Same sex couples should be federally allowed to adopt.

Let's look at the facts: 1. Science (American Psychology Association, American Psychiatric Assiciation, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Anthropological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics) proves that gays make just as good parents as straight people. 2. Common sense will tell you that living your whole life in an orphanage is no fun. The United States Department of Health and Human Services will tell you that orphans are often abused, neglected and molested. 3. The 14th Amendment tells you that discrimination is illegal. It is the basis for interracial marriage and women's voting rights. My opponent's only rebuttals are that it was not ratified correctly, which was disproved. All 50 states ratified it by 2003. He also says that legality is secondary. But this is false. The Constitution is put before all government procedures. And science proves that the child is not even hurt. There is no reason to vote CON. There is every reason from discrimination to constitutionality to child well-being to vote PRO! I. 14th Amendment >>> Confederates were forced to ratify amendment +++ They were not forced. As a condition of loosing the war they could only join the Union if they ratified the amendment. It was a condition of war. They agreed to it. It was the price they paid for the Civil War. Every war has conditions that have to be followed after loss. +++ The amendment has now been ratified by every state. All 50 states in the Union have ratied the Amendment. YOU CAN'T IGNORE THIS! The Amendment was ratified in Ohio in 2003 as the last state in the Union.(http://www.enquirer.com...) +++ If the Amendment wouldn't count, women would never have gotten the right to vote and interracial marriage would be illegal. II. Child Discrimination >>> The kids will be discriminated against. +++ Many kids choose to keep it secret and nobody ever finds out. +++ Not alowing gays to adopt, because their children may be embarrassed is discrimination. It is saying: YOU CAN'T ADOPT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GAY! III. Children absorb a lot, their sense of gender roles are impressionable +++ Sexual orientation is wired into your system. You do not become gay by watching other people being gay. You don't become tall, by hanging around tall people. +++ Science proves otherwise. My quotes from the scientific organizations disagree with you. They say there is no difference in the outcome of a child because its parents are gay. IV. The child has no chance at being straight with gay parents +++ This is disproved in many gay adoptions. +++ Science disagrees with you. +++ Why is it that with two straight, religious parents some children become gay? V. This is denying a child a true home if there is no mother or father +++ This is an insult to single parents everywhere. +++ If a kid is forced to live in an orphanage, they will most likely prefer a home with parents and love rather than a neglectful home with a supervisor. VI. Studies indicate that children in homosexual households are four times more likely to identify as homosexual or get involved in homosexual behavior than children raised in single-parent households. +++ This is a lie. No such study exists. I looked for it. If it does exist, it is from a religious group that is biased like NARTH, Exodus, or Focus on the Family. +++ If this lie has any truth, SO WHAT. Being gay is not a curse. Although, this study does not exist. It is a lie. VII. Why not give kids the best possible chance at a normal, healthy family life instead of using them to make a cultural statement?" +++ I gave a bunch of scientific quotes that disproves this. Gay parents do a good job. Single parents don't do as good a job, sadly. Studies show they are less efficient, but two parents works well. +++ If the kid is in an orphanage, he should and will take a chance at adoption rather than a life without parents or love in an orphanage. VIII. statistics show gay people are less likely to stay in relationships. +++ This is untrue. Show me the statistic. Show me that it is not biased and is scientific. IX. As the American Academy of Pediatrics eventually put it: Research exploring the diversity of parental relationships among gay and lesbian parents is just beginning. +++ Research may be just beginning. But all the research leans to my side. Your side is evidence-less and disproved. All it has to lean on is social stereotypes. +++ What about the American Psychology Association, American Psychiatric Assiciation, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American Anthropological Association? X. it should be exposed to a natural, "normal" lifestyle. +++ Two gay parents (which has been peoven to be just as effective as two sraight parents) are better than an orphanage. Period. XI. who is one to say that when the all adopted children of gay parents grow up, they like the fact their parents are gay. +++ You don't to choose your parents. You are doing that child a major disservice by forcing that child to live in an orphanage and never experience love. Most likely be molested and abused [US Dept. Health & Human Services]. And have every Christmas and their entire wardrobe be with donated hand-me-downs. =============================================================================== Let's look at the facts: 1. Science (American Psychology Association, American Psychiatric Assiciation, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Anthropological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics) proves that gays make just as good parents as straight people. 2. Common sense will tell you that living your whole life in an orphanage is no fun. The United States Department of Health and Human Services will tell you that orphans are often abused, neglected and molested. 3. The 14th Amendment tells you that discrimination is illegal. It is the basis for interracial marriage and women's voting rights. My opponent's only rebuttals are that it was not ratified correctly, which was disproved. All 50 states ratified it by 2003. He also says that legality is secondary. But this is false. The Constitution is put before all government procedures. And science proves that the child is not even hurt. There is no reason to vote CON. There is every reason from discrimination to constitutionality to child well-being to vote PRO! Thank you.