Yes.
I think the most important issue is what kind of parents people are. I think that is how they should be judged -- as parents. Adoption is one of the few processes though which the parenting abilities of prospective parents can be screened.
I personally know several such families (homosexual couples who have adopted), and they share the same concerns and problems as everyone else.
Does it matter?
2 females or 2 males can raise a child just as well as a female and a male can. Gender has nothing to do with it. Being homosexual doesn't make you handicap. It doesn't even make you strange. Being homosexual is a right that one decides upon.
Who cares that 2 females or 2 males want to adopt a child?
If they are nice, genuine people, then what sexuality they are should mean nothing.
Adoption is to give otherwise homeless children, a chance at a life with a family.
It makes me sick to hear people say that homosexuals are different in a bad way, and can't handle such responsibilities that heterosexual couples can.
It's pure rubbish
-TT
Originally posted by pcaspianI know this is a fictitious example, but I think the couple in the Bird Cage played by Robin Williams and Nathan Lane would make good parents, but I wouldn't want to be raised by Rosie O'Donnell, so I guess I'm saying that it would be individualized for me.
Originally posted by kirksey957
[b]We never think about asking the kids.
Depends on you I suppose. Would you have minded being raised by a gay couple instead of a heterosexual couple ?
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Originally posted by TimmyToiletThat is very true...I have no doubts that a homosexual couple can make just as good or even better parents than some heterosexual couples can...but thing is it is very probable that the child will suffer later in his life, when he goes to school and gets ridiculed by the other kids about his "two moms" or "two dads" people have these preconceptions and especially children can be very harsh...it will not be an easy task for that child convincing others his family is just like any other and that his parents are not throwing weird twisted parties or who knows what.
Does it matter?
2 females or 2 males can raise a child just as well as a female and a male can. Gender has nothing to do with it. Being homosexual doesn't make you handicap. It doesn't even make you strange. Being homosexual is a right that one decides upon.
Who cares that 2 females or 2 males want to adopt a child?
If they are nice, genuine p ...[text shortened]... can't handle such responsibilities that heterosexual couples can.
It's pure rubbish
-TT
Originally posted by usmc7257Yes. The only way the child would be less likely would be if
here is a little twist on it. do you think that if a homosexual couple adopted a kid right after childbirth, the child would be more likely to become a homosexual?
he was so disgusted by his parents that he made a concerted
effort to never be like them.
Originally posted by Ghanima AtreidesChildren can be quite harsh, I agree. And I agree with you that the child might suffer, but that is something the child could handle on his own. With proper ignorance to the ridicule or some other effective method (the child discovers on his own), that can be solved. It's also a good life lesson, being able to deal with ridicule from your peers. Kids could suffer, but if handled properly, they can benefit from it in the future.
That is very true...I have no doubts that a homosexual couple can make just as good or even better parents than some heterosexual couples can...but thing is it is very probable that the child will suffer later in his life, when he goes to school and gets ridiculed by the other kids about his "two moms" or "two dads" people have these preconcepti ...[text shortened]... t like any other and that his parents are not throwing weird twisted parties or who knows what.
-TT
Originally posted by Ghanima AtreidesWell, I'm sure that depends on where the child is raised. I would hope a homosexual couple wouldn't raise their child near Christians, for instance, lest their hatred and bigotry threaten the child (or worse, rub off on child). In much of the Pacific Northewest, however, I'm sure that a homosexual couple could raise a child relatively free of worry (though there are "bad neighborhoods", but these are easily identified by counting crosses on the skyline).
That is very true...I have no doubts that a homosexual couple can make just as good or even better parents than some heterosexual couples can...but thing is it is very probable that the child will suffer later in his life, when he goes to school and gets ridiculed by the other kids about his "two moms" or "two dads" people have these preconcepti ...[text shortened]... t like any other and that his parents are not throwing weird twisted parties or who knows what.