Homosexual Adoption Must Be Tolerated The LGBT+ community has struggled for many years to have the same rights as cisgendered heterosexuals. Within the last few years, they have gained freedoms granted to the rest of the citizens of the United States, yet many people still disapprove of adoption by homosexual couples. Many adoption agencies bar homosexual adoption, and it is extremely hard to go through with adoptions in some states. Many argue that same-sex couples cannot provide the same environment for growing up as heterosexuals; however, it should be legalized everywhere in the United States for the sake of the parents and children. Although some people demand that children need a mother and a father, homosexual adoption should be
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The only state to continue having a ban in 2016 was Mississippi, which finally nullified their ban that had been in place since 2000 (Barbash). The writer of the ban, former Governor Ronnie Musgrove, said he wrote it because of his religious beliefs, although he says now that he does not agree with the ban and wishes it to be eliminated (Jonsson). Recently, the United States District Court found Mississippi’s ban to be unconstitutional, and demanded that the state removed it (Barbash). Despite being legal in all fifty states, many adoption agencies are still allowed to deny their services to homosexual …show more content…
Bans on gay adoption can prevent children in foster care from being adopted. With the number of orphans in the United States rising, there are many children in need of loving homes (Hosking 131). Nonetheless, the American Civil Liberties Union says that “the United States is facing a critical shortage of adoptive and foster parents” (41). While it may not seem as though there are enough homosexual couples looking to adopt to make a difference, when Florida had its ban in place, approximately 165 kids had to be kept in foster care, which cost the state 2.5 million dollars a year. If the entirety of America would place a ban on same-sex adoption, it is estimated that 9300 to 14000 kids that would have been adopted without the ban would stay in foster care, which would cost the county 87 to 130 million dollars a year (Hunt and Krehely 113). For the sake of all children in foster care, adoption by same-sex couples should be legalized in all states and adoption
The only state to continue having a ban in 2016 was Mississippi, which finally nullified their ban that had been in place since 2000 (Barbash). The writer of the ban, former Governor Ronnie Musgrove, said he wrote it because of his religious beliefs, although he says now that he does not agree with the ban and wishes it to be eliminated (Jonsson). Recently, the United States District Court found Mississippi’s ban to be unconstitutional, and demanded that the state removed it (Barbash). Despite being legal in all fifty states, many adoption agencies are still allowed to deny their services to homosexual …show more content…
Bans on gay adoption can prevent children in foster care from being adopted. With the number of orphans in the United States rising, there are many children in need of loving homes (Hosking 131). Nonetheless, the American Civil Liberties Union says that “the United States is facing a critical shortage of adoptive and foster parents” (41). While it may not seem as though there are enough homosexual couples looking to adopt to make a difference, when Florida had its ban in place, approximately 165 kids had to be kept in foster care, which cost the state 2.5 million dollars a year. If the entirety of America would place a ban on same-sex adoption, it is estimated that 9300 to 14000 kids that would have been adopted without the ban would stay in foster care, which would cost the county 87 to 130 million dollars a year (Hunt and Krehely 113). For the sake of all children in foster care, adoption by same-sex couples should be legalized in all states and adoption