@9GHQ345 6mos6MO
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I said all that I needed to say. Should sexuality or gender matter as long as the child is loved and cared for?
@9GJ7GMC6mos6MO
I don't support lgbtq adoption because it raises un-disciplined people to society who--in the end, end up growing up with a fixed mindset about the world that's not true vs an opposite sex family has discipline in them and has been taught in different aspects and where they're shown basic moral rights
@9GMF6B96mos6MO
Gay or lesbian couples are fully capable of being good caretakers and parents like any other regular straight couple that decides to adopt, there is not sexual orientation that will make you a less better parent.
A kid needs a home and caring parents want to adopt it. It doesn't matter who the parents are, the child is what matters.
Protected class under the charter of rights and freedoms, scientifically a fact that they’re made this way, being a parent is a fundamental right for all Canadians unless you neglect or abuse your child
@9FD6PRW7mos7MO
People that are a part of the LGBTQ+ community can be just as good of parents as straight people. In fact, there are probably many LGBTQ+ couples that are BETTER parents than straight couples. Sexuality does not determine your ability to parent.
@9FBGDDW7mos7MO
People have accidental births, abortion complications, and other social situations that cause children to be left for adoption. LGBT+ people are willing and wanting to adopt a child in need into a caring family.
@9F84XPW8mos8MO
Children shouldn’t be indoctrinated and they should be able to follow biology instead of mental illness and delusions
@9F8R49K8mos8MO
“mental illness and delusions”
Mental Illness is a prominent figure in today's society. Yes, we may not see it first hand ourselves, but we have to listen and find viable solutions to help these people who can't because of what they're facing.
@9LQGWWHNew Democratic4 days4D
I know many happy, kind, and smart LGBTQ+ people. They are just like anyone else, just as kind, and sometimes I actually find they are more accepting as they know what it is like to have people not accept them. If you would let one man adopt a child if they were married to a woman, why should you not let him if he loves a man. This stands for every other LGBTQ+ person. They are just like anyone else, and as long as they aren't harming anyone why do we have the right to stick our noes in their business.
@9LP4QQG6 days6D
Kids should experience a loving and caring environment, regardless of the gender or sexuality of their parents. LGBT* parents can provide them, just like a heteronormative couple, with just that. Also, in a country where there are plenty of abandoned children and a struggling system to care for them, it is even more important to address this topic.
@9JVTX4W2mos2MO
Everyone is human and a person. Gender identification or same sex partners should have a choice and right to raise a family as every human is able too why exclude humans for a personal preference.
@9HYHSQKNew Democratic4mos4MO
"Some consider LGBT relationships to be more stable relationships than traditional relationships, which means LGBT couples may be able to provide a more emotionally secure home to an adopted child. These couples usually turn to adoption simply because they want a child and their options are a little more limited than those of a traditional couple. LGBT couples actively choose and have to work hard to become parents, which means they can be more motivated and committed." Life Long Adoptions
Research shows that the children of same-sex couples are no different than the kids of straigh… Read more
@9HQ4L5V4mos4MO
Was your parents sex life a big part of your childhood? Something that came up regularly in conversation? I think kids just want to feel loved and cared for.
LGBT couples who adopt children won't affect the way that child grows up. Yes a father or mother will be missing from the picture but there will be people who act like a mother or father figure.
@9HDTFWK5mos5MO
This is an inefficient way of thinking in that a child will not know what kind of life they are missing at a young and age and is not thinking of population growth with the growing rate of homosexual couples.
@9H4Y24R5mos5MO
They should be allowed to adopt as long their beliefs wouldn't be extremely different than the majority of the population.
Kids need a safe, good parent to help them to be able to grow up and be an upstanding citizen, how does the sex of the parents become a factor. parents differ depending on parenting style not gender or sexuality.
@9GTKJ4S6mos6MO
"The polls had also revealed that 70% of Canada's population had agreed that "same-sex couples should have the same rights to adopt children as heterosexual couples do," and that 76% had also agreed that "same-sex couples are just as likely as other parents to successfully raise children"."
@9GQV9DV6mos6MO
Both partners have to concent to taking in a child, and thus both will be invested in the child. Additionally, roles in homosexual families tend to be more equal and foster shared responsibility
@9GPTYFS6mos6MO
I firmly believe that advocating for LGBT adoption rights is grounded in the principles of equity, impartiality, and the paramount interests of children who require nurturing and secure homes. As reported by CYC-online (n.d), Canada is home to approximately 20,000 children who are legal wards of the state, yet only 1,200 of them find adoptive families each year. Given these statistics and the inherent intricacies and inflexibility of the adoption process, particularly concerning same-sex couples, it is crucial to consider the positive impact of granting LGBTQ+ individuals and couples the oppo… Read more
@9G95MVW6mos6MO
they can adopt because they are helping and taking care of a child and helping them grow and be a good person.
@9FLSKN9New Democratic7mos7MO
In 2013, 13% of same sex couples had adopted a child, as opposed to the 3% of opposite sex couples. This goes to show that by eliminating same sex couples to adopt, you are allowing more children to be in foster care rather than a loving family.
@9FL5XNN7mos7MO
To loosely quote Neil Patrick Harris, Kids should have male and female role models but that doesn't mean they have to be male and female. It means there should be a diverse amount of options for the kids of things that were traditionally considered male and female. As long as the kids parents show them love and gender diversity, it shouldn't matter if you are the same gender or not.
@9FL54CX7mos7MO
Because why not? a lot of us can't birth kids on our own, or our gender disphoria wont allow it, so we adopt. Also those kids from straight parents need someone to care for them, OK?
@9FJSRV97mos7MO
There is no evidence to say that children of LGBT families are impacted negatively at all by the orientation of their parents.
@9FJSV7D7mos7MO
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/03/06/kids-raised-by-same-sex-parents-fare-same-as-or-better-than-kids-of-straight-couples-research-finds/
When I read articles stating the latter, that children with gay parents are worse off than children with straight parents, it seems rooted in traditional ideology. A mother is a caretaker, they’re nurturing, understanding and comforting, a father is overbearing, disciplining and can protect the child physically. I find this to be a brutish way of thinking. Men can be gentle, loving and caring and women can be tough, strict and strong!… Read more
@9FJ58CP7mos7MO
People that are a part of the LGBTQ+ community can be just as good of parents as straight people. In fact, there are probably many LGBTQ+ couples that are BETTER parents than straight couples. Sexuality does not determine your ability to parent.
@9FHQXSZ7mos7MO
If the couple loves each other and can raise a child to be a good person, provide for them and be a good parent, their sexuality shouldn't matter.
@9FH6KQF7mos7MO
What would happen if you one day just told a straight couple that couldn't naturally have kids that they weren't allowed to adopt. They would be heartbroken. It's the same for gay couples.
@9GPJVB96mos6MO
It is unjust to abuse gay people. Gay people are just as capable of being parents as straight people.
This debate isn't actually about statistics or 'children's wellbeing' or whatever, hundreds of millions of kids grow up with **** y or abusive straight parents. Obviously it would be better to have loving parents who don't abuse you, their genders are irrelvant. The only thing this is about is implying that gay people are illegitimate or 'alternative' or 'wrong' in some way which is objectively incorrect, hateful, and is an ideology that has caused millenia of suffering in humanity.
@9GB366SConservative6mos6MO
It should be 2 equal parts raising a child to not confuse them when they see other straight parents.
@9G639PV7mos7MO
The right to adoption should be based on your ability to properly raise a child and to bring a functioning, capable grown up into our world. Not a couple's sex, or sexual orientation.
The way the child is raised might even be raised safer because the parents both understand each other.
@9FFRG7B7mos7MO
Children shouldn’t be indoctrinated and they should be able to follow biology instead of mental illness and delusions.
@9FFC6GG7mos7MO
Allowing gay couples to adopt children will lower the stigma towards the LBGTQ community, and teach the future generation that no matter your sexuality, you have the right to a family.
@9FC2MKW7mos7MO
What gender someone is attracted to does not affect how good of a parent they are. How a person parents a child is based on their personalities, and how they were raised, it has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
This is important because gay couples can't control who they love or their dreams of wanting to start a family, continue their bloodline, or just have a child.
@9FBDJVG7mos7MO
If someone has transitioned to the "other side" they have traded away their true person, meaning they should have no right to anything. They should be forced to an anti-LGBT camp to be cleansed of their wicked ways. Then after 5+ years of cleansing, they would regain their previous rights and then, and only then, regain the right to adopt someone.
@9CMMXF9Conservative10mos10MO
They are adults and the child might miss out on a father role/mother role or a "normal" life, but better than being parentless and in an orphanage with no hope to being in a family and being surrounded by love.
@9FFM5Y57mos7MO
Several studies have shown that the sexual orientation of parents doesn't affect the well being of their children. Research published by the American Psychological Association has found no important outcomes for children raised by same sex parents compared to those who are opposite sex couples raising children. Also, not allowing LGBT people the right to adopt a child is considered discrimination.
@9FD565F7mos7MO
Out of nearly 30,000 children eligible for adoption, only around 2,000 of those children are adopted each year. Why would we risk lowering that number? Gay couples aren't any more likely than straight couples to be dangerouse.
@9FBD6X67mos7MO
Yes if trans people can't have kids and if they want a kid to rise they can't make one they need to adopt them, and they should be able to no matter what and other people not apart LGBTQ cant have kids because of problems so what makes it different if the people are LGBTQ.
They are still people with lives - jobs, housing, relationships, etc. Allowing them to not adopt children would be infringing on their rights (and would probably violate some laws) and if they provide a better life for children compared to other families why wouldn't you send the child to them compared to worse households?
@9GM2H246mos6MO
LGBT tend to be more educated on social an political issues. An supportive self expression an personal growth. Also far more accepting of people individual views they aren't prone to traumatizing or indoctrination children
@9GKDRZL6mos6MO
A study from BU Today follows 154 lesbian mothers and recently checked in on 78 adolescent children, comparing the mothers’ and kids’ self-reported status against national standardized samples.
The lesbian mothers’ reports of their children “indicated that they had high levels of social, school/academic, and total competence and fewer social problems, rule-breaking, and aggressive and externalizing behavior compared with their age-matched counterparts,” Siegel and Perrin write. If you might expect parents to say that, consider their kids’ testimony: “The self-reported quality of life of the adolescents in this sample was similar to that reported by a comparable sample of adolescents with heterosexual parents.”
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2013/gay-parents-as-good-as-straight-ones/
89.0% of child victims are maltreated by one or both parents. I think they should be put in any loving home regardless of the adults sexuality
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