Imagine yourself as a person who
has a nice home, a good job, religious faith, and a loving
relationship with another person of the same sex. The first three
things in the previous sentence would almost indefinitely make
you a good prospect to be a parent of an adopted child. These
are the main things that adoption agencies look for in a parent's
background. However, the last thing mentioned would (in most
states) immediately eliminate you from being able to adopt a child.
This angers many people who see themselves as good people
who could be good parents to those children who have no
families and are up for adoption. Homosexuals argue that
parenting is about responsibility and commitment, not sexual
orientation. They also argue that legislation has no real reasons
behind passing the anti-homosexual adoption law, besides their
own personal biases behind homosexuality. Gay and lesbian
people have searched for reasoning behind the law and have
only found that there are no REAL reasons.
First of all, there have
not been any studies done and proved that children of gay or
lesbian parents are disadvantaged in any significant respect
relative to children of heterosexual parents. There is no evidence
at all that sexual preference of adults in the home has any
detrimental impact on children. Little difference exists in the
overall mental health of children raised in homosexual
households. And once again, the quality of parenting, not the
parents sexual orientation, is the most crucial factor for a child's
healthy growth and development. Homosexuals strongly believe
that the anti-homosexual adoption legislation is an attack against
gay and lesbian people. But in all reality it is a bigger attack on
the behalf of children who have no family or home. They argue
that of the 500,000 children in...