Should Homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children?

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Varda, Nov 14, 2008.

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Adopt?

  1. Yes, they should.

    27 vote(s)
    71.1%
  2. No, they shouldn't

    11 vote(s)
    28.9%
  1. Varda The Bug Lady Valued Senior Member

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    I saw this question in another forum I go to, and I was surprised with the poll results.

    So should they? Why? Why not?
     
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  3. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Why not?
     
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  5. orcot Valued Senior Member

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    Should straight couples be allowed to adopt children? Sure why not as long as the kid doesn't object (that's the same for straight couples)

    Or even should straight minorty couples be allowed to have children?

    I seriously wonder if a hispanic family born in the US who's native tong is spanish and nows little to no english would be allowed to adopt children
     
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  7. Balerion Banned Banned

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    Of course they should. There is no good reason to not let them.
     
  8. Baron Max Registered Senior Member

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    No, gay couples should make their own children in the same way as hetero couples.

    Oh, wait, are gay couples the same as hetero couples?? Hmm, let me think on that some, okay? Gee, gay couples might just be different to hetero couples ...geez, I don't know, let me think some more!

    Baron Max
     
  9. electrafixtion Registered Senior Member

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    This is a tough question for which there in my mind is MUCH to consider. The question is not one that raises the concerns of what is and what is not healthy parenting. I see positively no reason that gay couples should not be able to provide just as quality a home as straight couples. My concern would be for the child's psychological welfare based solely on social reaction and attentions paid. If the child were to be focused upon by society as an experiment, or "note: this child has been adopted by a gay couple" type of mentality, which I am all too afraid may be unavoidable, that could in fact be exceedingly detrimental to the child.
     
  10. electrafixtion Registered Senior Member

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    I am such an impulsive person. I just realized this is a poll...I feel wishy washy. I am NOT a homophobic person, I just think there is more to consider which honestly makes it tough for me to go black or white.

    I'm sure if I were gay the answer would be much clearer. I just don't know.
     
  11. G. F. Schleebenhorst England != UK Registered Senior Member

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    Hmmmmmmmmmm look at it this way. My mother is a vegetarian who can't drive. Therefore, I see women as vegetarians who can't drive and it freaks me out when I see a woman eating a burger for example.

    That's just a small thing, but imagine how having gay parents could mess up the mind of a kid in similar ways. Foster kids already turn out messed up.
     
  12. lixluke Refined Reinvention Valued Senior Member

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    This is not a difficult question. If male and female can get married and adopt children, there is no reason male-male or female-female can do the same.
     
  13. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    Vada i was having this debate in another thread in ethics a while ago (any reason you posted this in free thoughts rather than ethics BTW?) and the answer is of course. There is no logical reason why they shouldnt be able to adopt.

    Couples should be preferenced over singles because the chances of them stabally surporting a child is higher but apart from that we shouldnt be discriminating on the basis of sex wether its gay or straight couples or males or females wanting to adopt.

    Sadly a gay male is blocked both ways from adopting, they are highly unlikly to alow a single male to adopt anyway and gay males are specifically forbiden

    For lesbians its different, single female can adopt but there partner stupidly cant become a parent.

    Why this has never been challanged against the sex discrimination act i just dont know
     
  14. CutsieMarie89 Zen Registered Senior Member

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    Oh course, being in a home with people who care about you beats being a ward of the state. I mean feeling unwanted has to be a terrible feeling. I actually take care of a little girl who has two fathers and she is very well adjusted to be 10 years old. Her parents were open and honest with her from the start and she's quick to remind anyone who forgets or doesn't know her that she doesn't have a mother. Her fathers are very supportive and it's obvious that she loves them to death. The three of them might butt heads when she gets older they both seem to be really overprotective when it comes to boys

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    I've also had friends who were raised by a gay couple and they turned out just fine. Neither of them are gay themselves (as many claim that gay parents teach children to be gay) and neither have any serious social issues, even considering that they both were foster kids.
     
  15. darksidZz Valued Senior Member

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    Who would vote no, I mean please =P
     
  16. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    cutsie thats an interesting point, not that i belive this is the case any more than the reverse is in regular sociaty but can you imagin a pair of lesbian "all men are rapist" types when there daughter started dating and brought a BF home?

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    honestly i would pitty any son they had though, that would just be cruel
     
  17. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    BTW vada why didnt you make this poll public?
    make the cowards actually stand up and show there bigotry
     
  18. draqon Banned Banned

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    Lesbian or gay couples should not be allowed to have anything to do with children. And if they dare touch children, they should be persecuted. Adopting by gay/lesbian couple? In such an event, they should be handled as criminals.
     
  19. CutsieMarie89 Zen Registered Senior Member

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    Their daughter might be a little warped or she might think her parent's are full of it. You can never tell how kids are going to grow up. If she was as bad as them she probably wouldn't date very often and if she didn't believe what they believed then she would be very nervous to bring a boyfriend home. For fear of her parents embarrassing her. Of course bring the boyfriend home is pretty nerve racking for most I'd imagine, I was afraid of what my Dad was going to say to my boyfriend. My father is not shy about threatening people.
     
  20. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    possable, however this is not an excuse to prevent gay and lesbian couples from adopting. You could say that the risk of them being discriminated against by there parents if they turned out to be gay is enough to prevent hedrosexual couples from adopting as well. Look above your post or any of Barron Max's posts
     
  21. CutsieMarie89 Zen Registered Senior Member

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    I don't even know what Baron Max is trying to say. When you deal with children everyday like I do you can really see how much children just need someone who cares about them. A lot of kids don't get that. But if someone is going to go through all of the rigamarole to adopt a child you should assume that they truly do want a child. There are a lot of couples who really want a child to love, but there are no where near enough to give even half of the children in the system a loving home. Allowing gay couples to adopt allows a few more kids to get adopted when they wouldn't have otherwise.
     
  22. CutsieMarie89 Zen Registered Senior Member

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    Yes certainly, there is plenty of room in prison, but what will you do with the gay people who are raising their own biological children?

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  23. draqon Banned Banned

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    gay people cannot have their own biological people, for they would not be gay to begin with.
     

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