Gays Adopting Children

Running head : GAYS ADOPTING CHILDREN

Gays Adopting Children : Pro et Contra

Society is a flexible structure . Only this way it can serve the best way for its members . Democratic process is aimed to increase the rights of its citizens . Nowadays the theme of sexuality becomes an important social issue . Recognition of rights of homosexuals is an important process , which signifies that a lot of people are ready to express freely their sexual preferences and are ready to fight for their rights Legalization of homosexual marriages and the right of such couples to

br adopt children is an important and controversial issue of our time Researchers estimate that the living with at least one gay parent ranges from six to 14 million (Gottman , 105 . At the present moment many countries legalized the right of lesbian and gay couples to adapt children . Such countries as HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Andorra " \o "Andorra " Andorra , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Belgium " \o "Belgium Belgium , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Guam " \o "Guam Guam , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Iceland " \o "Iceland Iceland , the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Netherlands " \o "Netherlands " Netherlands , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Sweden " \o "Sweden " Sweden , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /South_Africa " \o "South Africa " South Africa , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Spain " \o "Spain Spain , the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /United_Kingdom " \o "United Kingdom " United Kingdom . It is also legal in some separate parts of the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Australia " \o "Australia " Australia , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Canada " \o "Canada " Canada and the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /United_States " \o "United States " United States . In the United States of America 22 states allow lesbian and gay couples to adopt children

The issue is so burning because for homosexual parents adopting becomes the only way to have a child . Even the artificial insemination can not be applied in all cases . First of all this method can be used only for lesbian couples . In addition another spouse form the couple has to adopt a child in to become his legal parent . For gay couples this method can not be applied . In addition , adopting is a right of each person That is the reason the question is more important than just an opportunity for homosexual couples to have children

In April 2001 Holland enlarged the definition of marriage and enabled the people of the same sex to get married . Same did Belgium in 2003 . The next was Canada . Same sex couples can get married in San Francisco since February 12 of the 2004 , because of an action by their mayor . The question of the legislation of homosexual marriages becomes more and more burning and needs a deep survey . There are a lot of reasons against same sex marriages . One of the reasons is that homosexual marriages contradict the tradition . The idea of homosexual marriages threats the very idea of the sanctity of the marriage...