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Gay Adoption
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Shelter
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Surely not all over the world. But in some parts of our world it will be possible for gay couples to adopt a child.
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Sadly I think Shelter is spot on... it will take a very long time to be accepted everywhere... and even then there will be people who have objections...
In the UK same sex couples have been able to adopt since 2002... but the problem is any stigma that may get attached to a poor child by small minded douchebags...
Shame really, as a child without a family would be quite happy, and would love, whatever number of Mummies or Daddies they could get...
In the UK same sex couples have been able to adopt since 2002... but the problem is any stigma that may get attached to a poor child by small minded douchebags...
Shame really, as a child without a family would be quite happy, and would love, whatever number of Mummies or Daddies they could get...
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Henri - you raise a very important point about the kids right to find their biological parents later in life.
I have some relatively direct experience with this thanks to the barbarism of the Catholic Church in Ireland, who 'accidentally' lost a whole bunch of adoption records, including those of an old college friend of mine. The urge to find your real biological parents is real, and it is both emotional and highly practical. How many times have you been asked "do you have a family history of X medical condition"? Not knowing who your real family are makes it harder for your doctor to give you the best possible care. If for no other reason than the child's health, ever adopted child should have the right to find out at least some important information about their biological parents.
To me the only issue with gay adoption are the issues with adoption in general. The science is in, kids who grow up in a gay family are no worse off than other kids.
As for how acceptable it is/will be. Time will take care of that. Once a generation of kids grows up knowing kids with two mommies or two daddies from childhood onwards, it will simply cease to be 'a thing'.
Obviously, it will take a VERY long time for global acceptance, since big swaths of the world are still stuck in the middle ages when it comes to human rights!
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I have some relatively direct experience with this thanks to the barbarism of the Catholic Church in Ireland, who 'accidentally' lost a whole bunch of adoption records, including those of an old college friend of mine. The urge to find your real biological parents is real, and it is both emotional and highly practical. How many times have you been asked "do you have a family history of X medical condition"? Not knowing who your real family are makes it harder for your doctor to give you the best possible care. If for no other reason than the child's health, ever adopted child should have the right to find out at least some important information about their biological parents.
To me the only issue with gay adoption are the issues with adoption in general. The science is in, kids who grow up in a gay family are no worse off than other kids.
As for how acceptable it is/will be. Time will take care of that. Once a generation of kids grows up knowing kids with two mommies or two daddies from childhood onwards, it will simply cease to be 'a thing'.
Obviously, it will take a VERY long time for global acceptance, since big swaths of the world are still stuck in the middle ages when it comes to human rights!
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What about parents who do not wish contact with their adopted child? Don't they have a right not to have contact to counter-balance the right contact of the child?
The reason this is so important is that adoption should be a viable alternative to abortion IMO. If we make adoption too onerous, we are just driving women to deal with unwanted pregnancies by aborting the foetus.
Just for clarity, I'm not arguing that abortion should be illegal, I just think it's important women have a real choice, so there are no more abortions than necessary.
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Unfortunately, homosexuality is still a relevant issue within society and although some parts of the world is accepting...however, there are a lot of areas that are not. For example, there are still court battles to legalize gay marriages and some states that I personally thought would be the forefront of accepting have been the cities that have difficulties passing this bill in order to accept gay marriage. Therefore, I tend to believe that gay adoption will be tolerated to some degree...not totally acceptable.
