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Persuasive Essay On Gay Adoption

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Gay Adoption
In 2009, 19 percent of same-sex couples have adopted and then successfully raised children (Tavernise). Research has pointed to the conclusion that being raised by gay parents has no affect on the child's outcome or way of thinking (Gilgolff). Gay and lesbians couples, should legally be allowed to adopt children for it is their right, it benefits other children and they deserve happiness and the possibility to have their own family just like every other straight couple.
Every legal citizen of the United States should have the same and equal rights. Homosexuals are citizens too, which means they should have the same rights as everyone else.We have a choice as humans, either to allow gay people their alienable rights since birth …show more content…

However some peoples people that in order to successfully raise a child, the child needs to have both a mother and a father figure. But who was the right to say that a same sex couple couldn't raise a child just as well, if not better than a straight couple. Gay and Lesbians couples are humans with feelings and emotions like everyone else. Some people believe marriage is only for the purpose of reproduction and love, same sex couples would agree with that statement. With Gay marriage being legal in all fifty states now, making adoption easier for same sex marriage could significantly decrease the amount of orphans in this country. It would increase the amount of children being adopted since these couples would want to be like a regular family(Alvear). They will go out of their way to find a way around the laws to be happy. After raising a kid for 11 years, a couple finally decided to travel to New York just to get married because at the time New York was one of the few states that recognized gay marriage. Once married, the couple adopted their son to begin what they wanted from the start and that is a family (Ritchie).Two military women who are married were obligated to legally register their son as a stepson to one of the mothers (Biesecker).However some will disagree and state that gay adoption is just ruining our

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