Adoption in Homosexual Couples
Abstract
There are currently more than 410,000 children in foster care according to the United States Department of Health & Human Services. Under Florida law, homosexual persons are allowed to serve as foster parents or guardians, but are barred from being considered for adoptive parents. All other persons are eligible to be considered case-by-case to be adoptive parents, but not homosexual persons — even where the adoptive parent is a fit parent and the adoption is in the best interest of the children. There is no evidence that shows that having gay parents is harmful to a child. Some people argue that raising a heterosexual child in a gay home can give the child an unclear view of sexuality. But unfortunately, there are not enough married heterosexual couples that are interested in adopting a child. Should we ignore the fact that hundreds of thousands of children currently in foster care will grow up alone, unhappy, without having an opportunity to find out what family is? I strongly support the idea that all children deserve the chance to be a member of a loving and nurturing family unit.
ADOPTION IN HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES
How many times have we heard that a child needs to be raised by both a mother and a father? I know I have probably heard that phrase more than a hundred times. While I used to think that a child being raised by homosexual parents was a huge mistake, I now confidently believe that this action is far from being wrong. Society seems to believe that the qualities contributed by a man and a woman are extremely essential to raising a well-rounded individual. For many, the idea of having two fathers or two mothers is simply unacceptable. Well, what about a child that has no parents? Will that child be able to grow up to be a well-rounded individual? Is now where an important question develops: Is two people of the same sex raising a child more harmful to a child’s development than no
There are currently more than 410,000 children in foster care according to the United States Department of Health & Human Services. Under Florida law, homosexual persons are allowed to serve as foster parents or guardians, but are barred from being considered for adoptive parents. All other persons are eligible to be considered case-by-case to be adoptive parents, but not homosexual persons — even where the adoptive parent is a fit parent and the adoption is in the best interest of the children. There is no evidence that shows that having gay parents is harmful to a child. Some people argue that raising a heterosexual child in a gay home can give the child an unclear view of sexuality. But unfortunately, there are not enough married heterosexual couples that are interested in adopting a child. Should we ignore the fact that hundreds of thousands of children currently in foster care will grow up alone, unhappy, without having an opportunity to find out what family is? I strongly support the idea that all children deserve the chance to be a member of a loving and nurturing family unit.
ADOPTION IN HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES
How many times have we heard that a child needs to be raised by both a mother and a father? I know I have probably heard that phrase more than a hundred times. While I used to think that a child being raised by homosexual parents was a huge mistake, I now confidently believe that this action is far from being wrong. Society seems to believe that the qualities contributed by a man and a woman are extremely essential to raising a well-rounded individual. For many, the idea of having two fathers or two mothers is simply unacceptable. Well, what about a child that has no parents? Will that child be able to grow up to be a well-rounded individual? Is now where an important question develops: Is two people of the same sex raising a child more harmful to a child’s development than no