Myths about gay couples adopting
When a regular couple announce that they are going to have a baby, they usually get a congratulation. When a couple announce that they are going to adopt they might get a slightly different reaction. And when a gay couple announce that they are going to adopt they may get a very different reaction. Often they get some concerned looks and a lot of questions. When Lyenne Elvins from Bristol told people at work that she was going to adopt with her girlfriend Emma they got responses like “are you even allowed to do that?” and “why do you even want to do that?” One of her colleagues even took her to the side and told her to not tell people that she was adopting, because some people would really disapprove of this. Some people think gay couples adopt children just as some kind of “trophy” to mimic heterosexual couples, and some people think gay couples are recruiting children to their “gay agenda”. Should
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If a child is not adopted to a family, it will in most cases have to live in an orphanage or a temporary home. Neither are any good. The word orphanage itself, has a negative ring to it. In orphanages there live many children, each child rarely gets the attention and support they need. Temporary homes can be really destructive for a child. Children are mostly placed in temporary homes when they are waiting to be adopted. The child then starts really bonding with the family, just to be ripped out and placed into a new temporary family. This process can happen several times, until the child is adopted. I have personal experience with this, as my sister is adopted. She was moved around in many different families, and because of this she has developed some trust issues, and has a hard time concentrating. My point is; if gay couples are not allowed to adopt, there will be more children in orphanages and temporary homes, where they seldom get the treatment they