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User voted Yes.
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Jul 3, 2015

If they meet the criteria of being able to provide a good home, sure.

Nobody should be allowed to adopt, or foster, children if a good home cannot be provided.

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Sep 9, 2015

That's a necessary condition, but the question is not there. I think what the author meant is 'should people that don't have the same sexuality as me be able to raise children ?' So I think that your answer is too general.

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User voted Yes.
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Oct 20, 2015

Sure, just because they happen to be homosexual, doesn't mean they will be bad parents, just like being straight doesn't mean you'll be a good parent.

A child in a loving home, even if their "parents" are gay, is far better off then in foster care.

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Jul 13, 2016

For sure! Homosexuals in many cases are much more kind and noble to children than many "normal" parents!

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Jul 13, 2016

Yes.

Even if there was compelling evidence that homosexuals in general are worse parents, and even if that evidence was that they were on average substantially worse parents, no average evidence is a sufficient reason to take away a right or treat someone as anything besides an individual. Of course, such evidence does not exist: The overwhelming bulk of the evidence indicates that homosexual parents are just as fit as straight parents, and even the indicators to the contrary routinely are clear that any barriers that are faced are due to the effects of homophobia such as stigma and institutional disadvantage. The research critical of gay parents has routinely been incredibly dishonest and hobbled with clearly intentional methodological flaws, and that research has been heavily funded by groups like Heritage, the Witherspoon Institute, and so forth.

The only factors that should dictate if someone is allowed to adopt a child are individual factors that relate to their fitness for childrearing: income, past criminal record, etc. If gay parents are as bad of parents as conservatives allege on average, then each individual bad parent should of course be denied, but those that would buck that trend should still be allowed their rights.

It is a tragic indicator of how deeply ingrained our tendencies are to not view rights as sacred and as the default state to only be threatened when there is an immensely compelling reason to do so that so many conservatives, including small-government conservatives, have rushed to deny others their rights based on who they choose to love and associate with.

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Jul 20, 2015

Studies have shown gay people raise children better, probably because of the lack of unintentional pregnancy. Saying otherwise is almost never based in facts but is a matter of prejudice; sexism or homophobia.

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Aug 29, 2015

Citation needed....

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