Should gay people be allowed to adopt?

Question is, are the homophobes putting the children first, or themselves first?

Honestly? I don't think they should, they could foster maybe, but not adopt. It's just my opinion and I have nothing against gay couples and support same sex marriage.. but I would hate to be adopted by a gay couple personally. Yes people get bullied for other things- but I think this is one of the worst things and stays with you for the rest of your life. I can see why people agree though as it gives them a chance to raise a child. But overall I'd say no. Just my opinion!

NYU2012 has posted research (I don't remember if it was in this thread or somewhere else, but if its not here I'll get him to post it) that says that it actually isn't any worse than any other kind of bullying.
And this is supplemented by my own personal experience (I know anecdotes don't count as evidence, but it does give you a bit of perspective) that when I was bullied for things about my parents (they're not gay but they're both obese) I found that less traumatic and it stuck with me less than when I was bullied for things to do with me (intelligence, not being good at sports).
And having gay parents does not automatically mean a child will be bullied, I do know someone who has two gay mums and he has never been bullied for it.

Adopt Yes, But to biologically have one if your gay in my opinion is pointless as, well for gays it would be pretty much the same as the adopt option.

I was bullied by this one girl because I was really good at science and maths and I never had to attend the revision sessions for tests and exams and she did. And then when I still got a better grade than her and she was jealous that it was so easy for me and would try to make me feel bad so I wouldn't do better than her anymore. I know this because I saw her last summer in the pub and she told me and apologised for how she'd treated me.
I was never cocky about it, in fact I hated it when my teacher would announce test results because I preferred to keep myself to myself when I was in high school. You don't know me, stop thinking you understand my life!

One event is not really bullying, it's an isolated incident. One girl making my life hell over the course of 5 years is bullying.
Now, let's get back to the topic at hand instead of you showing your ignorance some more.

In all my time at school i never saw one kid bullied for being fat, ginger, intelligent or bad at sports. I saw people bullied for being teachers pets and snitching. Mine was a pretty tough school. Lots of fighting and stuff.

What do you want, a bloody medal. Your useless, irrelevant drivel is no longer laughable, it is merely irritating.

How is this even a discussion in the 21st century?

57 pages! Some people should be ashamed.

Of course they should be allowed.

Whats the best argument against it? They'll be bullied?

Honestly? I don't think they should, they could foster maybe, but not adopt. It's just my opinion and I have nothing against gay couples and support same sex marriage.. but I would hate to be adopted by a gay couple personally. Yes people get bullied for other things- but I think this is one of the worst things and stays with you for the rest of your life. I can see why people agree though as it gives them a chance to raise a child. But overall I'd say no. Just my opinion!

Well i imagine homophobes would be anti gay rights in general. I myself am in favour of gays having exactly the same rights as everyone else including the right to form m/f partnerships for the purpose of child rearing.

Adopt Yes, But to biologically have one if your gay in my opinion is pointless as, well for gays it would be pretty much the same as the adopt option.

1v1 = fair. Bullying is the main body of the class vs 1.

Nah it would cause too much bullying and hatred. It's best if we do not diverge from the natural order too far. I mean it's okay to be looked after by two gays, being a guardian, but treating the child as a SON is the problem.

Why are we dealing with bullying by removing the trait from the victim rather than trying to change the attitudes of the bullies?
Naturalistic fallacy - if we didn't diverge from the natural order and into treating illness we wouldn't have medicine. Not to mention adopting at all would be 'diverging from the natural order' as you put it.
Research shows that same-sex parents are as good as opposite-sex parents.

Well i imagine homophobes would be anti gay rights in general. I myself am in favour of gays having exactly the same rights as everyone else including the right to form m/f partnerships for the purpose of child rearing.

Why are we dealing with bullying by removing the trait from the victim rather than trying to change the attitudes of the bullies?
Naturalistic fallacy - if we didn't diverge from the natural order and into treating illness we wouldn't have medicine. Not to mention adopting at all would be 'diverging from the natural order' as you put it.
Research shows that same-sex parents are as good as opposite-sex parents.

Research shows lmfao... Obviously they're human. If you have two dads and you go to school, it will be used against you. It is not safe for the child. Gay people are generally funny guiz uno

Research shows lmfao... Obviously they're human. If you have two dads and you go to school, it will be used against you. It is not safe for the child. Gay people are generally funny guiz uno

Someone I knew has two dads. They got no stick for it, in fact, the kids at my school were more perplexed than anything.