Same sex couples should be federally allowed to adopt.

I would like to attack your last point first. You say-The American Psychology Association says that same sex adoption does not negatively effect an adopted child. -- but this is not true. Children of gay men and lesbians are vulnerable to teasing and harassment, particularly as they approach adolescence. The Courts are concerned that children raised by gay and lesbian parents may have difficulties with their personal and psychological development, self-esteem, and social and peer relationships. Which is obvious there. you then say -Every child deserves a loving home. To deny this to a child is more than immoral or prejudice. It is inhumane. -- but many people that are not homosexual are searching for children and being denied everyday that can provide a loving home. They have to venture our of the united states to get their children. We should allow heterosexual first and many heterosexual couples are denied which justifies homosexuals being denied as well. Your first point is about the the 14th amendment, and your rights. which you say the law justifies allowing the adoption of children. --But legality isnt the true debate. Legality should be viewed after the life of the child. Children need a male and a female role model in a relationship, and only a straight marriage can provide this. Children raised by same-sex couples demonstrate a significant increase in low self-esteem, stress, confusion regarding sexual identity, increased mental illness, drug use, promiscuity, sexually transmitted infections and homosexual behavior. Children will be ridiculed and tormented for reasons they cant control. Yes striaght people can have these problems as well, but there is an overall obvious increase in children of same sex parents. Coincidence ... i think not. **To turn your argument by allowing gays to adopt your actually limiting the life of the children by creating such sitautions listed above. --- there really is not a 14th amendment. There were 37 States in the Union at the time of ratifying the amendment, so ratification by at least 28 was necessary to make the amendment an integral part of the Constitution. Actually, only 21 States legally ratified it. So it failed of ratification. No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. So the state can waive this right of equal suffrage. This proves US federal government has no right enforcing the 14th amendment in the case of gay marriages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your second point is this case that rules in favor of non discrimination which proves that adoption rights go out to all couples, despite discrimination. = when not allowing a gay couple to adopt it is not discrimination. Its preventing discrimintaion in the life of the child. - but i would also like to point out that adoption rights shouldnt go out to everyone because of this one case. That would be like saying since it is okay for one person to own a gun everyone should. To link that refrence abusive parents should not be allowed to adopt. In a way gay couple parents are indirectly verbally abusive by increasing the likelyhood of the childreen being tormented. which has the ability to leading to low self-esteem, stress, confusion regarding sexual identity, increased mental illness, drug use, promiscuity, sexually transmitted infections and homosexual behavior. ---Just because Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and Iceland allow same sex couples to adopt. are doing this doesnt mean we should too. Its like the old saying if someone was jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge would you do it too?. We shouldnt allow children to become guinie pigs, in the quest for gay children to become parents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------