Comments on: Battle Already Lost

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:48:07 +0000

My husband and I have two adopted sons. If either of them turns out gay (highly unlikely in at least one case), it won’t be due to anything we’ve done.

Personal suspicion? What really bugs those people isn’t that the kids might turn out gay, but that they’ll almost certainly turn out thinking that gay people aren’t so bad.

By: Syco

Syco — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:12:26 +0000

my mom who works is Adoptions and Foster in NC hates this idea. There already aren’t enough parents who are willing.

By: merl

merl — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:19:36 +0000

I’ve heard the dumbass comment that they would raise gay kids.
But it’s straight people now who raise gay kids, right?

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:48:50 +0000

People who fight against the right of gay people to adopt should (a) have adopted several kids themselves, (b) fought hard for comprehensive sex education to prevent unwanted pregnancies, and (c) worked to keep abortion legal, so as to keep more unwanted pregnancies from becoming unwanted children.

Then, and only then, do they have even the tiniest leg to stand on in this argument.

And even with all of that, they’d still be wrong.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:31:00 +0000

I think you misunderstood the blog post you referenced. The question was not whether gay people should be allowed to adopt but whether the GOP should stop opposing gay adoption. There is a (albeit slight) difference. I am a Republican and I am in strong favor of children being adopted into loving homes, regardless the sexual orientation of the adoptive parents. Could anyone really argue that foster care is preferable? It is shameful that my colleagues on the right have not all grasped this yet, but many of us are quite logical reasonable people. Thanks for bringing this discussion up!
Jane