definition of adoption is the formal legal process to adopt and raise as one’s own child. Well in our country we see nothing wrong with adoption. On the contrary‚ we see adoption as a wonderful act for people to take a child into their homes and give them love‚ support‚ and a future that they did not receive from their real parents. But the word "adoption" becomes controversial after homosexuals or a same sex couple is added to such act. As a well-civilized nation and society‚ adoption from homosexual
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Fighting for Gay Adoption RIghts Homosexuality is becoming more and more accepted and integrated into today’s society‚ however‚ when it comes to homosexuals establishing families‚ there is usually a problem. In most states‚ homosexuals can adopt children like any other married or single adult. There are a lot of arguments to this topic‚ some people believe that it should be legal nationally‚ while others would prefer that is was banned everywhere‚ or at least in their individual states. Most gay and lesbian
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society if they are for gay marriage then the support of gay equality comes to a stop and majority of Americans vote for the Constitutional Amendment‚ which bans gay marriage. Americans do believe in providing equal rights to the gay community‚ which include no toleration of discrimination in jobs‚ rights protecting gays from indecent actions‚ rights allowing same access to housing‚ rights allowing advancement in government‚ and so on and so forth. However‚ the concept of gay marriage is still not
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The Issue of Gay Marriage Being married has always been something I have thought about since I was a little girl. From that time on‚ I have always seen and been taught that marriage is between a man and woman. With the way that society is changing every day‚ it now views many things differently than it did years ago. Recently‚ there has been a breakthrough on the idea of homosexual marriage‚ and all 50 states have agreed to allow two people of the same sex to get married. Homosexual
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Adoption has been about for a long time‚ however‚ just as of late has the subject of gay Adoption raised. There are numerous vagrants on the planet. However‚ insufficient families or guardians to take them in. There aren’t that numerous family who can and will receive youngsters‚ whether this is because they can’t bolster them‚ they have offspring of their own‚ or they simply don’t need children. The final product is still an excess of stranded youngsters needing an adoring family. There is an answer
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Gay and Lesbian Adoption: What is the best interest of the child? Most critics of gay adoption argue that if a child is brought up in a home with same sex parents that the child will be "ruined". However‚ most child welfare advocates do not agree‚ they feel that if these orphaned children are not allowed to be adopted by gay and lesbian parents‚ a lot of children who have been waiting for a very long time to be adopted and are in desperate need of a home‚ may have to wait even longer‚ unnecessarily
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Television’s Rachel Maddow‚ host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” said‚ “In the past decade‚ 31 states put to a vote the question of whether or not gay people should be allowed to get married. 31 states have put those minority rights up to a vote and in all 31 of those states‚ that minority rights issue has gone down to defeat. But here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.” There should be legislation allowing same sex marriage in all
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Gay adoption in the United States Karlene Porter Axia College of University of Phoenix Research Writing COM. 220 Tony Salinger March 06‚ 2010 Gay adoption in the United States As of October 9‚ 2009‚ there are approximately 123‚000 children waiting to be adopted in the United Sates alone (U.S. Children’s Bureau‚ 2010). My partner and I of 11 years adopted my biological niece. In February 2003 we were awarded permanent custody although we were seeking temporary custody until her mother
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LGBTQ+ equality has been a political issue for a long time and within the past few years the issue has become more controversial. The LGBT movement started as early as the 1870s and has just gotten bigger as time has gone on. It was just last year that same sex marriages became legal and its topic is very still controversial to this day. Another big topic of discussion is if gender-neutral bathrooms should be legal or illegal and which restroom transgender Americans should be allowed to use. Many
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Allowing Gays and Lesbians to Adopt There is a lot of discussion in the U.S. today about whether gay and lesbians should or not be allowed to adopt. Different groups and professionals will see the issue very differently. Some will argue for the rights of the gay couple‚ and others will argue for the rights of the children. There are pros and cons to consider when discussing the rights of gay couples to adopt. Should gays and lesbians couple be allowed to adopt children? The answer to this big
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