Gay Adoption in the US Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the debate regarding gay men and lesbian couples adopting children in the United States. Thesis: Social stigma‚ legal hurdles‚ and agency biases are the main points surrounding the gay adoption controversy. Introduction: In 2011‚ 400‚540 children in the US were in the foster care system‚ waiting to be adopted according to the Children’s Bureau page at the Administration for Children and Families webpage. However‚ an entire
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Gay & Lesbian Adoption We as a society have this false sense of reality that everyone is treated equal‚ but I often ponder if we are truly equal? Everyone in the world today fears what they cannot understand. People have this enormous cowardice of homosexuality. If we as a nation are looked upon as being righteous‚ then why do we treat same sex relationships unfairly? Nowadays‚ same sex relationships are a natural occurrence. Everywhere in today’s media it is very easy to hear and see about the
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Gay Marriage and Adoption: Good or Bad? Gay marriage is one of the‚ if not the most‚ discussed topic in today’s society. Like every subculture‚ gays have their distinctive norms‚ social practices‚ and‚ vocabulary. Thus as caused them to be subject of discrimination throughout history. Conservatives and religious people who don’t believe that homosexual couples should be allowed to be united by law or any other institution have been putting pressure in on the government to prevent the creation of
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240 Civil Rights for Gay in Marriage and Adoption When it comes to civil rights for Gays pertaining to marriage and adoption there is a lot of major controversy‚ however the pro’s by far out weight the cons. History shows the beginning of the gay civil rights movement in the United States primarily began with the Stonewall riots that took place in Greenwich in 1969. Some refer to it as the Gay Revolution‚ this sparked a lot of controversy pertaining to whether the gay community had the right
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the article ‘Do Gay-Friendly Corporate Policies Enhance Firm Performance?’ the potential outcomes of a firm adopting gay-friendly policies‚ such as anti-discrimination policies and the extension of benefits to couples‚ are studied. When the results of the study were assessed‚ it was found that the adoption of gay-friendly policies had improved the studied firms in multiple ways. It was observed that more employees were being recruited‚ employees were staying longer‚ and current gay employees felt
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Argument Analysis on Gay Marriage There are many controversies surrounding today’s world‚ such as abortion‚ animal testing‚ and social reform issues. It seems that no one can come to a common agreement on the legitimacy of these topics. Personal characteristics‚ such as upbringing‚ culture‚ religion and ethnicity‚ all play a role in determining one’s feelings on a given controversial issue. However‚ one of the most protested and discussed issues in current political debate is same-sex marriage. There
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audience I am attempting to persuade throughout my argument is to people in the academic community‚ especially people in the psychology department who would be familiar with the mental affects same-sex adoption might evoke. I would also address this argument to people outside of the academic community who are unaware of the causes same sex adoption could potentially have on the children involved‚ in order to gain support for my side of the issue. Adoption has always been an institution that mainly focuses
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healthy and well-functioning. When you think of a child being raised in a gay community and being often surrounded with the familiarization of lesbians and gays‚ you may think the child will later in life turn homosexual. Some might‚ it’s is their choice and there’s nothing wrong with it. However‚ people that grew up with homosexual parents say that they have never pressured them to follow in their footsteps. Another reason why gays should be allowed to adopt a child is when they have a kid‚ they intentionally
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with a worse life because they live in a country that isn’t as plentiful as the US. It’s not right! America has children without homes‚ but how about children in countries that don’t have as much as we do? In my opinion‚ that’s why international adoption should be legal. We all need to consider that even though America has foster care for homeless kids‚ other countries may not. According to Borgen Magazine‚ at one orphanage in China‚ a 2 year old girl was starved to death while living there. Not
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about the issue. There are questions of if would harm the traditional institution of marriage‚ if it’s religiously righteous‚ whether it’s constitutional to ban gay marriage‚ as well as what it would do to the economy. The pros and cons of legalizing gay marriage are almost equal‚ leaving the issue unresolved. “As of May 10‚ 2012‚ gay marriage has been legalized in eight US states and the District of Columbia” (National Conference). According to the constitution‚ each person has the right to liberty
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