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Gays have equal rights It spoils children's lives
Debate Score:47
Arguments:35
Total Votes:50
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 It spoils children's lives (15)

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Should adoption be banned for gay couples?


With so many children in the public child welfare system in need of permanent homes, gay parents are sometimes seen as resources for hard-to-place children.

By prohibiting gay and lesbian people from adopting, there are unquestionably fewer potential adoptive homes for children.

Gays have equal rights

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It spoils children's lives

Side Score: 21
1 point

The child will become a homosexual. As a (teen daughter) she would want to talk with mom about teenage issues such as dating, relationships, when to become sexually active vs. postponing it, birth control, etc., and a (teen son) would want to talk

Side: Gays have equal rights
belette(13) Disputed
1 point

"the cild will become a homosexual". oh really ? So it would mean that with heterosexual parents you will be homosexual. Interesting, all my gay-friends have heterosexual parents. And concerning children, they can talk to their parents, question them, even if they're homosexual. just sayin'…

Side: It spoils children's lives
1 point

Children should have a mother and a father as role models.

In an area that does not readily accept gays and lesbians, the child might be socially stigmatized or get picked on

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

By banning gay adoption, children in gay couple households have no legal status should something happen to the parents, including death or serious illness.

The child cannot claim inheritances or other household assets in case of death.

If one parent dies, the second parent has no legal right to take custody or care for the child.

A parent without legal right to a child cannot legally register him/her for school.

Parents cannot put children on some health insurance plans.

Parents cannot make medical decisions for the child.

* The child has no claim to the social security or other insurance benefits of the parent.

Gay couple parents without adoption rights do not benefit from the generous tax deductions granted to heterosexual parents.

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

There is no legal reason why gays and lesbians should be denied the right to adopt children. The law only hurts children waiting to be adopted and deprives loving parents who would care for these children.

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

This is a very important debate.

I feel homosexuals should have the right to adopt. Gays pose no threat to the life of a child. The couple are simply caring and raring the child up to be an adult. There are many heterosexual couples out there that adopt children but don't give the child the correct attention and proper upbringing it needs to be a good adult. But overall, I feel all couples willing to adopt a child ,regardless of their sexuality, should be intensively interviewed and have their backgrounds checked. We need the right caliber of couples to look after and rare the people of the future.

Side: Gays have equal rights

We have an overpopulation problem in the US. In the world, actually. Yes, homosexual couples cant reproduce in the "traditional" manner. That's one of their virtues in this society that encourages people to breed like rabbits, natural resources be damned.

And you're now telling me that this homosexual couple that is helping to keep the population down wants to adopt some of the population that was created and abandoned by heterosexual couples, and WE'RE DENYING THEM THAT?

Better no parents than good parents, is that it? If heterosexual couples were already adopting 100% of kids up for adoption then this "who will they talk to about this issue and that issue" bullshit might have a shred of credibility, but they don't.

I'm not adopted, but I bet its much easier to have the bird and the bees talk, for example, with an adoptive gay parent - of either gender, than it is to have that talk with the manager of the adoption facility.

I think gays have every bit the potential to be amazing parents that straights do. But seeing as how straight couples leave many children un-adopted, and seeing as how it's obvious you can be a horrible parent even when your ignorant little gender role is filled, i dont know why this issue even needs discussion.

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

Yes gays can adopt children! Think about it two gays love each other and want to get a child butt can't just cuz their gay? That's not right!

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

gay parents who support each other and love their children is a hundred times better than a divorce, which occurs so frequently nowadays…

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

Why the hell shouldn't they? My friend was raised by two gay guys, and he's the straighest man I know! It's not something that "rubs off on you", for gods sake people. Infact, he had the coolest parents I know! Every single person in this world deserves the same equal rights as the next, no exceptions. We all need to except that.

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

In order to oppose gay couples being able to adopt you have to prove beyond any doubt that it causes long term harm to the child. Otherwise there is really no grounds on which to stand against this.

In fact I know many Christians who believe homosexuality is wrong that don't oppose gay adoption. It actually provides an increase in the demand for adoptions, which lowers the number of abortions performed. Win-Win!

Side: Gays have equal rights

Why on God's green earth would they not be able too... How on earth would they be able to have children... They have every right that every other person on earth has.

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

I can not decide for myself, I FOR or AGAINST ...

On the one hand, if the child is taken from an orphanage ... can he better still be in the family than there ...

On the other hand ... will grow if they are "normal" child? normal in terms of sexual orientation ... (although, of course, the word "normal" probably not very correct)

Respect family values ​​... I believe in the value of such families are not lost, there are the same values ​​as in ordinary families.

Side: Gays have equal rights

Gays should adopt children because they will give them a loving home just like heterosexual couples will.

Side: Gays have equal rights
2 points

Studies have proven that this statement is false. Many children from heterosexual families have also been known to become homosexuals.

Side: It spoils children's lives
BenWalters(1513) Disputed
1 point

It spoils children's lives

Many children from heterosexual families have also been known to become homosexuals.

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Are you implying that being gay spoils someones life?

Side: Gays have equal rights
Zhuldyz(51) Disputed
2 points

Yes of course! because gay couples give immoral example for the future generation!

Nature didn't give them an ability to give a birth to the child, and they also were born thanks to the WOMEN! Don't make children feel uncomfortable

Side: It spoils children's lives
2 points

Children can find positive mother/father figures within you’re family members or friends

Side: It spoils children's lives
2 points

It is not just the parents who influence a child’s behavior. Society also plays a role in their upbringing.

Side: It spoils children's lives
2 points

Children get picked on at some point in time, and it is usually about something else (something physical) like being chubby or looking different.

Side: It spoils children's lives
Koyoto2012(7) Disputed
4 points

The push against gay, lesbian, and same-sex couple adoption is more about gay discrimination than child welfare. So, before you buy into the myths and rhetoric that gay adoption poses an unsafe environment for children or that a gay household is a "recruitment center" for young adults, the facts those against same-sex adoption aren't telling you:

There are already thousands of children living in gay couple households. The 2000 U. S. Census reports 33% of female same-sex couple households and 22% of male same-sex couple households already have at least one child under the age of 18 living at home.

Side: Gays have equal rights
2 points

it spoils children's psyche, because they will see that other children have male father and female mother.

Side: It spoils children's lives
Lindsayrae(62) Disputed
1 point

I definitely beg to differ. It doesn't "spoil" they're psyche, rather, it expands it. It opens their minds to a different way of life than other kids get; and come on, if they have two parents who love them, what differance does it make what sex they are? People need to begin to understand that everyone deserves equal rights, and these kids who have gay parents will grow up defending that right and making a differance in the world, where as a kid with heterosexual parents who may happen to be homophobic, will not grow up this way, and may even get it doctrinated in their minds that homosexuality is wrong... so really, what's worse? The kids who help our world evolve by sharing their experiences and common knowlodge having lived with gay parents, and grew up to succesful, or kids who grow up passing on the message that homosexuality is wrong? Homophobia needs to be a thing of the past.

Side: Gays have equal rights
1 point

Florida argues that it has the right ban gay adoptions because it is the state’s way of saying it disapproves of gay and lesbians becoming parents.

The Florida court argues that children are better off in homes with a mother and a father who are married.

Some opponents argue that children of gay and lesbian parents will be subject to harassment and ridicule.

Side: It spoils children's lives
1 point

Yes of course! because gay couples give immoral example for the future generation!

Nature didn't give them an ability to give a birth to the child, and they also were born thanks to the WOMEN! Don't make children feel uncomfortable

Side: It spoils children's lives
1 point

death to you all ..................................................................................................

Side: It spoils children's lives
1 point

On the one hand, if a gay couple have feelings for each other, we can not forbid them to have a connection. It will look like discrimination. Some countries have recognized same-sex marriage and respect the rights of gays and lesbians. We should have the neutrality position to gay couples. We should not condemn them, because it makes them mentally ill. But on the other hand, brought up in gay couples can affect the mental development of children. The modern world is cruel and people might laugh at this child. The child must be mentally strong to overcome the possible insults.

Side: It spoils children's lives

adoption should not be banned. if two regular couples can adopt a child then a gay couple should be able to. a persons sex life and preference should not matter when it comes to raising a child.

Side: It spoils children's lives
0 points

gays cant have there own kid they shouldnt be aloud two adopt the kids wouldnt have a fair life and they are more likley two become fags two

Side: It spoils children's lives
Lindsayrae(62) Disputed
1 point

Are you for real? In what way would their life not be fair? They've still got two parents who love them, just like any other couple out there, gays should have all equal rights as a straight couple does. there is NO differance, except the same sex. And there is absolutely no possible way that simply being RAISED by two gay people will make someone turn gay... you can "turn" gay. its biologically programmed into you.

Side: Gays have equal rights
rabbit(30) Disputed
1 point

if a child is brought up in a homosexual home of course they'd be more likely to be gay. Plus high school would be crap on them. but it's not the kids fault, the only thing they would know would be homosexuality because they were raised to believe it's right...

Side: It spoils children's lives