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Same sex adoptions
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HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTIONS HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTION. Imagine yourself as a person who has a nice home, a good job, religious faith, and a loving relationship with another person of the same sex. The first three things in the previous sentence would almost indefinitely make you a good prospect to be a parent of an adopted child. These are the main things that adoption agencies look for in a parent's background. However, the last thing mentioned would (in most states) immediately eliminate you from being able to adopt a child. This angers many people who see themselves as good people who could be good parents to those children who have no families and are up for adoption. Homosexuals argue that parenting is about responsibility and commitment, not sexual orientation. They also argue that legislation has no real reasons behind passing the anti-homosexual adoption law, besides their own personal biases behind homosexuality. Gay and lesbian people have searched for reasoning behind the law and have only found that there are no REAL reasons. First of all, there have not been any studies done and proved that children of gay or lesbian parents are disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents. There is no evidence at all that sexual preference of adults in the home has any detrimental impact on children. Little difference exists in the overall mental health of children raised in homosexual households. And once again, the quality of parenting, not the parents sexual orientation, is the most crucial factor for a child's healthy growth and development. Homosexuals strongly believe that the anti-homosexual adoption legislation is an attack against gay and lesbian people. But in all reality it is a bigger attack on the behalf of children who have no family or home. They argue that of the 500,000 children in foster care, 100,000 of these children are awaiting adoption. And that there are only 20,000, qualified adoptive parents for these children. The rest of these 500,000 children are left to suffer without a loving family and parents. They believe that our representatives need to be lifting families and children up-not devising, discriminatory, unconstitutional legislation. However, there is another side to these arguments. Those who are against homosexual adoption believe that being adopted by parents who are living together as homosexuals, may bring out unrestrained homophobia from the rest of society. This I agree with. I believe that other children who think of their home life to be "normal" would discriminate against children who lead a different lifestyle. Children can be very harsh with their words and actions against others who know not how to react and defend themselves because they do not know the "normal" lifestyle in which the other children lead. They would probably be teased and tormented to no end and there is nothing anyone could to about it. If the male and female household has not been the norm for millions of years, this may not propose such a problem. The children may not even be the main problem. It is most likely that parents of male/female relationships would not allow their children to associate with gay or lesbian adopted children, and would probably create a major dispute with the school system in which they are attending school.
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