Should gay couples be allowed to raise adopted children?

I am a definite yes. Good parenting has nothing to do with ones sexuality.If two gay people can provide a loving home for an adopted child, then let it happen. I have seen way too many hetrosexual parents who are crap parents. Obviously prospective Gat parents would have to fullfill the same requiremebnts as anyone else wanting to adopt.

i dtorngly say no because homosexuality is an abomination to god and his word and when the chiuld they could be swayed int eh wrong direction of gay or lesbianism so i would ban gay parenting if i was the president of the day!!!!!!

Ya knwo what infuriates me to no end?! The naysayers are all against gay couples ADOPTING children but when it comes to them FOSTERING children in need they are all for it! It sickens me to no end!! I think that ANYONE who is stable mentally, emotionally and finacially, whether its a gay or lesbian couple, a single person, mixed race couples etc etc should be allowed to adopt without any grief! I also believe that many gay/lesbian couples are often BETTER parents than your standard hetero couple and have seen this in action!

ohh.. i think so. i have a cousin who is gay and he and his partner adopted a gourgeous baby girl. now the girl is five years old starting to study. and as far as i am concern they did a wonderful job raising her. though when they are at work the child is with my cousins mom my aunt. they are both reponsible and loving parents, so i think if a gay couple is as responsible as my cousin and his partner then why not.

No, gay couples should never be able to adopt and raise children. First of all, being gay is a sin. Second of all, it can screw up the kids even worse than they already are. To screw up your own kids is one thing, but to screw up somebody else's is just sick. I do not believe that just because it is becoming the "in" thing, that it is in the best interest of the child. I was watching a court television show a while ago. There was a teenager who was having problems in school. The judge and everyone else was ragging on this kid. But the thing about it is, not only were her parents not married or even living together. They were both in gay relationships. I was thinking to myself, I know that if both my parents were gay, I would be having a serious problem with it. No matter how perfect they pretend that life is, it is not. This is not the way God intended it to be and he is not happy. If you think that you can find true contentment outside of God's will, I have an Island in Hawaii to sale immediately. And I don't want to hear nothing about how they can give them love, because love is of God, he is the definition of love. If his blessing is not on it, there is no real love in it.

Yes.. even lesbian couples should be allowed.. any1 who has the capability to rear a child towards development may be given the right to adopt one.. if they do not allow these to happen, they only practice discrimination which is a big NO NO for me.

I do not see anything wrong when gays or gay couples would adopt and be legally called as parents of the adopted. For me, gays are individuals and humans. They have their rights and one is to have a happy life creating a family of their own. If they will adopt a child and treat it as their own, why not? Philippine legal system does not prohibit that because there's no provision that provides a law prohibiting them to adopt. I would certainly agree when gay couples be allowed to adopt. We all know, there's no scientific basis allowing them to create one. So let it be given their right to at least adopt a child is not a prejudice. In the matter, let the courts on adoption proceeding decide whether that gay couple deserves to be a parents, it is not you as an ordinary man will judge. Adoption proceedings adapts rules that keeps the welfare of the child that her or his biological parents can not provide. Therefore, let it be done........

If they are responsible human beings I say, why not. If they love each other and want a child together they should be given the same opportunities as a male/female couple.

In my opinion, I think it is better for gay couples not to have an adopted child. I don't diagree with gay couples. However, I am afraid they will have an effect on the children and it is so weird to see two men/women as their dads and moms.

Hi soulsister, Of course gay couples should be allowed to adopt and raise children. They usually do an excellent job, and their children are very tolerant of others, and tolerance is badly needed in this world. Someday this will all be behind us and gays will be accepted, if not by all, then certainly by most. Religious fundamentalism is the greatest danger in our world today. Blessings friend.