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Originally posted by seretogis
Really. So, do you think that an orphanage would be a better place for a child to be raised, than with two loving homosexual parents? Would you prefer that the child be aborted rather than be born into a life with two homosexual parents? Feel free to make statements like you have above, as long as you don't pretend to be able to back them up with any facts.
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I thought about this before I posted originally. I don't know what % of Children are in orphanages who won't be adopted. I've always read that they are normally black, older children, or children with disabilities. I assume this to be true. I also know that healthy white babies are being sold in some cases for upwards of $50,000, and the supply does not meet demand. Asian babies end up costing almost as much as parents travel to China and pay various 'fees' to get unwanted female babies.
I will also assume that most homosexuals are not much different then straight parents when it comes to preferences. Sure some will want to do their own version of 'different strokes', and such couples make nice human interest stories on slow news days, but they are not the norm. As such I don't see homosexual couples as being the savior of unwanted children, but just more competition in the limited pool of 'desirable' babies.
I wouldn't have a problem if it somehow was set up that the hierarchy of adoptions was straight > gay couples but I see something like that holding up in court less then a prohibition.
I can understand the desire for homosexuals wanting to have children like anyone else and I do feel for them. I also think the best interest of the child is served having a mother and father and that interest is what must be thought of first.
I currently don't know which states allow/do not allow homosexual adoption. This is not something you would see me fighting over, picketing, or the like, its just an opinion on a very tricky subject. On a scale of 1-10 I'd rate this a 2 on how it might influence my voting on a candidate.