Should gays be allowed to adopted kids?

"The key words being ''gay or straight''. Very small number would grow up hating parents because of their sexualty - simply because the primary socialisation would happen in such enviroment."

But there are few who would. That's all I'm saying.

If you look back I never actually said Gays should be prohibited from adopting. Never did I say that. I just said I think it's a bit unfair to the kid to risk putting them through something that could cause them trauma.

You may read my posts but you're obviously not understanding them. You claim I am guaranteeing stuff which I am not, then you go and make an outright false guarantee (although you took it back).

If you're gonna attempt to tear into me then have some consistency at least.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
"why is it not fair for the kid? if two gays love eachother so much they want a kid, it's only great for the kid that he'll get raised in a loving family"

What about when he/she goes through school and his friends parents won't let them go around to the house for a playdate because the kid has two Dads?

-AC

It's unfair to punish gay people by disallowing them to adopt because of some prejudice that is a result some bad parenting on the part of other kid's parents that would allow other kids to tease and bully a child who has two gay parents.

😠 where the heck have you been BF, you havent been posting as much! 😠

Sleeping....with Tex.

"It's unfair to punish gay people by disallowing them to adopt because of some prejudice that is a result some bad parenting on the part of other kid's parents that would allow other kids to tease and bully a child who has two gay parents."

So to avoid punishing the gay couple, it's better to put the child in a POSSIBLY......POSSIBLY (there's that word, yes I'm saying it's possible) bad social situation? Remember, the couple have accepted that they are gay and enjoy life as a gay couple, rightly so. But that has got nothing to do with the kid, why should the kid have to live with that? Not saying it's bad, but the results of being in a gay household.

-AC

You can't disallow something based on a slight possibility that a child may be teased.

It's possible that a white child being adopted by a black couple could be teased and bullied as a result of their parents having different color skin then them, but this is allowed, and rightly so.

It's illogical to punish the victim of prejudice by taking away their rights because of problems they are not a part of.

If you must punish someone, punish the prejudice and bad parenting. They're far more deserving.

Isn't that a bit of a bad term? Punish?

I don't view it as punishing them for being gay. Just alot to be considered is all.

-AC

Well taking away rights of a certain group based soley on what prejudice other stupid people may show them is definately punishment to the group.

They'd be the most fashionably dressed and well groomed kid in school. ✅

lol exactly! And if the only problem with gays being allowed to adopt is prejudice isnt the way to deal with that to make it acceptable by allowing gay people to have the same rights? How can you expect people to treat gays the same if the law doesnt treat them the same?

Like I said, I didn't forbid them from adopting. People are making it out that way.

-AC

The city I live in is very diverse, and we have a lot gay people in the area. We even have a gay fest once a year 😂. But around here nobody cares who your parents are, if your rich, poor, gay, straight. I know a few people with gay parents and they arn't any different , and nobody treats them any different because of it.

I don't think that it should even come down to the kids getting teased or emotionally screwed up, I believe that a lot of Gay couples have less problems that hetero couples, due to the fact that they have been through a lot of prejudice together and can become closer through that.

Therefore they can have a more loving relationship, and if children imitate their parents as they grow, what the couple is teaching their children is love.

It has been proved that the majority of abuse cases in families, and the highest level of divorces, happen within hetero families.

If you knew a gay person, and they had always wanted children, would you be willing to condem them and tell them that dream can't come true just because they fell in love with the wrong person?

Originally posted by BackFire
Well taking away rights of a certain group based soley on what prejudice other stupid people may show them is definately punishment to the group.

Don't you think that's slightly stereotypical??

Sorry, quoted wrong person 😮

Originally posted by mechmoggy
They'd be the most fashionably dressed and well groomed kid in school. ✅

Don't you think THAT is slightly stereotypical.....?

Originally posted by cave_draconis
Don't you think that's slightly stereotypical??

Huh? Using the word 'stereotypical' doesn't make any sense in the context of your question.

I think whoever adopts a child should be judged solely on the stability of the relationship that the child would be entering. Whether that couple is gay or straight should not be a factor.

EDIT: Just seen your last post...sorry.

Thats okay. I mean, there are no traits that define a person is Gay. I mean, you get hetero guys who care what they look like, and lesbians who like to wear leather. Just because a guy goes to the musical doesnt mean he's singing show tunes!

Originally posted by Ou Be Low hoo
I think whoever adopts a child should be judged solely on the stability of the relationship that the child would be entering. Whether that couple is gay or straight should not be a factor.

I completely agree

Yes. It shouldn't be about the couples sexuality, but rather what they have to other a child, and in most cases it would be a good home. Homosexuality is not some manner of condition that makes people unsuitable parents.