Is it wrong for gay couples to adopt?

[o_mlly]

Assuming that we are talking about parents, both gay and straight, that are good and loving parents, there is still no solid evidence yet that children who grow up with two father or two mothers will be less likely to grow up as happy and well adjusted adults and that having two father or two mothers will have any negative impact on their development. Stating without proof that having both a father and a mother is inherently better does not make it true.

Do you really believe that those in authority who normalize sodomy as a good act to a child in their care will not negatively impact that child?

 

[o_mlly]

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And we cannot assume that most hetero parents are or were bad parents.
Ed

To your point:

All natural (heterosexual) parents may be good parents.

All unnatural (homosexual) adoptive parents cannot be good parents.

 

[edwest2]

To your point:

All natural (heterosexual) parents may be good parents.

All unnatural (homosexual) adoptive parents cannot be good parents.

False comparison. I never wrote that. I did post a statement from a Church document that gives the Catholic answer. I understand some people don’t accept it. And as another poster wrote, we don’t have good data regarding homosexual parenting. Not yet.

Ed

 

[o_mlly]

False comparison. I never wrote that.

Your point: “And we cannot assume that most hetero parents are or were bad parents.”
My Points: “All natural (heterosexual) parents may be good parents.”

“All unnatural (homosexual) adoptive parents cannot be good parents.”

All three points are valid.

I did post a statement from a Church document that gives the Catholic answer. I understand some people don’t accept it.

And as another poster wrote, we don’t have good data regarding homosexual parenting. Not yet.

Yes, Catholics most certainly have an answer regarding homosexual parenting: “No.”

 

[Faithdancer]

Assuming that we are talking about parents, both gay and straight, that are good and loving parents, there is still no solid evidence yet that children who grow up with two father or two mothers will be less likely to grow up as happy and well adjusted adults and that having two father or two mothers will have any negative impact on their development. Stating without proof that having both a father and a mother is inherently better does not make it true.

why stop there? Why not three fathers and three mothers? Or six of each?

The thing is, one father and one mother, male and female, in a monogamous relationship, is the way God intends it. If you refuse to accept that, then you are denying God’s plan for the human family.

 

[May1980]

I am in touch with some of these kids from some work I did in college. It’s sad. It’s real. Kids die. They have NO ONE. Kids in this country, too.

I always figured I could do some good and adopt a large sibling group someday, even with some special needs…those that face little chance of even staying together. But if I were a single parent would they really turn me away? One Catholic agency here is closing because it only wants to put kids with married people. So no single parents? Or did I misread?
The reason I say I might be older is because I would probably do this as a widow if that should happen. Husband is not interested. If I am truly too old to be allowed to adopt (and I am even fine with adopting older teens about to age out…who would NOT get a family otherwise), I would foster. Or even host from the third world so the teen can study here. My host mom was 75 when she hosted me; a widow.

I don’t want to just spend my golden days empty if I can do some good. It’s something I always wanted to do.

 

[Rau]

I…I don’t want to just spend my golden days empty if I can do some good. It’s something I always wanted to do.

Wonderful. There are so many ways to help those in need other than adopting.

 

[St_Francis]

Assuming that we are talking about parents, both gay and straight, that are good and loving parents, there is still no solid evidence yet that children who grow up with two father or two mothers will be less likely to grow up as happy and well adjusted adults and that having two father or two mothers will have any negative impact on their development. Stating without proof that having both a father and a mother is inherently better does not make it true.

Link to article

It is from Lifesite, which can be sensationalistic, I agree, but I have read testimonies from some of these same people elsewhere and this article gives a good overview, quoting a lot from the now-adult children themselves, and giving links.

 

[Peter_J]

So just so everyone knows I truly believe that denying a child the right to be raised by a father and a mother is child abuse, and that the best and only way to raise a child is with a mother and a father.

I make it a point not to get bothered by stuff posted anonymously on the internet (and yes I realize that I myself have posted anonymously on CAF thousands of times) but as someone who has known abused children, I find the highlighted offensive.