Homosexual adoption - Abomination or not?

[Viker]

So you don´t want single persons to adopt neither?


The gay couple may very well be married, I was assuming thayt to be the case anyways.

You're aiming right. This is really more about parenting. I can't conceive a reason why some one single, gay or married should be restricted from adoption.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Mmmmmm. Delicious Unwanted Baby Flavoured Soylent Green...

Dammit, now I'm really hungry.

 

[Viker]

Dammit, now I'm really hungry.

Stop it! My tummy is growling.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I've never discussed this issue so thought I would see what the general views were.

I am talking about homosexual adoption , ie: Two men or Two women as a couple legally adopting a young child.

As a general feeling I believe this to be wrong and should be banned for the good of the child.

Perhaps under certain scenarios it might be possible to a lesbian couple to adopt as women have naturally maternal instincts but I don't think two men would be appropriate.

I am not homophobic by the way.

any views or questions - please go ahead.

Yeah, I'm like totally with you. Not only that, they should make homosexuality illegal also. I mean, it's an abomination and unnatural - we'd only be protecting homosexuals from themselves and their self-destructive urges. We'd also be protecting society from the evils of homosexuality.

Oh yeah, and I'm not homophobic by the way either.

 

[Alceste]

Yeah, I'm like totally with you. Not only that, they should make homosexuality illegal also. I mean, it's an abomination and unnatural - we'd only be protecting homosexuals from themselves and their self-destructive urges. We'd also be protecting society from the evils of homosexuality.

Oh yeah, and I'm not homophobic by the way either.

I totally disagree. My opinion and experience is that we should make a law against heterosexuality so that everybody will be as awesome as homosexuals, and children should not be exposed to the unnatural abomination of heterosexuality. Since homosexuals are so awesome, clever and charismatic, it makes sense to me that the children of heterosexuals will turn out awkward and confused. They need to be protected from that.

Nobody ever thinks of the children. That's the problem with society today.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Nobody ever thinks of the children. That's the problem with society today.

Pfft - no, the problem with society is that nobody beats their kids anymore. Back in my day, my daddy beat me with a 2x4 every night as a matter of course. Sure, I didn't like it at the time, but my daddy's love expressed through daily beatings made me the man I am today. I'm getting so choked up thinking about it, I think I'll go beat my kids right now to show them how much I love them.

 

[Trey of Diamonds]

I am not homophobic by the way.

This is very similar to when some says:

I'm not a Racist but...

 

[McBell]

This may be hard for you to grasp but I have no emotions over this. I know many catholics and christians that do, but I don't. You can almost say I was raised by a gay man.

Why did you not answer the question?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

You might be a homophobe if...

You don't think homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children.

 

[Quiddity]

Why did you not answer the question?

I didn't?

I thought I did.

Maybe you don't like my answer?

 

[Photonic]

I can KIND of understand why single adoption shouldn't be allowed in most cases. But if the person can prove they have the free time, psychological capability, and monetary capability to handle it. Why shouldn't they be allowed?

 

[nnmartin]

answers to these many questions to follow shortly........

 

[McBell]

I didn't?

I thought I did.

Maybe you don't like my answer?

I find it interesting how instead of actually answering the question, you leave your reply vague enough for wiggle room later.

Then you offer nothing in clarification when asked about it.

 

[nnmartin]

PLease be so kind as to let us in on how a male can get pregnant.

This ought to be interesting....

that is a silly thing to say.

I said gay couples could have sex with someone of the opposite gender in order to have a child.

a gay man would not need to get pregnant but just find a surrogate mother.

 

[McBell]

that is a silly thing to say.

I said gay couples could have sex with someone of the opposite gender in order to have a child.

a gay man would not need to get pregnant but just find a surrogate mother.

How is this any different than adoption?
I mean, besides the adopted being blood related?

 

[nnmartin]

Having one mum or one dad is better than having two? Not sure what your logic is here.

What do you think about gay couples where one of them is the biological parent and the other isn't?

Having one biological mum or dad is better than having two non-biological gay ones, yes.

If one is the real parent then that is fine.

 

[McBell]

Having one biological mum or dad is better than having two non-biological gay ones, yes.

If one is the real parent then that is fine.

Poor orphans.
In your world they are not allowed to be adopted...

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Homosexual adoption isn't anything that harms a child. It's been shown time after time the most important factor for a child is a stable home-life, and that a child will normally develop towards a more typical gender-role even if they do not have a parent of the opposite sex. And according to some studies lesbian couples make the best parenting combination.
Kids with Lesbian Parents May Do Better Than Their Peers - TIME

 

[nnmartin]

You're just making this stuff up. Do you think that laws and public policies should be based on a bunch of stuff that nmartin just makes up off the top of his head due to his squeamishness about gays, or should they be based on sound ethical reasoning and empirical evidence?

Not just on things I have made up - there are many people with similar views.
A quick search on google has shown that approximately 40% of people in Western countries oppose gay adoption.

That is a large amount - it just happens that most people on this thread are in the 60% camp.

 

[Drolefille]

This is ridiculous.

This thread makes me want to have kids as a poly-bi woman and have them raised by 5+ parents just so that I could contribute to the non-asshat population.