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| Wed, 07-23-2008 - 5:38pm |
Should Gays be able to adopt? ...... http://video.ivillage.com/player/?id=278229
- Definitely!
- I'm not sure how I feel on that topic.
- No Way!
- Other, please explain .....
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I started to say "definitely"........then I realized that there should be "qualifications" just as there are for straight people.
I voted *definitely* but as Sakura mentioned, qualifications should be met the same as with a straight couple or straight
Definitely. As others have stated, as long as they are qualified.
Years ago, back in Massachusetts, some people
My first job out of college was as a child protective services investigator/counselor, and part of my job was to supervise foster placements. In many cases, these kids were permanent foster kids, because their parents had abandoned them, but no one had stepped up to adopt them. As bad as permanent foster care is, we fought to keep these kids in the foster program be cause the group homes were HORRIBLE. Children were routinely beaten, molested, exposed to drugs and crime, and generally allowed to sink to the lowest level of humanity - not because the staff was uncaring, but because that's what happens to kids when society makes it clear that not only have their parents abandoned them, but no family will have them.
I say ANY couple (possibly single parents under certain circumstances) who is willing to help these children avoid this fate deserves our thanks and praise, not discrimination. Anyone who would deny children the opportunity to be adopted over maters of race or religion should be forced to spend some time in a group home or institution for unwanted children. While they're at it, maybe they could lock in a few so-called pro-lifers who also oppose family planning, condom distribution, and sex ed.
There will always be a long list of people eager to adopt healthy white infants. But older children, children with health or behavior problems, minority children, etc are in desperate need of homes. The notion that these kids would be better off in a group home than being raised by loving parents boggles my mind.
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Absolutly, I dont see any reasons why they shouldnt. They can provide as much love and affection as anyone, and since a member of my family will be looking at that option in the future, I say go forth and prosper.
I voted definitely.
I do not believe sexual orientation should ever be a disqualifying factor for parenthood.
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