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Quality: Are homosexual parents of equal quality in raising children?
Yes
Homosexual parenting is just as good as heterosexual parentingNumerous studies indicate that homosexual parenting has proven equally capable as heterosexual parenting.
Gay influence: Do gay parents influence children to become homosexual?
Yes
Some babies are born with a predisposition to homosexuality(both human and in other races), and their upbringing will not be affect their sexuality. Attempting to suppress this genetic predisposition has resulted in great misery for many people. Rather, we should accept this and look to embrace all gay people fully – which must include celebrating gay role models, especially as responsible parents.
Children are currently being responsibly reared by gay couples, where one of the partners is a biological parent. Allowing adoption by the other merely confers legal rights on an already successful, if informal, family model.
No
A child’s primary role models are his or her parents.Bringing a heterosexual child up in a gay household gives them a distorted view of a minority sexuality, just as a girl brought up by two men would fail to benefit from a feminine influence.
Natural: Is being brought up by a same sex couple natural?
Yes
Children do not need distinct male and female parental role-modelsWhat children need first is love, compassion, and care from their parents. In addition, children are highly influenced by their social environment as much as their parents, making it unreasonable to place such a high importance on the attributes that parents display.
Debate: Gay adoption
Should gay couples be given the same legal rights as heterosexuals in adopting children?
Background and context
At present, the world and individual countries are as divided with regard to adoption as to other area of gay rights. As of 2000, four states in theUSA(Arkansas,Florida,MississippiandUtah) have specifically outlawed gay adoption, as have some Scandinavian countries (Denmark,Norway, andIceland) that show an otherwise lenient attitude to same-sex relationships. By contrast, the National Adoption Week in theUKin October 2000 saw a drive to encourage gay couples to adopt, in order to find homes for the thousands of children seeking parents. The 2002 Adoption and Children Act allowed unmarried couples inEnglandandWales, including same sex partners to apply for adoption jointly.
Nuclear families are failing; can hardly be held up against gay adoption.Of all families inAustralia, 22% of them are single parent families. Few will fully establish a child's potential. Over 45,000 Australian marriages will end in divorce, few of these will be families. So, it is wrong to promote the nuclear family when it is failing so badly, and it is wrong to hold-out on gay adoption in favor of the nuclear family, for the same reason.
Yes
A changing society should not cling to traditional family models.Society is changing, and the traditional idea of the nuclear family with married mother and father is no longer the only acceptable alternative. The reason that many countries are beginning to award legal rights to gay couples is because the stability of such relationships is now recognised. There is no reason, therefore, why such couples cannot provide a stable and loving upbringing for children.
No
Opposing gay adoption preserves traditional family as ideal for child-rearing.Just as married couples receive tax benefits and unmarried mothers may suffer cuts in welfare, legal prohibition of adoption by gays is a natural step towards this ideal. The traditional nuclear family is still an ideal that should be clung to, and which deserves the protection and motivation of the state. Evolution and nature has shown that the natural development of the young is aided by both these influences.
The quality of child-rearing in social groups is not a criteria for adoption.Saletan. "Adopting Premises. The sneaky debate over legalizing adoptions by gay couples." . Feb. 7, 2002- "Suppose, for example, there's more suicide, depression, promiscuity, and domestic violence among blacks than among whites. Would such findings justify a ban on adoptions by blacks? If not, why would they justify a ban on adoptions by gays?"
Natural: Does something being "Natural" imply that it is preferable?
Yes
If we take the assumption that it is not natur34; label doesn't imply a preferable choice.Humanity and society engage in many acts that could very easily be described as unnatural, or artificial. This doesn't mean that these are in any was worse. Natural is not equal to superior, and artificial is not equal to inferior.
The sexuality of parents has no effects on a child's future life.American Psychological Association (Resolution on Sexual Orientation, Parents, and Children)"There is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation: lesbian and gay parents are as likely as heterosexual parents to provide supportive and healthy environments for their children"; and "research has shown that the adjustment, development, and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation and that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those of heterosexual parents to flourish."
No
Children do better with mother and father role models- Children benefit from a balance of male and female, differentiated role models. The unique characteristics of men and women are important to impart on children. Same-sex marriage fundamentally undermines this balanced approach to child-rearing.
Yes
Homosexual parenting is just as good as heterosexual parentingNumerous studies indicate that homosexual parenting has proven equally capable as heterosexual parenting.
Gay influence: Do gay parents influence children to become homosexual?
Yes
Some babies are born with a predisposition to homosexuality(both human and in other races), and their upbringing will not be affect their sexuality. Attempting to suppress this genetic predisposition has resulted in great misery for many people. Rather, we should accept this and look to embrace all gay people fully – which must include celebrating gay role models, especially as responsible parents.
Children are currently being responsibly reared by gay couples, where one of the partners is a biological parent. Allowing adoption by the other merely confers legal rights on an already successful, if informal, family model.
No
A child’s primary role models are his or her parents.Bringing a heterosexual child up in a gay household gives them a distorted view of a minority sexuality, just as a girl brought up by two men would fail to benefit from a feminine influence.
Natural: Is being brought up by a same sex couple natural?
Yes
Children do not need distinct male and female parental role-modelsWhat children need first is love, compassion, and care from their parents. In addition, children are highly influenced by their social environment as much as their parents, making it unreasonable to place such a high importance on the attributes that parents display.
Debate: Gay adoption
Should gay couples be given the same legal rights as heterosexuals in adopting children?
Background and context
At present, the world and individual countries are as divided with regard to adoption as to other area of gay rights. As of 2000, four states in theUSA(Arkansas,Florida,MississippiandUtah) have specifically outlawed gay adoption, as have some Scandinavian countries (Denmark,Norway, andIceland) that show an otherwise lenient attitude to same-sex relationships. By contrast, the National Adoption Week in theUKin October 2000 saw a drive to encourage gay couples to adopt, in order to find homes for the thousands of children seeking parents. The 2002 Adoption and Children Act allowed unmarried couples inEnglandandWales, including same sex partners to apply for adoption jointly.
Nuclear families are failing; can hardly be held up against gay adoption.Of all families inAustralia, 22% of them are single parent families. Few will fully establish a child's potential. Over 45,000 Australian marriages will end in divorce, few of these will be families. So, it is wrong to promote the nuclear family when it is failing so badly, and it is wrong to hold-out on gay adoption in favor of the nuclear family, for the same reason.
Yes
A changing society should not cling to traditional family models.Society is changing, and the traditional idea of the nuclear family with married mother and father is no longer the only acceptable alternative. The reason that many countries are beginning to award legal rights to gay couples is because the stability of such relationships is now recognised. There is no reason, therefore, why such couples cannot provide a stable and loving upbringing for children.
No
Opposing gay adoption preserves traditional family as ideal for child-rearing.Just as married couples receive tax benefits and unmarried mothers may suffer cuts in welfare, legal prohibition of adoption by gays is a natural step towards this ideal. The traditional nuclear family is still an ideal that should be clung to, and which deserves the protection and motivation of the state. Evolution and nature has shown that the natural development of the young is aided by both these influences.
The quality of child-rearing in social groups is not a criteria for adoption.Saletan. "Adopting Premises. The sneaky debate over legalizing adoptions by gay couples." . Feb. 7, 2002- "Suppose, for example, there's more suicide, depression, promiscuity, and domestic violence among blacks than among whites. Would such findings justify a ban on adoptions by blacks? If not, why would they justify a ban on adoptions by gays?"
Natural: Does something being "Natural" imply that it is preferable?
Yes
If we take the assumption that it is not natur34; label doesn't imply a preferable choice.Humanity and society engage in many acts that could very easily be described as unnatural, or artificial. This doesn't mean that these are in any was worse. Natural is not equal to superior, and artificial is not equal to inferior.
The sexuality of parents has no effects on a child's future life.American Psychological Association (Resolution on Sexual Orientation, Parents, and Children)"There is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation: lesbian and gay parents are as likely as heterosexual parents to provide supportive and healthy environments for their children"; and "research has shown that the adjustment, development, and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation and that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those of heterosexual parents to flourish."
No
Children do better with mother and father role models- Children benefit from a balance of male and female, differentiated role models. The unique characteristics of men and women are important to impart on children. Same-sex marriage fundamentally undermines this balanced approach to child-rearing.