Argument Against Gay Adoption

Nowadays, the group of gay are coming into the public view and accepted by more and more people. And it has attracted much concern to improve and protect their rights, such as the Gay-Right Movement which refers to homosexual rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals. The advocates of the movement work for social acceptance, equal rights, and liberation. And Gay adoption is one of the rights they are supposed to possess. Gay adoption is the adoption of children by same-sex couples. It is legal in 25 countries and some territories, for instance, “ In Mexico City, the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District passed legislation on 21 December 2009 enabling same-sex couples to adopt children.” And in United

They can simply summed up as one question: if gay parents are capable of raising children well? The prejudice people hold is just on the one hand, another hand lies in Laws and regulations, which narrow definitions of family. Also, homophobia and heterosexism limit the possibility that gay couples will be considered as adoptive parents. The cumulative effect of actions by states, local jurisdictions, agencies, and individual staff members is to prevent or discourage consideration of their availability and interest. Even if child welfare staff members overcome these initial barriers, the decision-making tool most often available to them may further limit the inclusion of gay and lesbian families as placement candidates. This standard, the "best interest of the child," is used as a measure to guide placement of children in the custody of the