Should a gay couple be allowed to adopt??

well we were discussing this in class the other day and we had quite split viewpoints. Personally I don't have a problem with it. What are you guys' viewpoints and why??

(btw sorrie if there is already a thread like this one)

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Of course they should. It's stupid to turn down potentially great parents because they happen to be a same sex couple. Especially when there's so many kids who need a good home.

but what happens to the children when they grow up ???
i mean im bi but what happens with the children when they are bigger ???

zockerbube wrote: but what happens to the children when they grow up ???
i mean im bi but what happens with the children when they are bigger ???

They mutate into werehomos!

By day they're normal adults but THEN when the moonlight hits them they become werehomos prowling the bars at night looking for the next succulent morsel to devour in bed!

There will be havoc wreaked across the land with only a trail of skittles left in their path of destruction.
With each victim they lure to their caves they too will be come a werehomo. Once they have been tasted they too will in turn transform more and more normal citizens. Soon enough the entire planet will be taken over!

So it is clear that we must stop such an abomination. If innocent children are raised and exposed to the horrific ways of the magic homo witches they will have to make up their own mind about their sexuality rather than being forced one way or another!

So in order to serve our zombie over lord we must ban all forms of homoness so that the vampires who drink his blood will be satiated.

zockerbube wrote: but what happens to the children when they grow up ???
i mean im bi but what happens with the children when they are bigger ???

What should happen to them?

I once read that with some animals kids raised by homosexual parents actually have a better chance of surviving. They're still wondering why.

I think there is no problem with gay couples adopting I mean I think thes kids who are getting adopted want someone to love them.it shouldn't matter who adopts as long as they are going to be loving parents

of course.
gay couples are just as responsible as straight ones.
maybe even a bit more in some cases,since they cant "normally" reproduce.

Should gays be allowed to adopt??

Sure, why not?

okay, well here's a few arguments that people who were against it in my class were using:

a child needs a mother and father figure for it to be brought up well and obviously a gay couple cannot provide both of these roles

imagine if you were their child, how would you feel telling classmates at school that your parents are gay? it would cause a lot of pressure for the child

god produced separate sexes for a reason: to reproduce. Two men or women cannot do this together and so they should not be allowed the result of having sex (the child)


I dont personally agree with any of those. What do you guys think??
Heres some arguments for it:

gay couples are equally, and in some cases perhaps more, capable of looking after and bringing up a child.

they are still men or women, meaning they have just as much right to look after a child as any other straight man or woman.

sure a kid would need a mother and father figure, but with two gay men for example, wouldn't they be likely to have aspects of masculinity and femininity meaning that they both could be a mixture of both roles??

xblackshinex wrote: a child needs a mother and father figure for it to be brought up well and obviously a gay couple cannot provide both of these roles

Then take away the kids of single mums and dads, too.

xblackshinex wrote: imagine if you were their child, how would you feel telling classmates at school that your parents are gay? it would cause a lot of pressure for the child

Meh. Kids will always be bullied because of something.
Also it'll become more common.

xblackshinex wrote: god produced separate sexes for a reason: to reproduce. Two men or women cannot do this together and so they should not be allowed the result of having sex (the child)

There are cases of homosexual animals raising kids in nature - so apprently nature intended it that way.

Forget weather or not gays can adopt. How about speeding up the damn adoption process first -_-.

gays should be allowed to adopt X3.

xblackshinex wrote: a child needs a mother and father figure for it to be brought up well and obviously a gay couple cannot provide both of these roles

This is debatable, I'm no child psychologist but I find it hard to accept that a child would be permenantly damaged just because the parents had the same sex chromosomes. All that needs to be done to annihilate this argument is find an instance or two of a child who had same sex parents that turned out ok. Should be relatively easy to do, but due to time constraints I'll leave the legwork to someone else.

imagine if you were their child, how would you feel telling classmates at school that your parents are gay? it would cause a lot of pressure for the child

Kids are cruel and awkwardness is an integral part of growing up. I wouldn't really consider not having a kid because they may get slagged over one particular thing when every kid will get abuse at some stage. There are far more important things to consider when having a child, such as can I support it, can I give it a stable home life and sufficient time and attention. If all heterosexual couples could fulfill these criteria, there'd be a lot more happy kids in the world.

god produced separate sexes for a reason: to reproduce. Two men or women cannot do this together and so they should not be allowed the result of having sex (the child)

This argument only holds as long as God exists. Even if he does, it raises the question of why homosexuality is present in the animal kingdom. Also, if a person is sterile does this mean they should not attempt to utilise science to overcome their condition? In other words, being a heterosexual couple does not guarantee one's ability to reproduce/


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xblackshinex wrote: a child needs a mother and father figure for it to be brought up well and obviously a gay couple cannot provide both of these roles

Then take away the kids of single mums and dads, too.

xblackshinex wrote: imagine if you were their child, how would you feel telling classmates at school that your parents are gay? it would cause a lot of pressure for the child

Meh. Kids will always be bullied because of something.
Also it'll become more common.

xblackshinex wrote: god produced separate sexes for a reason: to reproduce. Two men or women cannot do this together and so they should not be allowed the result of having sex (the child)

There are cases of homosexual animals raising kids in nature - so apprently nature intended it that way.

I agree with you completely,, those weren't my viewpoints, just of other people in my class.

xblackshinex wrote:
sure a kid would need a mother and father figure, but with two gay men for example, wouldn't they be likely to have aspects of masculinity and femininity meaning that they both could be a mixture of both roles??

Why are masculinity and femininity both required? Wouldn't 2 androgynous people equate the same levels?

Single parents can raise children just fine. Why should gender have anything to do with it?