should gay men and women adopt children?

With how many kids are in the foster system, gays should have every right to adopt. But gays need to have all the rights as everyone else too...

I don't think that it is anybodies decision other than the parents who want to adopt or do it some other way. We can have opionions, but we cant' influence it at all.

well i know this because i have an adopted little sister, who until she was one ate insects, dirt clods, and beetles, and because of which is going to have an eating problem for life.
anyway. i see what you are saying, i guess i just didnt go into enough detail. In my head i knwe what i was saying.
but what i meant was that alot of people seem to find it revolting that gay people be parents, and i wanted to bring another 'revolting' alternative into the mix.
I thikn that gay people should have the right to have children juts like anybody else. They're humans with feelings, and they're humans with rights. Whose to say it should be otherwise?

First of all, how do you know that there are adoption agencies in Russia, and that they eat beatles? It's an extreme comparison. Also, kids living in Russia in adoption agencies really have little to do with the argument of whether homosexuals should be able to adopt anyway. If you wanted it to be relevant, tie it in to the fact that they are homosexuals. Give a real reason to why they should be able to adopt as opposed to not. The quality of adoption agencies has nothing to do with them.

hows that?

The two things you're comparing really have little to do with each other...

human rights yo.
people can decide to be whoever they want. wouldn't you rather have a child grow up in a good environment with gay parents, rather than sit in an adoption agency in the middle of fucking russia eating beetles?

you choose.
i'm not agianst your opinion. just stating mine :]

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Originally posted by Ilive4Him:
no, gas should not be allowed to adopt....it could cause problems with the child, growing up knowing they have 2 moms, or 2 dads...and they definitly will be teased as they get older, not by all, but by most people...and it will make them feel very uncomfortable, i think it will scar the child....

Mentally disabled people should also not be able to adopt. Who knows what kinds of problems they could cause in their kids?

Also, the kids of single parents should be taken away since having only one parent is bad.

Kids also shouldn't have janitors or fat people for parents since they'll be teased for it.

And being uncomfortable? What kid isn't uncomfortable around his or her parents? Better take all the kids away now!

In all seriousness, it's not up to you to decide how a kid grows up. If he or she is teased for having two dads or two moms, that's not their fault. That's the fault of insensitive kids and the parents who failed to teach them tolerance. Growing up with two parents of the same gender is no different than growing up with only one parent. Lack of a father/mother figure? Many a kid with that has grown up perfectly normal. I can think of so many straight couples that cause more problems with their kids. Sexual abuse, starvation, beatings...looks like straights shouldn't be able to adopt either, considering all the problems they can cause, eh?

Oh, and as for possibly turning the kid gay...well, I think that argument doesn't even need replying to. You need to explain why being gay is bad in the first place.

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Do you have something against incorporeal creatures, YV? I find that highly offensive.

Hahaha. Maybe. :P

Nah, I don't.

hell no. the kid will become gay too

Do you have something against incorporeal creatures, YV? I find that highly offensive.

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no, gas should not be allowed to adopt....it could cause problems with the child,

I agree. Gas should never be able to adopt. It can cause serious illness to a little child.

I was teased as a child because my parents were Christian. Maybe Christians shouldn't marry either. Hmm.

no, gas should not be allowed to adopt....it could cause problems with the child, growing up knowing they have 2 moms, or 2 dads...and they definitly will be teased as they get older, not by all, but by most people...and it will make them feel very uncomfortable, i think it will scar the child....

I'm going to go with yes. I mean, there are much worse people out there who already can adopt. I don't think it really matters what gender you prefer so long as you can be a good parent.

I think they should. I really don't see a problem with that.

I don't see why not.