The Supreme Court is set to confront the issue of gay marriage for the first time in 40 years in two cases set for argument in late March. Same-sex couples are asking the justices to strike down California’s Proposition 8‚ which banned gay marriage in the state just six months after a court ruled that preventing gays and lesbians from marrying was unconstitutional. In a second case‚ a New York City widow is urging the court to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)‚ which limits federal
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Adoption by Gay Couples: Is There Any Risk in Having a Family? On my way home. “It’s now a reality on the ground‚” said Adam Pertman‚ Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute‚ an organization working to change adoption policy. And it’s a fact that despite legal barriers‚ about 19 percent of same - sex couples reported having an adopted child in the house in 2‚009 up from just 8 percent in 2.000 according to the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law at the University
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Gay and Lesbian Adoption Gay and lesbian adoption is a serious‚ yet controversial subject. It has become a major issue in our society. In certain states‚ homosexuals can adopt children just like any other married or single adult. A person’s freedoms should protect the rights of gays and lesbians to adopt children when they meet the same standards for parenting and home environment as heterosexual couples (Driscoll and Stingl). Today over 520‚000 children are in foster care and 127‚000 of those
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Gay Marriage and Adoption Currently today in the United States Homosexuals face various problems when it comes to their partners and most importantly their children. Gay and Lesbian parents are facing discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Allowing same-sex couples to adopt children has made people assume particular aspects about Lesbian and Gay couple’s lives and the effects it could have on their children. American culture tends to reject or feel threatened by new
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The children’s benefits of Gay Adoption out weight the negative effects. Gay adoption has been a very controversial topic for many of years. Gay adoption is pretty self-explanatory. It’s when a same sex couple adopts a child or children from foster care or an orphanage. Some people believe that gay adoption is wrong‚ and against many religions because two people of the same sex should not marry or adopt children. If two people are happy together leave them alone. If they are not hurting‚ or bothering
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limits the options you can have‚ but adoption is an option that is beneficial to all sides. Based on research I conclude that the pros of adoption outweigh the cons. Investing your time and money can help a child’s life instead of investing it elsewhere. Adoption helps children find a home‚ whether that be children from the U.S or from a different country. There are plenty of families out there who are not able to have children of their own and sometimes adoption is the only way for couples to start
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Adoption records should be open to give adoptees the ability to know where they come from. Various state laws create many paths or roadblocks to determining biological parental information. Knowledge is more important than privacy. It is procedure for a new birth certificate(or ABC) to be issued when a child is adopted. The adoptee’s new name appears‚ along with the names of the adoptive parents. The fact of the adoption‚ the name of the birth parents and the birth name of the adoptee are excluded
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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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Gay Adoption Adoption has been around for many years‚ people just need to show that they are qualified parents to adopt. There are many orphans in this world that want a family‚ but there is not enough families or parents to take them in. There are not that many families that can or will take children in‚ wether it is because they cannot support them financially or they have children of their own. The main result is that there are so many orphan children that want a loving family. Gay adoption
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difference in opinion in gay adoption has risen as gay marriage has become legal. The positive side to the controversy is that homosexual parents are more into the children’s future because they want to become parents. As children grow up having parents of the same gender they will learn more about themselves. They are able to stand out and be understanding with others they encounter. No matter the parents‚ children should be viewed on their characteristics not on who their parents are. Pro #1 - Reannen Throughout
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