Persuasive Essay On Same Sex Adoption

Peter Mercurio, a playwright has succeeded in rocking the world at least once in his lifetime. Not like other great playwrights like Shakespeare, but like other great leaders of society who have shaken our world to its core. Almost 15 years ago, Peter’s partner David Stewart found a baby at a subway stop in New York City. He called Peter and told him he had found a baby and said he didn’t think 911 took him seriously when he called, according to Huffingtonpost.com. The couple later went to family court to recount what happened the night they found the baby, where the judge then asked them if they had considered adopting the baby. The judge asked the couple on a hunch that they may have wanted to adopt the young child, and when asked, the young …show more content…
The number of orphans in the United States is equivalent to the population of Los Angeles California. Something must be done to reduce this staggering figure. So why should we allow same sex adoption? The primary reason is that it has been proven by the 16 states which currently allow same sex adoption that same sex couples are over four times more likely to adopt than opposite sex couples according to lifelongadoptions.com As the number of same sex couples grows, legalizing gay adoption in 34 more states, with an adoption rate four times higher than opposite sex couples, allowing same sex couples to adopt could drastically reduce the rate of orphans across the country. The procedures for same sex couples to adopt in the sixteen states which currently allow same sex adoption are almost identical to the procedures for opposite sex couples to adopt orphans in those states. The only difference is that same sex couples must first petition for the adoption of a child. Though for same sex couples who are desperate to adopt a child who don’t live in one of the sixteen states which allow for a petition, a judge can rule in favor of the couple in other states and allow the adoption to be