by J J kearns

Created on: March 10, 2009

As we all go to sleep tonight safe and warm in our beds there are thousands of children in foster homes all across America. These children will go to sleep tonight in a bed that is not their own, in a home that is strange to them, wondering when they will have to move to yet another foster home or if they will ever have a family to call their own.

Now, in towns all across America, there are couples that are going to adoption centers. These couples can provide food, shelter and a safe place for these children to lay their head at night. These couples can provide the love that these children are looking for, as well as a family. Basically, these couples look perfect on paper. If they were straight, these couples would have no problem taking a child into their home. But, these couples are gay, so they are immediately looked down upon and turned away. Why?

Now I am no expert on this, but, I am pretty sure that being gay is not something that is taught or something that you can catch like a cold. These children are not necessarily going to be gay if a gay couple adopts them. They will grow up to have the same sexual preference that they would have had any way. Also, I am pretty sure that some of those children that are waiting for a family are also gay. Don't you think that it would be a great benefit to those children to have someone to look up to, someone to show them that they are not weird or strange. Someone to help them through all the troubles of being gay.

Another reason people use against gay couples adopting is that the child will be made fun of because they have two moms or two dads. But, with it becoming more and more acceptable to be who you are gay or straight this kind of ridicule is simply not happening as much as some would like you to think. Even if it was, children are made fun of everyday for things that their parents say, things their parents do, how they look or even how their parents dress. I f my children are teased at school because I am short does it mean that I should not be allowed to be a parent?

The children that are going to sleep in a foster home tonight are looking for a place to call home. They want someone to care for them. They want to feel safe and loved. These children do not care if their new family is gay. We should not deny adoption rights to people who would, seemingly, be good parents just because of their sexual preference But, most importantly, we shouldn't deny those children a chance to have a home. Don't those children deserve to have a family.

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