Is It Wrong for Homosexuals to Adopt Children?
While hanging out at a restaurant the other day I heard a topic come up that I just had to write about. Please note that I am not nor do I know anyone that is a homosexual. This article is about the positive and negatives of homosexuals adopting children.
Due to the fact that I live in a mostly Christian community I usually hear that it is wrong because they are just going to spread the idea that their sexuality is right. Quite honestly Christianity is the only thing I have ever really seen that says homosexuality is wrong. I am a Christian myself, but I don’t believe we have a right to tell people that what they are doing is wrong. They don’t like us telling them that they are wrong any more than we like people telling us Christianity is wrong. So to the people who say that I ask them how they would feel if an Atheist told them they shouldn’t adopt nor have kids because they are only going to spread their beliefs. The answer I have heard many times is that they wouldn’t care because they are right. Okay, so that’s the exact same feeling homosexuals have. They see no issue with their beliefs and therefore see nothing wrong with spreading them.
The view I heard the other day was actually a new one. That is that it is better than the alternative which is that the child stays in the foster care system. Quite honestly I can very easily agree with that view. Even though the child is not going into a normal situation it is better than the situation they are currently stuck in. For foster children what matters is the well being of the child. Any CPS worker will tell you that. And the foster care system as it is is never in the best interest of any child’s well being. Therefore this is a great way to view this issue.
Another con is the thought that if a child is adopted by a homosexual couple they will turn out to be homosexual also. I don’t see this view as being very educated. Children adopted by parents who are heterosexual sometimes turn out to be homosexual, so what’s the difference? No matter who a child’s parents are the child is still going to be whomever they are. The sexuality of a parent in no way has ever proven to influence the sexuality of a child, whether adopted or not.
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