Same Sex Adoption



Same Sex Adoption

Introduction

In America there are a lot of damaging opinions that are becoming redefined as the years press on and the generations begin to change. One of the opinions that have been very controversial and changing rapidly is same-sex couples, and their rights in adopting or fostering children. Although it has been considered immoral by many people, do you feel that they have the right to adopt or foster children? It has been revealed by researchers, that children raised in same-sex households show an advanced height of fondness, receptiveness and apprehension for those younger than them and seem to also demonstrate extraordinary psychological strengths.

The rising adoption rate is less about supporting gay rights, but more about the urgency of finding homes for abandoned children. As you proceed I am going to ask you to think of this; although you may believe, or even not believe, in specific parts of gay rights; how many abandoned children are missing out on the tender love and care that they need and deserve because of discrimination against a loving couple?

Analysis

Adoption laws in the United States remain a patchwork quilt when it comes to lesbians and gay men adopting. Many states do not allow adoptions by any unmarried couples, which automatically rule out same-sex couples from adopting in those states. Same-sex adoption is becoming a new take on American families. Adoption and foster care is a struggle for heterosexual couples; but gays and lesbians face many more complications. Many states have do not have specific laws on gay adoption or gay foster parenting (Stone, 2006). Eleven states, including Washington D.C., either imply or directly states that sexual orientation cannot prevent gay and lesbians from adopting. Three states deny gays and lesbians the right to adopt or take in foster children. The remaining 36 states leave gays and lesbians at the mercy of judges and adoption or foster agencies (Paige, 2005).

November 2008, a Miami-Dade judge affirmed that Florida's 1977 law dishonored equal fortification rights. “It is clear that sexual orientation is not a predictor of a person's ability to parent,” Judge Cindy Lederman wrote in a November 25th declaration. “The exclusion causes some children to be deprived of a permanent placement with a family that is best suited to their needs.” Lederman said there is no moral or scientific reason for excluding gays and lesbians from adopting, notwithstanding the state's influence otherwise (Gates et al, 2007).

The state argues that gays and lesbians have elevated chances of anguish from depression, emotional and anxiety disorders and substance abuse, and that their households are more unbalanced. Dennis Baxley, executive director of the Christian Coalition of Florida, maintains allowing gay couples to adopt closes the door on the likelihood of pronouncement heterosexual parents, which for him is most favorable. “I think it's more of a political battle than what's best for the child,” Baxley, who has adopted two children, told the News-Press (www.cnn.com).

It may be the case that there are more reported instances of ...