Originally posted by Anders
I don’t see why homosexual couples should not be allowed to adopt. So long as they are fit parents and pass all the tests like everyone who wants to adopt I can’t see a problem. You wouldn’t stop a coloured person from adopting a white child because they might bring them up in a black way.
I'm afraid I can't agree with the above assessment... While it is true that gay people are capable of being loving parents, I, personally, think it is incorrect to allow gay couples to adopt children.
I'll use the following example. While it is crude, I believe it is a good comparison. Imagine a child being brought up by racist parents. This child see the parents being abusive towards people of skin colors other than their own and this child believe this is an acceptable way of treating people. Simple. Schools may have a hand in educating the child in term of social attitude. However, the most of important and most lasting of impressions are those formed within the family. Parents are powerful influence for their children and this child will grow up thinking it is ok to be abusive to people of other races - because the parents think it is ok and hence the child will consider this as the norm. However, we all know that rasist attitude is not correct.
This can apply to gender and sexual orientation also. So if a child see two men or two women forming a couple, this child will think same sex couple is the norm. However, just like in the rasist parents' case, same sex couple is not the norm. But how is this child going to be educated the difference between what the same sex parents are doing and that of the rest of the human race? There is no reference point. This child will grow up thinking that it is perfectly normal to have marital/sexual relationships with people of the same sex.