Are you considered a bigot or intolerant if you don't agree with Gay Adoption. Should everyone regardless of their lifestyle, single, married, gay, old, young, etc. be allowed to adopt a child? Is this a topic that you have to have a side? Or, should it be a case by case decision? Use the link below and check out this video from early last month (May 2010). What are your thoughts on Gay Adoption?
Mike Huckabee vs. Rosie O'Donnell
I will share my thoughts after I hear from GND 311 Summer 2010 students.....
If a family is loving and nurturing why shouldn’t they be able to adopt? It doesn’t matter to me if the couple is heterosexual or bisexual. I would rather have the child go to a loving home of a bisexual couple then to stay in the foster care system or be placed in an unstable heterosexual home. Many children out there need happy, stable, and loving homes. There are many children in heterosexual homes that are being abused so a person’s sexual preference in my opinion does not make them good or bad parents or people. Everyone should be judged on a case by case decision. Things like how they are as a person, are they stable mentally, do they have a criminal record, or they loving individuals, are they respectful, are they law abiding citizens, and if they can provide for a child monetarily, mentally, and spiritually should be the basis on how a couple is chosen for adoption. Adoption should not be based on a person’s sexual preference.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that adoption should be based on one's sexual orientation or one's age or any outer bias. Adoption should be based on a case be case by the love and security that a couple or even a single person can give a child. Nuturing and loving a child requires patience, love, stability in one's emotions, and home life, a value system that nutures a child to become a healthy adult someday. Children don't judge by the color of your skin, your age or your sexual preferences. They judge by the security and love. My daughter is adopted and I cannot tell you how many adoption sites prohibited same sex couples from placing a web site or advertisement on their site because they were not in a heterosexual married relationship. Yet, I saw plenty of ads for single parents, especially single women. Children need love from parents that are emotionally, mentally stable. Believe me....my daughter has never questioned my age or attactiveness or any physical quality..she sees my husband and I has her family and never questions anything because she is loved and part of a family.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree - a family is a component of individuals who love and support each other. They do not judge each other, except in terms of quantity and quality of love. There are so many children in the foster system that want to be a part of a loving family, any loving family. As long as the adoptive parent(s) can provide a child a loving, stable, emotional supportive home rich in intangibles what does it matter with whom they share their adult relationship. I have several m/m couples as friends. One in particular was married and had 2 wonderful sons. After separating from his wife because of his revealing his homosexuality he met and fell in love with a wonderful man. They have been together nearly 30 years and together raised (thanks to joint custody) my friends two sons. They are now proud, VERY proud, grandparents. I think Rosie nailed it on the head when she asked if Mike Huckabee's viewpoing was pious. I believe Mr. Huckabee's beliefs prevent him from accepting anything outside his view of 'normal' with a mother and a father raising children. If this was our culture's realistic view we wouldn't have deadbeat dads - which are typically heterosexual men. Huckabee needs to open his eyes and recognize that the word parent as described by Miriam-Webster is "a person who brings up and cares for another". No where does it say it has to be a man and a woman - it says person. It makes no difference as to the person's skin color, religion, or romantic partner, in the eyes of a child when they look up at a person that loves them. I believe anyone who can love, support, care for, nurture and raise a child to become a good, caring, productive member of society deserves to have a child.
ReplyDeleteI think some people might be mistakenly considered a bigot or intolerant if they do not agree with Gay Adoption. I don’t believe that’s the case at all. I respect Governor Huckabee views and opinion. Rosie O’Donnell insinuated that just because Gov. Huckabee grew up in a poor family and is a religious man, his views on gay adoption are not very pious. Gov. Huckabee believes the biblical norms are the “norm” we should live by. There is no hatred or prejudices in his views of gay adoption; he just personally does not think it’s the ideal. They are his personal religious beliefs and I truly respect him.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago I saw the Rosie O’Donnell’s documentary "All Aboard!," broadcasted on HBO and it was extremely moving. The couples of the cruise ship had nothing but unconditional love for their adoptive children. In this documentary a New Jersey gay couple got married at sea, surrounded by their five adopted children, ages 11, 9, 7, 7 and 4. This scene brought me to tears because the children look overcome with joy and the couple were obviously so in love. It was beautiful. A lot of these couple adopted child of minority groups or child with disabilities, which are usually the hardest groups to place with families. I believe it doesn’t matter if a couple is gay or straight, as long as they provide a safe and loving home for their children.