Gay Home Research Paper

Children all over the world just want to be loved. Everyone has their basic needs like shelter, food, and water, but the care and compassion of a parent or guardian is also necessary for children to be able to grow up and be productive, prosperous citizens to society. So, the question is not whether same-sex couples are capable of raising children, but if that is better than leaving kids under the roof of a foster “home”. Same-sex couples provide a desirable home for unadopted children, contrasted with the upbringing that they may or may not receive by being another victim to the foster care system. One of the arguments usually brought up on the opposing side of this argument is that children raised in a gay home won’t fare as well in the world as children brought up in a heterosexual home. For someone to say this, they would be talking through …show more content…
Shmuley Boteach talking to a friend about Rosie O’Donnell adopting four children said, “When I told a religious friend about being inspired by Rosie’s adoption of four children, he said to me: ‘How sad that these kids are never going to have a father.’ Lost on him was the irony that without Rosie, they wouldn’t have a mother either.” Shmuley also brings about a challenge to people that are against same-sex adoption, by putting themselves on the list to adopt children instead. Also, he uses a comparison to “don’t ask, don’t tell” in the military. If you’re so against gay people serving in our armed forces, then why don’t you sign up for the job yourself. Shmuley brings up another great point when he says, “That some people would prefer that unwanted children remain in orphanages rather than in warm and welcoming homes is a sad commentary on the self-appointed morality police of our time.” (Boteach, 2012). Gay parents are willing to start families, and these abandoned children are ready to be in a loving