Adoption services should be the same across the board no matter the complexion of someone’s pigment, religion, race, even gender. “Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a New Hampshire audk”{Pience that children are better off with a father in prison than being raised in a home with lesbian parents and no father at all...” .“Gay parents "tend to be more motivated, more committed than heterosexual parents on average, because they chose to be parents," said Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark University in Massachusetts who researches gay and lesbian parenting. Gays and lesbians rarely become parents by accident, compared with an almost 50 percent accidental pregnancy rate among heterosexuals, Goldberg said. "That translates to greater commitment on average and more involvement."” “Research has shown that the kids of same-sex couples — both adopted and biological kids — …show more content…
Gay adoption is a matter left to the states, and while some states allow same-sex adoption, others do not. Gay adoption increases the pool of couples who are able to adopt, which can move more children out of the child welfare system into a stable family. This is a pro not only for the child, but it also reduces the financial burden to taxpayers.”. “Relating to Troubled Children Because gay parents may have experienced bias and prejudice themselves, they may be better able to relate to children in the child welfare system who have had troubled pasts. Gay parents may be able to better convince a child that they understand bigotry and discrimination because they have been exposed to them. This can enable gay parents to help adopted children to emotionally deal with their troubled pasts.... “While there are traditional arguments against gay adoption, there are also pros of gay