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I read a long time ago, can’t entirely remember where, that its considered a sin for a single man to adopt a child. Surely this can’t be true? I realise that the ideal family environment contains both a mother and a father but if a man (or woman for that matter) is dedicated to raising a child but is unmarried does an adoption of this nature constitute a sin in the eyes of the Church?
 
LDNCatholic said:
I read a long time ago, can’t entirely remember where, that its considered a sin for a single man to adopt a child. Surely this can’t be true? I realise ?
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do you have a source for this? if not, there is really no point in discussing it is there.
 
Fair enough I’ll try and find a source, I didnt realise I needed one to discuss something.
 
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Fair enough I’ll try and find a source, I didnt realise I needed one to discuss something.
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it is if you are making a statement about what the Church teaches. We can’t debate whether or not that teaching is valid until we determine the claim is actually true.
 
OK well this has been a waste of a thread, all i can find are thousands of links to the gay adoption row :rolleyes: maybe I should have just asked ‘‘is it morally permissible for single men to adopt children?’’. Sorry about that I’ll know for next time
 
LDNCatholic said:
OK well this has been a waste of a thread, all i can find are thousands of links to the gay adoption row :rolleyes: maybe I should have just asked ‘‘is it morally permissible for single men to adopt children?’’. Sorry about that I’ll know for next time
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No it is not a sin for a single person to adopt a child. I am not sure where you came across such a statement.

It is *preferrable *that a child be in a household with a mother and a father, but that is not always possible.

If by “single” you are referring to adoption by homosexual persons, then the church definitely has a stance on that-- a child should not be placed in a homosexual household.
 
1ke said:
If by “single” you are referring to adoption by homosexual persons, then the church definitely has a stance on that-- a child should not be placed in a homosexual household.
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Is that also the case for chaste people who are homosexual? As in someone who does not engage in homosexual activity someone essentially ‘‘permanently in the closet’’?
 
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Is that also the case for chaste people who are homosexual? As in someone who does not engage in homosexual activity someone essentially ‘‘permanently in the closet’’?
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The Church has issued no statement on a chaste homosexual person adopting that I know of.

The Church’s explicit statement is regarding those in an active homosexual lifestyle.

I think it would be *imprudent *to adopt in this situation, given their life-long struggle with SSA, but I do not believe it is forbidden.
 
1ke said:
As with all things of a spiritual and moral nature, discussing the issue with a priest would be the best route.
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Of course, I agree. But as its only a hypothetical situation and it doesn’t affect my life one way or another, I thought this would be better than asking my priest to take time out of his duties to answer questions. Thanks once again for your help 🙂
 
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