Persuasive Essay On Same Sex Adoption

The beliefs and morals in today’s world have changed tremendously compared to decades ago. People were used to the traditional families, which is one woman and one man raising children together. If you were in a same sex relationship you were frowned upon. But in today’s world many people are becoming more accepting to embrace the different ideas of what a traditional family should be. For example, gay couples being allowed to adopt. In the past years, there have been a lot of legal issues pertaining to same sex marriage and adoption. Of course same sex couples cannot produce the same way a heterosexual couple could, which is where this brings conflict.
God created one man and one woman to love one another and to go hand in hand to reproduce. Many people have turned away from what the Bible says and become more involved in sinful ways. I think it has progressed a lot in the past years because of social media, television, and movies. People from all over the world are seeing others become this way and making it look like it is acceptable to be this way. People are taking human rights a little too far and forgetting what is Biblically right.
In the United States, there are several states that limit adoption to gay couples. There are two ways for a gay couple to adopt, joint adoption and second parent adoption. “In most states, whether gay adoption is legal is made on a case-by-case basis by a judge. However, there are 16 states that definitely allow joint gay adoptions (when a same-sex couple jointly petition for adoption): Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, D.C., Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington” (Facilitators). “Other states ...

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...hild. Same sex marriage is not accepted throughout society, there will be parents who don't believe in that and will not allow their children to hang out with your children, which will lead to hurt and confusion for your children. Other children will be wondering and asking your children why you have two dads or two moms. Children are very impressionable, so of course if a child has same sex parents it is going to have a big influence on them. It is known that any trauma that happens in childhood can psychologically affect a person in their future. I respect homosexual couples and I do not judge, but I think all children should have a mother and a father. I know there are a lot of children in need of a good home and that is the only reason why this could be a good idea, but just throwing a child in any family isn’t right either, the child needs a stable family.