Gay Couples Adopting Children..

I think it's not the gender preference that says if we could raise a child well or not. I've seen cruel parents who don't deserve a child. I've seen people who were successful after being raised by gay parents. So I don't really have a take which gender are entitled to have children. What I'm after only is if they are capable of raising a child to become a better person.

I am ALL for gay couples adopting children. I actually wrote a school paper on this very topic. Gay couples can be just as good parents as any straight couple (maybe even better in the sense that they teach the child not to judge others on a more personal level). And a big point I made in my paper is, why let a child stay homeless if there is a couple wanting to adopt them?? Anyone who thinks that a child would be better off homeless is, I'm sorry, dumb. And when I say that I aim it more towards the people that say all gay people are going to h3ll and that it's a sin (not people that have concerns like you've addressed). As to your point and worry about the child(ren) being bullied...kids get bullied for ALL KINDS of things, this would just be another one of those "things." Kids these days are mean (in general) and I think we need to worry less about WHO is being bullied, and worry more about WHO is doing the bullying. We need to stop THOSE kids.

I feel its a very good thing they doing , I notice gay men make better parents and couple than lesbians . I agree with you the child will get a lot of tease but at least they have a parents that actually wants them . I think straight couple can learn a thing or two from gay couples . Most straight couple just not care one bit about the children they bring in the world when they are having fun , i think most of the time they have a child its accident in their mind but they gay couple actually want the child . My boyfriend agree that gay men seems to make good parents but he dont think they should be allow to adopt boys because you cannot tell what a person is capable of .

I see nothing wrong with gay couples adopting. So many people think all gays are pediphiles! No they aren't! Excuse me but Jerry Sandusky is not gay but he is a pediphile! Gay couples do make good parents and they should be able to adopt if they like! There are so many children out there looking for a loving home! I see nothing wrong with it as long as the adoption agency approves it! If a kid who is adopted by a gay couple and gets teased, itjust shows the parents of the kids doing the teasing, are teaching their kids all the wrong things! This is 2012! Not 1962 for example! Gays should be able to have all the same rights as straight people! Plain and simple!

I see nothiing wrong in gay couples adopting children,Everyone deserves the chance to show a child spme love and every child deserves the chance to be loved, gay or streaight.

it is okay for me as long as the gay couple could properly supervise and finance their adopted children education and raise them as a fine adults afterward. gay couple seem a little odd to have children of their own and so many resort to adoption of unwanted children so they could help them. as long as they could be taught them good values and secure home. they are fit to become parents and becoming a mother or father does not mean that the children should be their own blood. responsible parenthood n this case gay parenthood is better than normal couple who are irresponsible and not a good provider.

I think that gay couples make the best parents because they have to fight harder and they have to do more to become parents. Many of them have to take a lot of classes, they have to do a lot more research, and they have to go through the process more than other couples do. They also tend to be more sympathetic and they tend to be more understanding because they have had to deal with more emotionally than other people have had to deal with. I was mostly raised by my mother and grandmother, and I had my step-father from time-to-time, but I knew a lot of my friends who had their real moms and dads around, and they would have it worse than I did. They would wish that their parents were divorce, or they would wonder if their parents would ever stop fighting. You cannot imagine how many "normal" or "heterosexual" parents I have had to see divorce or separate over the years because they couldn't stand each other anymore, or they kept fighting to the point where they wanted to kill each other. No child should have to go through that, but I saw it so often. I have seen some gay couples with kids and they just seem so understanding, and I rarely see them fight. Also, kids get teased for nearly anything and everything these days. The way they look, where they come from, who they hang around with, their names, their family, and anything else that you can think of making fun of. I got made fun of for the way I looked, the way I walked, my last name, my family (my father was WAY older than my mother), and for my ailments (I was sick a lot as a child), heck you name it, I was pretty much teased for it, and I wasn't the only one. To me, as long as the parents are loving, supportive, have shelter, feed them, have a safe environment, and aren't abusive, then the child will be fine.

I too am on the fence when it comes to this subject. I have nothing against gays, nor do I care who anyone has a relationship with but there are some things that concern me. Along with what you already mentioned - the possibility of being riduculed by other children/adults. I can't help but wonder if a child NEEDS a man and a womans nuturing. I am married and while both m husband and I both love our children unconditionally we give them different nurturing. I think women give different nurturing then men. On the other hand there are tons of children in my country that need loving homes and have been through so much heartache why would we deprive a child a chance to be happy -- no matter what their personal relationship preferences are? Its a hard call and I imagine we should take it case by case when/if this becomes an issue. All I know is children deserve the right to a happy, caring home...if your gay and can offer a stable life for a child who are we to say that your not able to adopt!?

I really don't understand the whole gay thing. I'm terribly ignorant about it. I cannot understand how two men or two women can be parents to a child. I cannot get past that "parents" means a man and a woman. The way I see it is that the whole family unit is slowly being destroyed in one way or another. Maybe I should say "changed" instead of "destroyed". It's a sign of the times but something tells me it's not a good thing.

I have given a lot of thought to this and it is a difficult subject. I feel the best is a family with a mother and father, preferibly of the same race and culture. I think they have more chances of staying together, but maybe I`m wrong. Now marriages split and children live with one parent, one of the parents die or is unable to raise them and there are lots of other posibilities. So when it comes to the end of the reasoning I say to myself: let the child stay where he is loved the most. And I don`t know why a gay couple cannot do the job as good as any other couple if they care for each other and have a stable relationship. Just think about Elton John`s child! I`m sure he will have the best.

I don't think there's nothing wrong if ever gay couples decided to adopt a child. I don't know if there is any country that rules out gay couples from adopting a child. As long as they can provide the needs of the child, I think it's fine.

Clearly, one cannot interfere into perple forming the union status of of their choice. However, I think it is a bad idea for gay cuoples to adopt children. Despite any couple's financial endowment, I think, over time, the cost of adopting a child by a gay couple will outweigh the benefits of doing so. Why? Gay couples will have to contend with trying to prevent their adopted children from being confused about the roles of parents; when compared to traditional parents (of any species of living things). In addition, the gay couples have to contend with the peer pressures that their children will have to deal with from children of traditional households at school, and in the wider society. While these gay couples may be satisfying their egos by adopting children, they should also be cognissant of the trauma that their adopted children are likely to face, as these children grow older and time evolves.

Hi friend, i think the kid will suffer a lot with other persons teasing activities, however the parents will give more love and affection to it. There is nothing wrong in adopting a kid for gay couples, it is their own wish

I don't see wrong with it as long as they can mold the child into a better person. If the child realized how her parents loved her, she would defend her parents in front of other people.

this is a great and noble initiative which they have done and certainly meant to be appreciated ,they must be appreciated for this act and they deserve it