Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?

Yes, if couples regardless of their sexual orientation, want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, then they should be allowed to adopt a child and pass the same background checks as heterosexual couples. However, individual/faith-based adoption agencies should not be forced to violate their beliefs and let them decide or choose which couples to be prioritized.

Yes, if couples regardless of their sexual orientation, want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, then they should be allowed to adopt a child and pass the same background checks as heterosexual couples. However, we should let individual/faith-based adoption agencies them decide or choose which couples to be prioritized.

Yes, if couples, regardless of their sexual orientation, want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, they should the right to adopt a child and pass the same background checks as straight couples. However, individual/faith-based adoption agencies should not be forced to violate their beliefs, and let them decide or choose which couples should be prioritized.

Yes, if couples regardless of their sexual orientation, want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, they should the right to adopt a child and pass the same background checks as straight couples. However, individual/faith-based adoption agencies should not be forced to violate their beliefs, and let them decide or choose which couples should be prioritized.

Yes, if couples regardless of their sexual orientation want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, they should have the right to adopt a child and pass the same background checks as straight couples. But individual/faith-based adoption agencies should not be forced to violate their beliefs, and let them decide or choose which couples should be prioritized.

How might the experience of a child raised by gay parents differ from one raised by straight parents, if at all?

If the ultimate goal is to provide a loving home for a child, how do you think the sexual orientation of the parents factors into this?

Reflect on the role a parent's gender plays in parenting; does it matter if a child has two moms, two dads, or one of each?

Can you think of any reasons why a gay couple might be more or less suited to adoption than a straight couple?

What personal qualities do you think are most important for adoptive parents to have, and are these related to sexual orientation?

How do you think historical attitudes toward LGBT individuals might impact their rights to adopt today and how has this changed over time?

How do you think your own upbringing would influence your view on whether gay couples should have the same adoption rights as straight couples?

Thinking about the idea of 'traditional family values,' how do you see these concepts adapting as society changes?

Does the need for more adoptive families in many parts of the world affect your perspective on who should be able to adopt?

Yes, they have the same rights to parenthood as straight couples

Yes, but we should work more on keeping families together than giving children away

Each adoption agency should decide on this.

No, let straight families have doctors forge adoption papers to hide mental illness instead.

Yes, as long as their sexual beliefs are not pressed upon the children and pass the same background checks as straight couples.

They should receive the same rights, it should just be up to the child being adopted if they are okay with having same sex parents

No, and a family should be legally and culturally defined as a mother, father, and their children

Yes, if very kind hearted, genuine, and caring parents who want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, they should be able to provide for a needing child. However, religious adoption agencies should not be forced to violate their beliefs. They can always use another agency who doesn’t have a moral or religious objection.

Yes, if parents, regardless of their sexual orientation, want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, then they should be allowed to adopt a child. There should be background checks done to both heterosexual and gay couples as well. However, individual/faith-based adoption agencies should not be forced to violate their beliefs and let them decide or choose which couples to be prioritized.

if they are fit to be parents and are clean of any bad things yes they should be able to adopt just like any normal family can.

Yes, if couples regardless of their sexual orientation, want to raise a child and provide a stable living environment, then they should be allowed to adopt a child. However, individual/faith-based adoption agencies should not be forced to violate their beliefs and let them decide or choose which couples to be prioritized.

Adoption should no longer be legal for anyone.

Yes, as long as the child is comfortable with it.

If a child can be provided a stable, loving environment, what significance, if any, do you believe the sexual orientation of the adoptive parents has?

Yes, they are equally capable of caring for a child as well as heterosexual couples

Yes, as long as they pass the same background checks, but individual adoption agencies (especially religious adoption agencies) should not be forced to violate their beliefs. I also believe a masculine and feminine balance is the best environment for child development, though this does not necessarily have to come from a man and a woman.

Yes but the child should have the right to reject them.

Yes but they should only be able to adopt children of their gender.

Yes but they can only adopt children that are the same gender as them

Yes but require the children to have consoling.

Yes but require children 9 and under to have counseling.

Yes but allow children to reject them

Yes but they can only adopt children 10 and older

Yes but children should have the right to reject them

Yes but they can only adopt children 10 and older that way they can consent

Yes but they should require family counseling

Yes but they should require family counseling unless the child says they don’t need it

Yes but children should have the right to reject them.

No, only heterosexual (but not heterosexual allies) and asexual but opposite sex couples who are lawfully married should be allowed to have adoption rights

I think it would not be a good idea, the kid could get bullied because of her/his parents at school and it may even influence the kid to like his/her same gender.

Yes, but allow religious agencies to refuse them

Heteroseuxual relationships are better for children then gay or single parent scenarios however a single parent or homosexual couple makes a much better parent than foster care.

They should be able to adopt, but religious entities should not be forced to serve them.

Children should not be in state custody

sure there just as much as a citizen as anyone else in the us

No, and sem-sex (by birth) couples should not be able to adopt children, and neither should anyone else who is not a born-man and a born-woman who are married. (No single people, either)

Yes, as long as the gay couple promise to allow to child to make personal choices regarding sexual preference and as long as they agree to not push or indoctrinate an alternative sexual lifestyle.

Adoption is child abandonment and should be banned.

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure. However, adoption agencies should always prioritize the well-being of the child first and foremost in each case

No, and I believe that each child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure. However, adoption agencies should always prioritize the well-being of the child first in each individual case

No, and I believe that each child is born with the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure. Gay couples may be considered if no suitable straight couples are found to meet the child's best interests

No, each child is born with the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure, but allow gay couples to be considered if no suitable straight couples are found to meet the child's best interests

No, as I believe that each child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within a mother and father family structure. However, adoption agencies should always place the well-being of the child first in each situation

Regardless, adoption agencies should base their decision on the couple that can best provide for the individual child's needs, both emotionally and financially

Yes, adoption agencies should prioritize their decision on the couple that can best provide for the individual child's needs, both emotionally and financially

Yes, as long as adoption agencies prioritize their decision on the couple that can best provide for the individual child's needs, both emotionally and financially

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within a mother and father family structure

No, each individual child has the natural right to a mother and father family structure. However, adoption agencies should have the right to decide to offer a child to a gay couple if they can best provide for the individual child's needs, both emotionally and financially

No, each individual child has the natural right to a mother and father family structure

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within a mother and father family structure, but priority should always be given to the wellbeing of the child when evaluating the suitability of the prospective parents

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within a mother and father family structure, but priority should always be given to the wellbeing of the child when evaluating the prospective parents

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within a mother and father family structure, but priority should always be given to the wellbeing of the child over the desires of the prospective parents

We should abolish all adoptions in favor of guardianships as current adoptions violate the United Nations rights of the child articles 7,8,9,10,11.20, and 21. Guardianship status should not be determined via orientation.

No, each child is entitled to the natural right of a mother and father family structure

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within and experience a traditional mother and father family structure.

If there is a gay and straight couple with the same merit - prioritise the straight couple regardless of time frame - a straight couple expects to have the option of having a child; a gay couple knows they can't conceive a biological child between them, therefore it is fairer that the straight couple are offered a place beforehand. Furthermore, a straight (mother-father) setup will make the child's life easier, and THAT is what matters the most - the child, NOT the parents.

No, each child has the natural right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure. Allow gay couples to adopt only when they are found to be more suitable to meet the child's needs over any interested straight couples

No, each child has the right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure. Gay couples should be allowed to adopt only when they are found to be more psychologically and financially able to meet the child's needs over interested straight couples

No, each child has the natural right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure. Gay couples should be allowed to adopt when they are found to be more capable of meeting an individual child's needs than all interested straight couples

No, each child has the individual right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure. Gay couples should be allowed to adopt only when they are found to be more psychologically and financially fit to meet the child's needs over interested straight couples

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within a mother and father family structure, but the well-being of the child should always take precedence over the wishes of any prospective parents.

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised within and experience a mother and father family structure

No, as I believe that each individual child has the natural right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure

No, each child has the individual right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure. Gay couples should be allowed to adopt only when they are found to be more psychologically and financially fit to meet the child's needs over any interested straight couples

No, each child has the right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure. Gay couples should be allowed to adopt only when they are found to be more psychologically and financially fit to meet the child's needs over any interested straight couples

No, each child has the natural right to experience and be raised within a mother and father family structure. However, adoption agencies should allow gay couples to adopt when they are found to be more capable of meeting the child's needs over any interested straight couples

No, every individual child has the natural right to experience a mother and father family structure.

No, every individual child has the natural right to experience a mother and father family structure

Treat them like straight couples, because children in foster care would prefer Gay or Lesbian parents to no parents.

No, every individual child has the natural right to have a mother and father family structure.

Yes, as long as adoption agencies are prioritizing an individual child's needs above all else, regardless of the couple's sexual preference. Bi-sexual and transgender couples should be excluded from adopting children.

No, as each individual child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure.

No, each individual child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure.

No, a child possesses a natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure as long as the individual child's needs can be met

No, and I believe that each individual child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure.

No, children of adoption possess a natural right to be raised by a mother and father as long as they are able to meet the child's individual needs

No, as I believe that an individual child possesses a natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure as long as the child's needs can be met

No, as each individual child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure

No, as I believe that every individual child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure

neither of them should have the right to adopt children

No, and I believe that every individual child has the natural right to be raised in a mother and father family structure

No, but individual agencies should have the right to do so based on prioritizing the well-being of each individual child

No, but individual agencies should have the right to do so, or not do so, based on prioritizing the well-being of each individual child

No, each child has the natural right to a mother and father family structure. Individual adoption agencies, however, should be allowed to prioritize the wellbeing of children first and foremost and offer the child to a gay couple if they are more suitable prospective parents