Do you think same sex couples should have the same rights for adopting children?

Few thoughts, 1. America needs something called civil union. If need be I'll explain what I mean by this but it would be two adults regardless of gender who are of a legal age getting a piece of paper that entitled them to certain legal rights, like health care from the one person's employer, etc. 2. The standard for who will adopt needs to be a high one, very high. 3. If the civil union is able to meet this high standard, then they shall be eligible to adopt.





To the person who said if they are raised in a gay family, what will they become, that is just hogwash. My wife's brother is this big fat gay man. His parents were heterosexual. How come he isn't a big fat straight guy?





I am a father to a two and a half year old child. I give my child a few things. The main thing is love, hugs, kisses, smiles. I give him food, last night it was chicken. I give him a bath. I give him clothes. I give him a roof and a bed. I take him to day care. I spent four grand on surgery when insurance wouldn't pay and didn't blink an eye.





If two men or two women are willing to do that, and this is a tough tough thing for all of us to do, than I would welcome it.





The benefits of being a parent, for me, satisfaction that I am doing the greatest thing I will ever do. The right to parent a child should not be denied because someone is not with a member of the opposite gender.





The idea that a child ';needs'; a mommy and a daddy, with the divorce rate at 50% or higher amougst married couples, please, be intellectually honest, and shut your pie hole.Do you think same sex couples should have the same rights for adopting children?
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Do you think same sex couples should have the same rights for adopting children?
If their relationship is stable and legal, yes. I think that's necessary to protect the child and parents from custody and inheritance challenges in the future. We have no way of knowing now what the future will hold for any parent or parents we approve for adoption. A single parent approved for adoption may have all kinds of future problems that can't be predicted. So can a heterosexual couple.





Stable, loving, financially able and psychologically and socially adjusted are much more important than sexual orientation. - Just an opinion.
Yes, definitely. It is getting to be more and more accepted, for one thing, but for another there are so many children that should have a loving home instead of being bounced around to different foster parents. Anyone who wants to adopt a child is taking on a huge responsibility, it's not something you take lightly. Whether it's a same sex marriage or not that child will have a loving home.
Absolutely not. Gays are almost always very good people, but misguided in their beliefs. It would not be a natural invironment for the children.
Personally, I do not agree with homosexuality. Do I think they should have rights? Yes, because they are human beings. But should they be able to do all of the things that heterosexual couples do? No. Single people don't have the same rights as married people.
that is a good question. i belive in God so it is against my religion to be gay. but, the bible also says treat others as you want to be treated and i would want to be treated fairly. so haveing said that, why not. i mean if we say no it is not going to make them not gay. and we cant treat them like dogs and give them no rights at all because that goes against the bible teachings of treating others as you want to be treated. we should tell them that the bible says it is wronge but leave it at that. we have done our job of teaching the bible and the rest is between them and God.
No, Because the kid will have a very hard time in school. Think about it, it just would not be fair to them.
no ... cuz if the child was raised by a gay couple .. what do you think he/she will become ?
Of course I do!! An orphan child will be much better in a house, with two loving parents (it doesn't matter if they are two moms or two dads) food, clothing, education and love, than in the dangerous streets or in an orphanage where he usually will live under extremely poverty conditions and sometimes will be bad treated and won't have enough food and with no good educational opportunities at all
I think that if people want to teach kids moral this gay couple adopting thing is out of the question, what would kids see and how would they turn out, i personally dont think is right and i dont think God agrees either.
yes - same sex couples who make a commitment to parenting a child by choosing to adopt should have the same rights and responsibilities that hetero couples have.
I really like and agree with little_debbie's and Susy's answers. I don't think we should force our beliefs onto other people and when it comes down to it, a child with a home and two loving parents (regardless of gender, race, religion, etc.) is much better off than a child in an orphanage with little guidance and even less love.





Also, children of gay parents are no more likely to become gay than children of straight parents. If gay parents made gay kids (and vice versa), how could have we gotten gay kids from straight parents?





An added note: I really like and appreciate Uber_wise_James' answer! People have some really great responses on here.