1. Fine, homosexuals may make good parents but we have to consider the fact that a child would stand a good chance of being bullied when peers found out about the family relationship.
2. What if the child was older, and was a Catholic, and believed that homosexuality was wrong.
3. A child may be uncomfortable with the family situation.
I think that single parent adoption should be allowed, as it is more natural than the above. There are also millions of single parents in the country, and single parent status can be achieved with a biological child.
However, a family situation is preferable when the situation allows.
- Joined
- 20 May 05
- Moves
- 2728
Ah that´s a hard one.
I (as beeing thrown onto this cold rock by a "healthy" family) can hardly imagine how a child in an orphanage must feel and any change in the situation where the child receives not professional but felt love is good.
But can we be sure that e.g. a male child could be grown up to a normal "straight" male when rised by two gay guys ?
Loners should be allowed to raise the child as long as the financial background has been approved (allowing the parent to still care for the child.
The homosexual question is just to hard to be answered by non-ethics-specialists.
IMHO homosexual parents shouldn´t be allowed to adopt a child.
Frankly spoken i am quite eased that I am not in a position to decide such things.
To add to my previous post it seems that the law only allows for men to adopt boys, regardless of whether the male is homosexual or not, whereas females can adopt a child of either gender.
Surely the same 'risk' occurs with a 'streight' male adopting a girl and a homosexual male adopting a boy.
The fact is though, that a risk does not occur in any circumstance, unless the adoptee is evil, and surely these people would be sived out early in the process.
But still, problems such as bullying will be paramount when the parents are homosexual.
I think adoption is great. However in Australia the decline in Foster Carers because of laws is disheartening. Last I read it dropped from 300 a year to 20 who signed up in 05 and a new push to get people to foster should be encouraged. To many young people have no place to go and enjoy childhood in a safe and loving environment.
Although I think most laws should be in place to protect the young people from those people who would be to destroy their lives, something still needs to be done.
Originally posted by MRobertsSo the imaginary bullies win. What about working on the (potential) bullying problem instead of using it as an argument to continue to discriminate a group of people? Attitudes are learned, and can be changed. Children usually accept differences quite easily if they get an explanation, and if they see that the adults are accepting and open.
1. Fine, homosexuals may make good parents but we have to consider the fact that a child would stand a good chance of being bullied when peers found out about the family relationship.
2. What if the child was older, and was a Catholic, and believed that homosexuality was wrong.
You mean if the child was older and Catholic at the time of the adoption? When a child is old enough to have an opinion on religion or ethics, I am sure that would be taken into consideration when looking for suitable adoptive parents. If you mean that the child might become a catholic after growing up with homosexual adoptive parents, well, of course that might happen, just as a child of catholic parents might become an RBHill-type fundamentalist who believes that catholics are evil, pray to Satan and will go to hell, or a child of catholic parents who believe that homosexuality is wrong might turn out to be homosexual, etc. So what?
3. A child may be uncomfortable with the family situation.
Any child may be uncomfortable with any family situation.
Originally posted by prosoccerHeh, sorry but your post reminded me of The Life of Brian:
If the UK does allow same-sex marriages, why should they be denied the rights to have children like any other normal couple.
"It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them".
People do not have the right to have have children.
If I was a single male, where is my right to have children?
It is as ridiculous as saying it is every man's right to have sex - tell that to a single guy who hasn't managed to get it in months or years.
Originally posted by VargThis isn't having babies, it's adoption. They're not the same thing. 😕
Heh, sorry but your post reminded me of The Life of Brian:
"It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them".
People do not have the right to have have children.
If I was a single male, where is my right to have children?
It is as ridiculous as saying it is every man's right to have sex - tell that to a single guy who hasn't managed to get it in months or years.
Originally posted by MRobertsPeople get bullied for having a funny looking nose. Tackle the source of the problem of bullying, not the target.
1. Fine, homosexuals may make good parents but we have to consider the fact that a child would stand a good chance of being bullied when peers found out about the family relationship.