Why Gay Adoptin Should Be Allowed
Thomas Jefferson quoted in the Declaration of Independence “All men are created equal” what does this mean? It means that all men are to have the same rights. That no one should be treated more superiorly and have more opportunities. Gay adoption is an extremely controversial issue in our world today. Many people believe that it should be banned, and that homosexuals shouldn’t experience the same rights that heterosexuals get. Homosexuals are the same as anyone else in the world and offer just as much to the upbringing of a child. Just because a person lives a different way than other people doesn’t mean they should have their rights taken from them. Same-sex people should be allowed to adopt children just like the rest of the world without shame.The legal definition of marriage states that it is “a contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought to exist between husband and wife. By the terms freeman and freewoman in this definition are meant, not only that they are free and not slaves, but also that they are clear of all bars to a lawful marriage.”(5) The worldly, unadorned definition states that marriage is “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law.” (6) Both of these definitions claim that marriage is basically the bond between a man and woman who are in agreement to spend the rest of their lives with each other. They also both state that marriage is a bonded relationship recognized by law. However, another definition of marriage does not declare that the individuals must be of the opposite sex. It states that marriage is “the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage.”(6) Traditional marriage. Why is it traditional? Who is to say that it is traditional? No one really