Argument Against Gay Adoption

Nowadays, the group of gay are coming into the public view and accepted by more and more people. And it has attracted much concern to improve and protect their rights, such as the Gay-Right Movement which refers to homosexual rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals. The advocates of the movement work for social acceptance, equal rights, and liberation. And Gay adoption is one of the rights they are supposed to possess. Gay adoption is the adoption of children by same-sex couples. It is legal in 25 countries and some territories, for instance, “ In Mexico City, the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District passed legislation on 21 December 2009 enabling same-sex couples to adopt children.” And in United

States, adoption by gay couples is also legal in every jurisdiction in the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of June 26, 2015.
Gay adoption is nothing new and legislation has gradually changed to offer gays and lesbians more offering than ever before. Some facts and issues are unique to this community. Here are some basics of gay adoption. First of all is the adoption options for gay parents. Gay couples are able to explore several sorts of adoption, from foster-care adoption to international adoptions. It is a key factor to a successful adoption that the agency ,the state or the country are open to gay adoption and so the gay parents are supposed to accept more options. in addition, the adoption home study is one of the hurdles in adoption process. In the past and probably still today in some areas of the country, gay couples have resorted to lying about their statuses so they could adopt. One might adopt the children while the other pretend to be a roommate or a friend. But it is significant to be honest especially when they are asked specific questions during adopting. After the adoption is final, life goes on. All families need support from their parents and friends. Some gay couples find that their parents who may be upset at one time about their children’s choices——come around when their grandchildren enter the family. Besides, gay parents will also find numerous resources on internet.
Although the current situation of gay adoption has made great progress, some people are totally against gay adoption for reasons such as following: the adopted children might have psychological problems, they may grow up to be gay, they may get picked up especially in school, and the homosexual environment is just not good because of the absence of mother or father.

They can simply summed up as one question: if gay parents are capable of raising children well? The prejudice people hold is just on the one hand, another hand lies in Laws and regulations, which narrow definitions of family. Also, homophobia and heterosexism limit the possibility that gay couples will be considered as adoptive parents. The cumulative effect of actions by states, local jurisdictions, agencies, and individual staff members is to prevent or discourage consideration of their availability and interest. Even if child welfare staff members overcome these initial barriers, the decision-making tool most often available to them may further limit the inclusion of gay and lesbian families as placement candidates. This standard, the "best interest of the child," is used as a measure to guide placement of children in the custody of the

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