive. Then no, they shouldn't. __________________ What i really meant to say, is that I'm sorry for the way I am......

03-14-2006, 01:06 PM	#4
Day_Walker Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Gender: Male Age: 28 Posts: 4,882	Yes I believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt. Two loving parents is portrayed to be the most ideal situation for a child to grow up in. __________________ "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason." Thomas Paine "The wise man questions others wisdom because he questions his own, the foolish man because it is different from his own." Leo Stein

03-14-2006, 01:50 PM	#7
RayKay Offline Platinum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Middle of Canada Gender: Female Age: 30 Posts: 13,270	I believe that they definitely should be able to....my brother is gay & I know him and his partner will make wonderful parents (they are looking at surrogacy or adoption). I really hope, and want them to have a family....those children will be very loved by them, and the entire family. I think there are so many children in this world without family, I do not understand why it can be considred wrong to allow them to be adopted in a loving family (even if the parents are both the same sex!) yet it's okay to let them jump from foster home to foster home or be deemed "unadoptable" or miss out on a stable environment. Gay parents are no more or less likely to be abusive, or bad parents then straight couples. At least with adoption there is a screening process as to whom is given a child or not! Nor are you any more likely to "be" gay. My parents, grandparents and all other siblings are straight...my brother is not. It's not something you "choose" to be. I know plenty of gay children born to straight parents, and straight children born to a gay father/mother (which came out later) and brought up with a father or mother and their partner. __________________ [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=darkolivegreen][B]<--- [COLOR=sienna]Carbun the Super-Bunny[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/FONT] [B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#556b2f][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=darkolivegreen][B]At the end of the day, how you imprinted on someones life and heart is the only true mark any of us leave on this earth and is what we are most proud of... [/B][/COLOR][/FONT][I][SIZE=1]- My Biggest Hero and Mentor: My Mum.[/SIZE][/I] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=orange][B]Il faut d'abord durer [/B][/COLOR][/FONT][I][SIZE=1]- Ernest Hemingway[/SIZE][/I]

03-14-2006, 02:04 PM	#8
BellaDonna Offline Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: U.S. Gender: Female Age: 29 Posts: 6,583	I believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt. Most gay individuals have been raised by straight parents- and it did not turn them straight- so I think when people state that being raised by gay parents will turn a child gay- it is totally unfounded. Not to mention- if the child did "turn out" gay- so what! I think a child will do best in a loving home. Loving homes can consist of same sex parents. And if they are adopting, they obviously really WANT a child. There are plenty of unhappy homes where children are not wanted- and that's where the real problems are. BellaDonna __________________ "Well behaved women rarely make history." "Friendship should be a refuge, not an ordeal." Please see the forum rules for posting on enotalone:http://www.enotalone.com/forum/forum-rules.php

03-14-2006, 12:57 PM	#2
xtina Offline Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 221	i think they should. it is better for a child to live in a welcome home than being an orphan. People say that they will be looked differently at school blah blah but i dont think they care, because of the way the child would be brought up. Soooooo I'm for it!

03-14-2006, 01:22 PM	#6
Tigris Offline Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 46 Posts: 3,556	I think they should too! It's better for a child to live in an atmosphere of calm and stability than to be put in an orphanage or into long term care. They get better opportunities and learn to develop their interpersonal skills. They also learn to feel loved.

03-14-2006, 03:35 PM	#9
tyler711 Offline Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 150	I can't fathom ever being raised by gay parents. I disagree. I do like the idea of crack babies and teen pregnancies getting a decent home and a better shot at life, though. That's something for me to ponder. Maybe I'm to traditional, but one thing I look forward to in life is hopefully having a son. Teaching him to hunt, fish, work on cars, work hard, play catch, be his soccer coach, like my father was to me. Is it fair to put a little boy that wants to climb trees and shoot BB guns with gay parents that would rather take him shopping or out for a pedicure?