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adopted along with their siblings. In addition to this, over 500,000 children awaiting adoption in these United States are African American boys (Munroe, 2008). Based on common sense it is also easy to see that the number of African American parents waiting to adopt children is significantly lower than the number of white heterosexual couples. Taking all of these variables into account, it can safely be said that any ban which limits the number of eligible parents to foster or adopt, is simply unacceptable. Reports by Fox News and Associated Press (2008) recently quoted Dr Jill Fussell, a pediatrician, who said "We need more homes, not less." (para 1).

Still on the topic of economics, no evidence has been presented to suggest that a white heterosexual couple is more financially stable than any same-sex couple. In fact, the opposite is the case, with statistics showing that "Significantly, same-sex couples raising adopted children are older, more educated, and have more economic resources than other adoptive parents This is fortunate for the foster-care system because an estimated 14,000 foster children are living with lesbian or gay parents, which means that same-sex parents are raising three percent of foster children in America" (Maxwell, 2008). So what is the fate of these thousands of babies if a ban is put into place? Will there be enough white heterosexual couples who are financially able and emotionally willing to adopt? The answer is of course, a resounding no, regardless of the presence of all biased opinion about homosexuality. It is a simple assumption that if no other solution is found and religious organizations cannot offer an unbiased alternative to this ongoing crisis, logic simply must prevail.

The American Psychological Association does not recognize the presence any mental deficiency where same-sex, homosexual or lesbian parents are concerned. In fact, homosexuality is not even on the list of diagnosable disorders. Biased opinion using mental stability is commonly the product of ignorance and prejudice, and therefore it has no place in the process of implementing legislation. A greater concern should be that of eradicating acts of discrimination. After all, it is not the case that an African American couples are not permitted to adopt children; the GLBT community deserves the same privileges as anyone else. Furthermore, such discrimination toward these groups of people directly affects the future of every child in state care, but does little

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