There are many arguments that are constantly being voiced about why we should turn our heads away from the many homosexual couples that desperately want to adopt. Since 70% of America’s population are Christian, they voice strong opinions towards the opposition of couples being of the same gender. On a vote taken in 2017, 31% of Orthodox Christians oppose gay couples. They voiced the teaching of “man and man is a sin and an abomination in the religious society.” Hebrews 13:8 states that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever; he does not “go with the flow. Many Christians interpret this excerpt as God's word that homosexuality is unnatural, a perversion, an abomination, fornication, vile affections, and a great sin against man. They …show more content…
All religions are against gay adoption, according to each of their respective scriptures/teachings. Strongly voiced religions that discourage gay adoption are as follows: Jehovah's Witness with 76%, Mormon with 57%, Evangelical Protestant with 55%, Muslim with 47%, and finally Historically Black protestant with 40%. Religions that preach quite minimal about gay adoption: Orthodox Christian with 31%, Mainline Protestant with 26%, Catholic with 23%, Hindu with 22%, Buddhist with 10%. Truth be told, religion is the most important factor as to why most people believe gay adoption is such an inhumane decision to follow. This is due to the amount of people who follow a religion in the United States. Also, since religion is not only a backbone for followers to fall back on, it is a way of life. Homosexuality is preached upon as a sin through the respected scriptures of each religion, that is what loyal followers of their religions …show more content…
These people see it as not only to be unbeneficial to the child, but also detrimental to the child’s life. They believe that a gay couple’s lifestyle is untraditional, and will lead to negative effects on the child’s life, and end up with facing many unnecessary hardships. One conclusion people who are against gay adoption draw is that the child will naturally become gay, or question their own sexual identity. This is a big misconception about the influence gay parents have on their child, and how people become gay. What they don’t realize is that being gay is a state of mind, and is not influenced by the people around them. If this were to be true, all gay people with straight parents would be straight.
Another issue people have with the adoption of children by homosexuals is that it may cause the child to get bullied, and insecure which are “not worth the negative effects”. This although, has not been actually proven in any study. One may say that because a child lives with gay parents, the child may pick up their parents’ social role and play a feminine role where the child is really a male. This can lead to bullying in school, public areas, and with fellow peers. Some people go as far as to say that being the adopted offspring of homosexual parents may cause emotional problems, and even
Discrimintaion and equality in society is faced amongst people every day. One certain subject that seems to get most of this attention is whether or not homosexual couples should be able to adopt. Same sex couples should be able to adopt children for many reasons. Children that are raised by same sex parents are predominantly taught to be more open minded, have a greater sense of tolerance, and are thought of to be role models for equality in relationships and life. Most would say that these children will face issues regarding their parents sexual orientation, but this is not so. Children of same sex parents have studied to show very few differences in achievement, mental health, and social function as a child that is raised in a heterosexual household. Same sex parents will allow their child to express themselves through different talents and other attributes that there child seems to be indulged in. These children are often showing more loving, nurturing ,and outgoing behaviors that is exposed to them through gay parenting.
Adopting one child will not change the world but for that child, the world will change. Eight percent of families transracially adopt, that percent is larger than it appears. The real question is “Is transracial adoption detrimental to children?” The term transracial adoption means the joining of racially different parents and children together in adoptive families. Most parents who adopt do not care if their soon to be child is Caucasian, African-American, Asian, or Indian. When a parent adopts a preadolescent, they are doing it out of love, and in hopes of starting a family or making an addition to the family. But some psychologists believe transracial adoption demolishes the child's culture and beliefs. What transracial adoption is, how it affects the child, and the decisions that need to be made before adoption are important because they are three of the most important subtopics of transracial adoption.
Homosexuality as a whole has been and is still a very controversial topic globally. There are many different kinds of discussions about the LGBT community, such as gays and lesbians being parents. Some critics tend to believe that homosexual parenting is bad for kids, as if a person’s sexuality determines whether or not they are a good parent.. There is no definite proof that being homosexual makes you a good or bad parent. So, there is no way of being one-hundred percent sure that homosexual parenting results in gender role confusion, psychological harm, or a child being homosexual themselves.
Throughout history people who manifested an attraction for others of the same sex usually have gone through a lot of maltreatments, discrimination, and have often been regarded as “sexual deviants.” Relationships between people of the same sex have been present since the beginning of history. Their lives have not always been easy, because they have been persecuted and sometimes even forced to go through a psychiatric evaluation. At the same time, in order to gain their rights and dignity, they had to take their fight to the legal system because as George Chauncey, a professor of history at Yale University mentioned, “although most people recognize that gay life was difficult before growth of the gay movement in the 1970s, they often have only the vaguest sense of why: that gay people were scorned and ridiculed, made to feel ashamed, afraid, and alone” (290). However, discrimination and maltreatment were not the only reasons homosexuals had to take their struggle to the courts. An American professor of history at Yale University, who has testified in a number of gay rights cases, has exposed the ins and outs of the legal system in the second half of the twentieth century. During this time, a great number of states had created laws, which authorized the indefinite detention of homosexuals in mental institutions, and conditioned their release upon proving that they were cured from homosexuality (Chauncey 294). This past history, together with studies conducted by some prestigious institutions have lead society to understand that the right to homosexual marriage is economically, ethically, and morally correct, because it would benefit the economy and society by increasing the federal budget and creating a legal status for homosexual c...
Gay couples should be able to adopt because they will support their children financially. According to Allen Young in his article he states “just like straight people can bring children into the world who are eventually not in involved and unwanted and have no financial support” (Young, Allen p. 10). Gay couples happen to understand children more they too have been left alone and criticized by society. Children are left without parents and therefore other couples will try to adopt them. Just like any other human being who hard work to make money, gay couples should be allowed to adopt because they have their jobs, education and are affectionate that they provide to a child. Overall, if their biological parents did not want him/her, gay couples would be a good candidate that would actually provide that financial support they need and as well understand them.
Gay parents will raise their children to become gay as well; Every child deserves a mother and a father; being gay is an abomination, to which I would respond that leaving a child to grow up in an orphanage where nobody wants him/her might be an even greater act of profanity; these are all comments that have been said by dozens of people who believe that gays should not have the right to adopt children. Repudiating gay adoption is not only denying gays the right to start a family of their own, but also depriving children the right to have an actual family instead of living in an orphanage or a foster home. In addition, taking away these rights immensely decreases the chances of innocent children having two loving parents, same sex or not. Therefore, homosexuals are no different than heterosexuals when it comes to adopting and raising children.
All around the world there are thousands even millions of children who are waiting to be adopted. Many who are troubled children, and for that reason they are from foster home to foster home. The ideal American "family" is with a man and a woman. In the United States we have same-sex couples who are wanting to adopt, but they are being turned down due to their sexual preference. Same-sex relationships are much more stable than the average heterosexual relationship. Having a stable relationship ensures an emotionally steady home for a foster child. “Good parenting is not influenced by sexual orientation. Rather, it is influenced most profoundly by a parent’s ability to create a loving and nurturing home” (“LGBT Adoption”). Same-sex couples are more likely to adopt “hard to place” children with challenging behavior or disabilities.
Note: This paper has a very long Annotated Bibliography. In recent years, same-sex relationships have become more encompassing in US society. State legislation is changing such as accepting gay marriages, enforcing anti-discrimination laws, and legal gay adoptions; the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community is becoming public. Gay-headed families, like heterosexuals, are diverse and varying in different forms.
It would be wrong to say that only negative outcomes occur when a child tells his parents he is gay. Many children feel that in order to establish an honest relationship with their parents then they must “come clean” to them. Ben-Ari’s research points out those adolescents who want to be open and honest with their parents receive that after disclosure. Parents are usually accepting after time their child’s sexual preference (107)
There are many reason why gay adoption is banned and why people object to it. Some people like Bill Maier, a child psychologist working with the conservative Focus on the Family, would say, “Children in foster care ‘are already scarred’ by abuse and neglect, we would want to do everything we could to place them in the optimal home environment” (Watson). Foster children would prefer a loving and nurturing home with a gay couple, rather than move around from foster parent to foster parent. Foster children are often victims of "foster care shuffle." For example, a child can live in twenty different homes before he or she turns eighteen. Anna Freud, a child psychologist, wrote “a child can handle almost anything better than instability”
Homosexuality is becoming more and more accepted and integrated into today’s society, however, when it comes to homosexuals establishing families, a problem is posed. In most states, homosexuals can adopt children like any other married or single adult. There are many arguments to this controversial topic; some people believe that it should be legal nationally, while others would prefer that is was banned everywhere, or at least in their individual states. There are logical reasons to allow gays to adopt children, but for some, these reasons are not enough. The main issue really is, what is in the best interest of the child? This type of problem isn’t really one with causes, effects, and solutions, but one with pros and cons. Like any other adoption situation, a parent prove themselves to be responsible and capable enough to raise a child on their own, or with a spouse.
There is an abundance of children in the U.S. lacking a home and a family, that of which a gay couple could provide. Some states have legalized joint gay adoption, while others are still on the fence about it, and would rather not pass the law. A reason why those states should pass the law is, because of the foster care system. Many children, whether it’s a boy or girl, can jump to and from at least twenty homes before they turn 18. Some would be against the gay adoption, because they feel like the child would choose their sexual orientation based off what they see their adoptive parents doing. Those people fail to realize that having gay parents wouldn’t affect the child’s sexual preference. Just like having hetrosexcual parents cannot change a child from being gay. Lastly, another reason why gay adoption should be legalized nationwide is because, many people use their judgement from religious background to vote “NO” on joint gay adoption. When the 1st amendment clearly states that there needs to be a separation between church and
...nts for people who are believers that your surroundings and the way you grow up make you become gay or not. Some behaviorists believe that sexual and gender identification differences result from family roles, friends and other peers, or things such as masculine and feminine stereotypes. Some say that if you are a male child living in a household with multiple sisters, that they can either go one way or another; very masculine or very feminine, becoming gay. Also, if you grow up in a household that may be very strict and stereotypical and all about what is “politically correct” the kid may be scared enough and feel the need to have to be straight. When you think about it and look at parent to child relationships, they can be a big help. Although children may not think it or want to believe it, their parents have a large influence on what they do or who they become.
Someone is adopting everyday children all over the world. The children wait joyfully for couples to come and adopted them. So If a gay or a lesbian couple goes to adopted a child from a foster home they would have to go though more hassle then a straight couple would.
Adopting children in that environment would lack both mother and father figure in their life. For example, “Children without a father figure would have higher risks of early sexual activity and teen pregnancy; however, children without a mother figure deprive emotional security and unique advice that mothers provide (Pro Con).” The question is raised, should adopted children be reared and educated into a lifestyle that isn’t natural before they are old enough to understand the discrepancies? Young children that grow up in same-sex marriage environment may experience confusion and embarrassment in public surroundings; likewise, young adults and teenagers who have family members or who are personally members of the LGBT community may experience embarrassment and unusual social pressure. Children in a stable family with both mother and father figure would provide the best environment for them to mature and be responsible. Some same-sex family dynamics are from previous heterosexual marriages; therefore, this could affect the relationship between children and the immediate family members. Being part of the LGBT community could influence immediate and extended family on whether they accept or reject their relationship to the