Should homosexuals be able to adopt??

[Kieeran]

What if a same-sex couple could provide a better home than an opposite-sex couple?

A same-sex couple couldnt in my opinion love an adopted child the way a opp-sex couple who have tried and failed to concieve children natrually would


dont flame me because its just my opinion

[Mentor]

k theres alot to take in off this page and i cba quoting it but maybe my opinions did come across slightly forceful and percieved incorrectly however its not changed my mind and i think that diff-sex couples who cant have children should be prioity to adopt

If think you have a few misconceptions about how adoption works? You make it sound as if theres a shortage of children and that they are some sort of disposable commodity? Plus im totally against anyone who says any group should have priority in such issues, and think its sick that you think of children in such a way. Its deeply worrying.

Adoption should be based around the children, they should be placed in families who will look after them next. Most definitely not just given to people who match some arbitrary criteria or get "priority".

There are far more children in need of homes, than those willing and suitable to give them homes. Ruleing people out on petty basis's such as gender, sexuality, race or religion is purely stupid. Hence my position gay couples should have exactly the same adoption rights as anyone else.
If people are willing to take in a child and capable of looking after them, then hopefully they can make a dramatic improvement to that child's quality of life.

[ashyboy999]

what make me laugh really hard is the fact how people pass judgement when they have no idea what their talking about. adoption is for when you cant have kids or if your gay. we have in this county straight couple who slaughter and torture innocent babies like baby peter for example.

i know some gays and im not homophobic i actually respect them for saying "if you dont like me then ********". in terms of bullies they can be cruel for whatever reason. my bullies hated me for two reasons first was because my dad wernt a slob on benefits and secondly because i wanted to have a future and not be some drug addict.

straight parents with the kids of today you should be ashamed of yourselves. gays couldnt possibly do a worse job than some of the parents in this country raising thugs, murderers. i say give them a chance.

ill also add that the straight lads i know are wannabe gangsters who think their "sick" with their girlfriends and babies at 15 or 16 years old. but the gay lads ive met have been a completely other spiecies because they actually got manners and are polite and wouldnt stab you if you looked at them the wrong way

[PriceTags]

A same-sex couple couldnt in my opinion love an adopted child the way a opp-sex couple who have tried and failed to concieve children natrually would


dont flame me because its just my opinion

I don't flame people; I respectfully disagree with them. How could a same sex couple not love a child in the same way as an opposite sex couple? You avoided my original question.

[Lost]

If think you have a few misconceptions about how adoption works? You make it sound as if theres a shortage of children and that they are some sort of disposable commodity? Plus im totally against anyone who says any group should have priority in such issues, and think its sick that you think of children in such a way. Its deeply worrying.

Adoption should be based around the children, they should be placed in families who will look after them next. Most definitely not just given to people who match some arbitrary criteria or get "priority".

There are far more children in need of homes, than those willing and suitable to give them homes. Ruleing people out on petty basis's such as gender, sexuality, race or religion is purely stupid. Hence my position gay couples should have exactly the same adoption rights as anyone else.
If people are willing to take in a child and capable of looking after them, then hopefully they can make a dramatic improvement to that child's quality of life.

Adoption should be based around the children, they should be placed in families who will look after them next. Most definitely not just given to people who match some arbitrary criteria or get "priority".

Yes, you are right about how it should be based around the children, and that's why I think it's unfair, because I don't think the children would of wanted the same-sex parents, it causes a lot of bullying and confusion for them.

If people are willing to take in a child and capable of looking after them, then hopefully they can make a dramatic improvement to that child's quality of life

I kinda agree with you on that, I think that the standards of parenting in the UK nowadays is pretty awful, and I think quite a lot of gay people really like children, and they are better than some parents out there in the uk at the moment.

[LoveToStack]

Yeah sure, why not.

[Mentor]

Yes, you are right about how it should be based around the children, and that's why I think it's unfair, because I don't think the children would of wanted the same-sex parents, it causes a lot of bullying and confusion for them.

I'm sure they would all much prefer having no parents and no one that loves them..?
Equally, consider what you just said. Gay parents are bad becuse people dislike gay people. Sounds to me like the problems homophobia, not homosexuality...

I kinda agree with you on that, I think that the standards of parenting in the UK nowadays is pretty awful, and I think quite a lot of gay people really like children, and they are better than some parents out there in the uk at the moment.

Sexuality has little impact on how good a father/mother someone is, the difference is the bad mothers/fathers would never pass inspection and be able to adopt anyway. So you can be reasonably sure regardless of sexuality any parent's who adopt will be good parent's



For those having a hard time understanding the issue, just sway the word gay with black, and you'll see how absurd most the anti gay adaption claims sound. Discrimination based on sexuality has overtaken racism by quite some way in the uk "/

[ashyboy999]

a child wants and needs love, you can give love and time to a baby whatever your sexuality, just like you can if the baby isnt the same colour as you like madonna did and it also dosent matter what religion you are faithful too..

discrimination against homo/bi-sexuals is just as wrong as plain old racism

[Mentor]

a child wants and needs love, you can give love and time to a baby whatever your sexuality, just like you can if the baby isnt the same colour as you like madonna did and it also dosent matter what religion you are faithful too..

discrimination against homo/bi-sexuals is just as wrong as plain old racism

Great sum up. The madonna bit is lols, but the point is simple, true and somthing i can totally agree with.

[ifuseekamy]

Probably, if they're responsible adults. At least they'd be better than the parents who disown or do worse things to their own children on the grounds that they've come out as gay.