Homosexual adoption

Gay households vs mixed couple households The underlying argument of this issue you have zeroed in on is basically homophobia as one of the commentators aptly pointed out. Who are we to dictate what rights can or cannot have. The majority of children in the world grow up with single parents so the issue of having or not having a male/female figure does not bold down to marriage. There is a difference between sexual orientation & gender. So you might be a male but sexually you might be a female, this means you are then gay as you will be attracted to the opposite sex although you will be of the same gender as the people you are sexually attracted to because you are sexually of the opposute gender. That said it means that the male & female figure is as present in a gay marriage as it is in a mixed gender marriage. The only difference is the reproductive system present. The moment we start treating gays like normal people without any prejudice, is the same time that gay families will be able to exist without any problems. Its our homophobia that troubles them not specifically that there is anything wrong with being gay. So stop homophobia and you have no problems in gay families. The same problems gays & lesbians are facing now are the same perception problems that blacks faced when slave and racial discrimination was globally condemned, there where sections & unfortunately still are sections of the community that propagate these ism and phobias. What is the goal of adoption As you said in the comments ""adoption agencies are set up to provide children who are in need of loving families, with them."" So along as the family is loving & can take care of them, then let gay couples have an equal opportunity to adopt as mixed couples. One a gay family being a difficult for a child to grow up in -The problem is the homophobia not the gay family. As a commentator said "single parent have a harder time raising kids but are allowed to adopt." On homosexuality being unatural Theres a difference between sexuality and gender Sexuality - psychological attribute of being female or male Gender - physical attribute of being female or male So nature gives us gender, but it does not follow that if your gender is male your sexuality is male, it can be female, which is also natural. There have been incidences of homosexuality recorded in the animal kingdom, but anyway there are a lot of unatural things in the world today, from laptops, compters, roads, but hey they still work. So basically my argument is that there is a difference between gender & sexuality. This argument by itself explains away the issues you mention on 1. Natural 2. The need for female & male role models (they exist in a gay marriage coz there are also female & male) + the point on single parents 3. Generally speaking your whole argument is based on an underlying homophobic tendency. Gays & lesbians deserve their full rights in society as anyone else, just take them as any other couple, there is a female & a male (sexually) 4. On the re-emphasis you made - The fact that you say this is potentially damaging i.e gays raising a child & having to explain that it is okay to be gay is certainly homophobic.