No, and I believe a mother and father family structure is best for the child

I was essentially raised by my grandma and mom, two women, and as a man this did not affect my masculinity or my mental health. I also think they did a pretty great job raising me, as I always felt loved and they encouraged me to do my best. I'm still in high school and am taking a bunch of higher level classes and I have pretty good grades. And I prefer being raised in a house with my grandma and mom, than with two different sex parents who don't know **** about parenting.

I believe if two people love each other and want a family to extend their love, they should have the right to.

In some cases I'm all for tradition, however in this case I believe if a kid gets adopted by a gay couple as long as the child is loved and cared for that's all that matters.

Children who are currently up for adoption don’t have any family to turn to currently, denying them any kind of love and support just because of the gender of the parents adopting them in favor of leaving them alone is not only: Stupid, because research shows that having same sex partners doesn’t effect a child’s upbringing, in fact the one I’m linking shows they fare slightly better (NIH study shows this https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10016267/). But it’s also inherently prejudice and is an idea laced with bias against same sex couples.

The most important factors are whether or not the adopters can and will provide a stable and nurturing environment for the children to learn and grow in. There is no reason an LGBTQIA+ couple cannot provide that as good or better than a straight relationship. Being LGBTQIA+ does not indicate whether or not you can or will provide that environment that children need. It is not a reflection of the values that you would raise the children under. Besides, when we have so many kids that age out of the foster care system rather than getting adopted, why would we deny a large group of people that may be interested in adopting and raising kids the ability to do so just because of some homophobic people?

There is no demonstrable difference in the effectiveness of parenting between a mother and father family structure and differing family structures.

Children deserve parents, no matter what sex they are. Parents also should have the right to adopt as any other.

https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2154&context=jiws this concludes that out of 72 studies only 7 find that to be true

Children in foster care need a home with a loving family it doesnt matter if the family is a mother and a father or two mothers or fathers.

What about families without a mother or father. For example death, or divorce. Is seeing one parent a week better than having two dads/moms?

A mother and father doesn't always mean a man and woman with the typical genitalia, it's about caring and protecting the child. Not every child is safe with the white picket fence family.

The concepts of what a mother and father should be are made up, and there is no one right way to raise a child.

I would generally agree, but that doesn't warrant a ban against anyone else, whether single or in a same-sex union, from adopting.

This structure is the best, but there is no reason to prevent the same sex families from having children.

all you need is 1 loving parent. 2 are even better. race, gender, sexuality, religion should not matter.

whether a couple or singleton, so many people want child and cannot have them, or want to adopt those in need or a home. these are the exact people who should be raising children.

Even if it could be proven that the mother-father family structure is best for children, that would not mean that a father-father or mother-mother family structure is negative for children. The US is filled with children who, by no fault of their own, are trapped in foster and state care and do not have stable, loving adult caretakers. Limiting adoption only to straight couples limits the options these children might have. Any same-sex couple which passes the same evaluations and background checks as a straight couple should be allowed to adopt because any stable, loving parents will be bette…  Read morer than none. Additionally, many straight couples are unstable, abusive, neglectful, or otherwise irresponsible, and there is no guarantee that any couple will remain together or that the mother and the father will be equally involved. Some same-sex couples are also conscious of the importance of male and female caretakers and might intend to deliberately include another caretaker like a grandparent, sibling, or close friend for this reason.

what matters is the child is loved, cared for, and supported, not the sexual orientation of the parents

Informed LGBT Adoption Rights

All children deserve a safe, loving home. Simply being a single parent, part of a multi-generational household, and/or part of the LGBTQIA+ community does NOT exclude any family structure from being capable of providing that for a child.

Engaged LGBT Adoption Rights

The mother and father family structure is only as good as the mother and father and their maturity to raise another human being. There are probably cases of such families not being a solid family unit, whether either (or both) parent(s) can be an alcoholic or drug addict and an abuser, making the home less of a hospitable place to raise a child. The same can be said of same-sex families, so the idea that a mother/father family structure is best is loaded when the parents' conduct can be the difference maker on whether such a family structure succeeds or fails.

There are so many children without homes that it really doesn't matter as long as they have loving parents.

If that’s the way YOU would like to raise your child then go for it, but note that children do not care about its parents’ genders nearly as much as they care about their parents’ abilities to instill good morals and prepare them for adulthood.

Th structure does not hold any power in how a person is able to take care of a child. Many single parents are able to have a child who is perfectly happy. As well as split parents. By this logic, split parents should not be allowed o have a child either.

I was essentially raised by my grandma and mom, two women, and as a man this did not affect my masculinity or my mental health. I also think they did a pretty great job raising me, as I always felt loved and they encouraged me to do my best. I'm still in high school and am taking a bunch of higher level classes and I have pretty good grades. And I prefer being raised in a house with my grandma and mom, than with two different sex parents who don't know about parenting.

As for families of parents who are the same sex or opposite sexes can have same affects on a child as living in a household with one parent.

Some mother and father family structures are unhealthy and toxic, some are also abusive, physically and/or mentally. As long as they treat the kid right I don't see a problem with same sex adoption.

It is not for the government to decide who is and isn't qualified to adopt based on gender. If two people, who are both willing and prove to be capable, want to adopt a child they should face no restrictions.

Gay couples are often accused of being harmful parental models for children, however gay couples can often put kids in a better position as kids in a family with LGBT parents know that they will be loved and accepted.

By that logic, we should also restrict adoption rights and be critical of the structure of single-parent households, right?
Obviously not, it's a baseless argument.

Even mothers and fathers can't be good at parenting. There have been many crimes concerning domestic abuse that come from a mother and father home. There isn't a perfect family structures, plus if a member of the LGBT community decides to adopt that means they really want one.

why do you care? its not you business and aslong as the child isnt being actively harmed it isnt bothering you.

And this is why youre single.