Mary
Smolnisky
Period 2 American Lit
26 February 2018
Should Gay Adoption be allowed
Many people argue if it’s right to let gay couples adopt children because of religious reasons. Gay adoption means having two homosexuals take care of and add a child to their growing families. Gay adoption is legal but some people still deny the gay couples the right of adopting a child. Consider that there are roughly 400,000 orphans in the U.S alone. People could really lower that amount if they were willing to allow any healthy couples to adopt. Many people believe gay adoption is not beneficial for a child, however, gay couples do not negatively affect a child’s development.
Some people believe discrimination against …show more content…
Discrimination is real because employees are targeting gays. “Employers are finding ways around laws that protect gays from job discrimination” (Williams 51). Some gay people get rejected for jobs just because of being gay so why don’t strait people get rejected for jobs because they are straight? “The second day of work they stole my security card and pasted my photo on the head of a man in the middle of this gay threesome” Said Mark Anderson. Gays get targeted at work at home and anywhere they go by homophobic people. “Gays frequently encounter homophobia, harassment, unfair treatment, and job termination if their sexual orientation becomes public knowledge” (Discrimination …show more content…
“There are a lot of kids in foster care, lots of kids who need adopting, we want more people participating in the process not fewer” said Ms. Slatler. People need to focus on the needs of the kids not biases of people’s opinions towards gays. “Getting them into a safe, loving environment is a higher priority than the case of the sexuality of the parents at that point” said Tom Kenyon. Some gay parents have brought their private life to the public’s knowledge about how their children weren’t harmed at all. “Gay fathers have reported that their children did not show any social, psychological or emotional problems” (Barrett and
Smolnisky
Period 2 American Lit
26 February 2018
Should Gay Adoption be allowed
Many people argue if it’s right to let gay couples adopt children because of religious reasons. Gay adoption means having two homosexuals take care of and add a child to their growing families. Gay adoption is legal but some people still deny the gay couples the right of adopting a child. Consider that there are roughly 400,000 orphans in the U.S alone. People could really lower that amount if they were willing to allow any healthy couples to adopt. Many people believe gay adoption is not beneficial for a child, however, gay couples do not negatively affect a child’s development.
Some people believe discrimination against …show more content…
Discrimination is real because employees are targeting gays. “Employers are finding ways around laws that protect gays from job discrimination” (Williams 51). Some gay people get rejected for jobs just because of being gay so why don’t strait people get rejected for jobs because they are straight? “The second day of work they stole my security card and pasted my photo on the head of a man in the middle of this gay threesome” Said Mark Anderson. Gays get targeted at work at home and anywhere they go by homophobic people. “Gays frequently encounter homophobia, harassment, unfair treatment, and job termination if their sexual orientation becomes public knowledge” (Discrimination …show more content…
“There are a lot of kids in foster care, lots of kids who need adopting, we want more people participating in the process not fewer” said Ms. Slatler. People need to focus on the needs of the kids not biases of people’s opinions towards gays. “Getting them into a safe, loving environment is a higher priority than the case of the sexuality of the parents at that point” said Tom Kenyon. Some gay parents have brought their private life to the public’s knowledge about how their children weren’t harmed at all. “Gay fathers have reported that their children did not show any social, psychological or emotional problems” (Barrett and