Arguments Against Gay Adoption

Adoption by homosexual couples has been a frequent debate issue among foreign countries since the past decade. At the end of 2013, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in sixteen countries including thirty-one cities in the world and is now pending in other 13 places (Marriage Equality around the World). One of the main concerns is whether children raised in homosexual family are socially disadvantaged or psychologically impaired due to the unnatural environment. This essay will firstly address some supportive views towards homosexual adoption then provide the respective opposing arguments to demonstrate the unrighteousness of gay couple adoption.

Skeptics claim that existing scientific evidences show that homosexuality is somehow inborn due to the procession of “gay gene” in certain popularity therefore it should be considered as natural since people cannot alter their sexual orientation by birth (Chicago Researchers Look for ‘Gay Gene’). Based on this, same-sex couples should be granted the same right as opposite-sex couples to enjoy a comprehensive family life by having their own kids. However, it is hardly possible to determine whether one’s homosexuality is inborn. There is no official proof or medical authority confirm that homosexuality is hereditary. Taking a look at the psychiatric perspective, lesbian or gay adoptive parents could indeed foster homosexuality in children regardless of genic factors (Encarna, 7). According to Freud’s psychoanalytical theory, children from age three to six are at “Phallic Stage”, in which they develop their sexual orientation and gender role through identification with opposite sex parents. Failing in the identification process will lead to fixation in phallic stage could result in se...

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...urely better-off when fostered in a normal family with a male father and a female mother in a way that their physical needs and curiosity during puberty could be more easily resolved with the help of same sex parent who owns first-hand experience to their circumstances. Last but not least, children are worse-off and are under greater pressure when raised in homosexual family due to higher chances of bullying and isolation from peers as a result of deviant family background. Youngsters could only enjoy a satisfactory life and social experience if they grow up in a traditional, normal family consists of a mother and a father. For all of the above drawbacks of homosexual parenting, it is more ideal and appealing for children to grow up in a heterosexual family and hence adoption by same-sex couples ought not to be legalized for the sake of children’s right and welfare.