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Same-sex Couples

 

            "When a gay couple sought to adopt a boy- who had leukemia,had been neglected by his biological parents,had lived in five foster homes,and whose adoption was favored by his legal representative- the judge deemed it "not in the interest of a seven-year-old male child to be placed for adoption into the home of a pair of adult male homosexual lovers.""(Utne 58) Three years of searching for a qualified heterosexual couple failed. This and many other similar cases have denied children a family by ignoring many qualified homosexuals. With this being an age when people are supposedly more open-minded, why is it that gays are treated this way just because of their sexual orientation?.
            


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1. Gay Couples and Adoption

... children" (Johnson 4). The Catholic Church is one of the institution which funds and leads adopting agencies and is not willing to cooperate with gay adoption which keeps several gay couples without children and many children without a home. Rachel Stewart Johnson states: "A 1977 law in Florida that stood for more than 30 years expressly forbade any homosexual person from ... adopting a child. Mississippi enacted a law in 2000, still standing, that forbids joint adoption by same-sex couples. A handful of other states have effectively blocked such adoption using less direct language, such...

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2. Should Couples Live Together Before Marriage?

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3. Same-Sex Couples and Adoption

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6. Should Gay Couples Be Allowed To Marry?

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