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I see nothing wrong with gays adopting kids. As Kyle said, as long as both parents are good parents, the kid will grow up fine. If any difference comes of having two gay parents, it'll simply be that the kid will be more accepting of that kind of lifestyle.

On the other hand, if the parents are bad and the kid grows up having a bad life, he may decide that gay relationships are too unstable to support a healthy child. In truth, it's the fact that the adults were horrible parents, not that they were gay, but the kid most likely won't make the distinction.

As such, I don't think all gays have the right to adopt children, just like I don't think all people in general should be able to have kids, whether adopted or not. Some people are simply bad at parenting. That, not sexual orientation, is the call that should be made to determine adoption rights.

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I think that it would be a wonderful thing if gay couples adopted children.
I also think that any person who adopts is helping the child escape from the
horrors of an orphanage and possibly a life of crime and depression.
Being gay doesn't make your child gay, nor does being straight make
your child straight. Both of my parents are straight and I'm lesbian.

But anyways, thats my thought on things...
It doesn't matter what sexuality you are!

It matters if you have a loving, happy family. ^^

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First off I'd like to say that if you think gays are assholes you dont know any so shut up and sit in a corner some where. And secondly I have a few gay friends who would make perfect parents to a child who just needs some love and care and they would probably raise the kiid to be someone to save a life someday. So yeah, let gays adopt, there's nothing wrong with them

ban abortion send the unwanted kids to the gays i bet they will take good care of them

// But straight parents birth more straight kids than gay kids, aye? 3nodding And it would be the same pattern (reversed) with gay parents. I think that's their point.

However, that's assuming nurture over nature. I think homosexuality is caused by both. Gay people actually respond to hormones differently or something, I read that on Wikipedia. surprised So! If the gay parents adopt a kid from someplace, and the kid's real parents were straight, there would be more of a chance for the kid growing up to be straight (though I'm pretty sure he/she will be very accepting of homosexuality, and would probably explore it themselves no matter what their hormones say).

They're also implying that it would be bad if a kid turned out gay. This could be (and probably is) homophobia. But it could also be logical thinking. If more and more people became gay, the population would decrease, which is bad, evolutionarily. But I myself don't think that's plausible. >.>; Homosexuality is a recessive trait anyway, and I don't think it'll affect the population drastically enough for it to be negative.

The hundreds of stereotypes floating around about gays being bad parents, child molesters, or assholes in general hold no ground. Your ability to be a caring and loving parent does not come from orientation you are. You could be a horrible straight parent and a loving gay parent and vice versa. True, the child might be picked on, but isn't that better than them being in an orphanage?

Also, there are plenty of gays out there to be good role models, and gay parents can also be very good role models. Once again, this does not stem from what orientation you are. Gay people aren't aliens threatening to "destroy the sanctity of marriage" or "go out raping people."