Gay parenting has been viewed various ways by society, some view it as awful, and some stand somewhere in between. Same sex parenting has been around since for a few decades, yet not publicly acknowledged until about 2010 when same sex partners started fighting for the right to legally care for the wellbeing of a child. It is strongly believed by some in society that one man and one woman should raise a family in a home that consist of a married couple, man and a woman, and their natural born or adopted children. Throughout the years, same sex couples fighting for their right to adopt, and raise children are altering this belief. Same sex couples are capable of raising productive members of society, due to the fact; they protect their children from bullying, meet the criteria to adoption, and seek advice to parenting children of unique circumstances.
Various members of society see being bullied as unacceptable, it is also in some circumstances considered “kids being kids” by
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ACLUs website states “Last year only 20,000 of the 100,000 foster children in need of adoption were adopted, including children adopted by single people as well as married couples. Our Adoption and foster care policies must deal with reality or these children will never have stable and loving homes.” (“ACLU”) Most members of society feel as though gay couples cannot be good parents even if they tried to be although other findings from ACLU conclude, “Good parenting is not influenced by sexual orientation. Rather, it is influenced most profoundly by a parent’s ability to create a loving and nurturing home—an ability that does not depend on whether a parent is gay or straight.” (“ACLU”) A child that is naturally born to a family does not get to choose if their mother or father decides to live their “true” sexual