Homosexuals_And_Adoption

Homosexuals And Adoption Some lesbian and gay couples are fortunate enough to live in a state where it is legal for same-sex partners to jointly adopt a child or for one partner to adopt the biological child of the other partner through a second-parent, stepparent, or domestic partner adoption. These select state laws ensure that both partners are considered legal parents of the child. Unfortunately, for many other same-sex couples, joint or second-parent adoptions are not available. Gay and lesbian couples increasingly are going to court seeking to adopt children, acquire parental rights, take on shared last names and secure the benefits similar to those of heterosexual couples. Various empirical studies and legal debates have attempted to decipher what is best not only for the children, but for society as well. The question, however, still persists: Should homosexual couples have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples do on child adoption' The child’s best interests: It is what everyone, on both sides of the issue, disputes when fighting for whether lesbian and gay men should or should not be parents. It becomes somewhat subjective, however, in that the ability of adopt, adoption, children, heterosexual, parents, mothers, should, orientation, sexual, child, lesbian, homosexuals, study, same-sex, gender, both, toys, family, development, behavior, rights, children’s, 2004, parental, gay, couples, state, research, raised, newsweek, issue, families, allowed, adjustment, two