Until the present days, discrimination against homosexuals occurs in our society, and it occurs in many different ways. Sometimes it happens through jokes or insults that can also result in violence, but every one of these actions happen due to society’s discrimination towards homosexuals, treating them as if they were different or worse than heterosexuals. Based on this, there is controversy about a significant topic: should homosexuals be allowed to adopt children?
I do not even know why this question exists! Why should people be judged for their sexual preferences? If the question was about drug addicts or violent people, then it should be a topic to think about. But the problem is that people still have the idea that it is not a good to have a different sexual preference, and that having this is a problem so they should not be allowed to adopt children.
First, they think that one reason is because this is not the conventional family structure, saying that a family consists of a father, a mother, and a child. But why could two fathers (or two mothers) and a child not be a real family? Why is one single mother (or father) and a child not a family? My concept of family is simple: more than one person that love and take care of each other, regardless of gender, age, race or anything. Sometimes people also involve religion in the discussion, saying that homosexuality is not approved by God, so gays are not normal and good people, because they do not follow the divine laws. Religion is not something that we can discuss, but in any case, who are these people who think that they can speak for God?
Secondly, a homosexual relationship is based on love, exactly the same as the other kinds of relationships, so why would God be against love? Besides, we know that are a thousand orphan children that are just waiting to have a home, so why would God be against these poor children to finally have a chance at a happy life? Moreover, another reason people are against homosexuals adopting children is that they believe that homosexuals can influence the children to become homosexual as well. This is a really dumb thought. Do people really believe that the homosexuals of today were raised by homosexual parents? Of course not, because there is no relationship between raising children and sexual orientation.
Finally, people who intend to adopt children usually spend a lot of money and time during the process, which shows they do this because they really want to. So, my point is that they are prepared to give a good life to these children. Therefore, I believe that there are absolutely no reasons not to allow homosexuals to adopt children.
