Post by ericacrespo on Mar 1, 2009 16:31:37 GMT -5
I intend to prove that homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt the same way heterosexual couples adopt. When the guardian of a child realizes the couple adopting the child is gay, they usually say no to the idea. Gay people have as much love and affection to give as straight people do. Just because they are gay does not mean they do not have the same feelings as a heterosexual couple has.
Amy Campbell grew up in a foster home and this is what she had once said “It is disgusting that some people would rather have a child go through life in the foster care system than have a stable loving home with two caring people, regardless of who and how they love. I would have given anything for that home as a child. I wouldn't have cared if it were two men, two women, a man and a woman, or a single man or woman as long as I was theirs and they were mine.” Children are not usually affected by their parents’ sexuality, they just want to know they are cared for and loved.
There is a lot of preconceived misinformation about gay parenting. Such stereotypes about gay parenting that gay parents raise gay kids, children of gay parents have more problems and that gay men are more likely to sexually abuse children are irrelevant. In the few studies conducted on the sexuality of gay parents and their children, there has been no evidence to suggest that the sexual orientation of adoptive parents affects the sexuality of their children.
The US has many children waiting to be adopted. Older children and those with special needs are especially hard to place. Children who fit this category are in foster homes right now with gay parents who want to adopt them. It is unfair to the children to deny them permanent secure homes.
Homosexual parents will not insist that their child is gay when they grow up. Many heterosexual parents insist that there is no way their child can be gay. Let's be honest, what children need is a loving, safe, and happy home; right?
Amy Campbell grew up in a foster home and this is what she had once said “It is disgusting that some people would rather have a child go through life in the foster care system than have a stable loving home with two caring people, regardless of who and how they love. I would have given anything for that home as a child. I wouldn't have cared if it were two men, two women, a man and a woman, or a single man or woman as long as I was theirs and they were mine.” Children are not usually affected by their parents’ sexuality, they just want to know they are cared for and loved.
There is a lot of preconceived misinformation about gay parenting. Such stereotypes about gay parenting that gay parents raise gay kids, children of gay parents have more problems and that gay men are more likely to sexually abuse children are irrelevant. In the few studies conducted on the sexuality of gay parents and their children, there has been no evidence to suggest that the sexual orientation of adoptive parents affects the sexuality of their children.
The US has many children waiting to be adopted. Older children and those with special needs are especially hard to place. Children who fit this category are in foster homes right now with gay parents who want to adopt them. It is unfair to the children to deny them permanent secure homes.
Homosexual parents will not insist that their child is gay when they grow up. Many heterosexual parents insist that there is no way their child can be gay. Let's be honest, what children need is a loving, safe, and happy home; right?