When Johnny Has Two Mommies
I get a little bothered when I hear social conservatives assail gay couples who have adopted babies or, through some artificial means, parented their own child.
The recent news of Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, having a baby has caused some leading conservatives to lash out at her decision. Even the research on this topic has been exploited, it seems, to fit their view that same-sex parenting is harmful to a child.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette did a great job interviewing two young adults with at least one gay parent and examines some of the research on this topic. (The majority of studies suggest these children do as well as those from heterosexual households.)
As an adoption advocate, it upsets me to think there are people who would dissuade prospective parents from adopting children simply based on their sexual orientation. Do we really think these children are better off growing up in an orphanage overseas? or, more so in this country, raised by their single teenage moms in poverty?
DYFS is bending over backwards to get qualified adults to become foster or adoptive parents to older children. Where do you think these kids wind up if no one takes them?
I wonder how many kids missed out on a happy home because of our society's intolerance.
Here's the link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/pp/07161/793042.stm
The recent news of Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, having a baby has caused some leading conservatives to lash out at her decision. Even the research on this topic has been exploited, it seems, to fit their view that same-sex parenting is harmful to a child.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette did a great job interviewing two young adults with at least one gay parent and examines some of the research on this topic. (The majority of studies suggest these children do as well as those from heterosexual households.)
As an adoption advocate, it upsets me to think there are people who would dissuade prospective parents from adopting children simply based on their sexual orientation. Do we really think these children are better off growing up in an orphanage overseas? or, more so in this country, raised by their single teenage moms in poverty?
DYFS is bending over backwards to get qualified adults to become foster or adoptive parents to older children. Where do you think these kids wind up if no one takes them?
I wonder how many kids missed out on a happy home because of our society's intolerance.
Here's the link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/pp/07161/793042.stm
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