The argument against homosexual parenting talks about promiscuous lifestyles chosen by them being inherently immoral. However, even if we concede that those lifestyles are immoral, there is no reason that would influence the children. As the APA stated, just because a child is raised by a heterosexual couple doesn't guarantee the child will end up being heterosexual. As such, a child being raised by a homosexual couple doesn't guarantee the child will be homosexual.
On the point of promiscuity I think that anyone becoming a parent needs to understand appropriate behaviors to put on display for a child. There needs to be a certain level of awareness that comes along with the additional responsibility, and I feel that homosexual parents are capable of being just a conscientious of this as heterosexual parents.
I especially think that adoption should not be restricted from these couples. Foster homes are in poor conditions and even if you argue that heterosexual parents are more appropriate for child-rearing, I would argue that a dedicated homosexual parenting pair is much more appropriate than having the child jump from foster family to foster family waiting for the "perfect" heterosexual couple.
1. Do feelings change if we discuss homosexual couples having their own biological children rather than adopting?
2. How in the world did a judge come to the conclusion that a heterosexual couple, where the father was convicted of second-degree murder and accused of sexually molesting the daughter from his first marriage, was better suited to raise a child than a lesbian couple? Is a male influence on a child really so important that it can even come from such an abomination of a man?
In response to your first question... in reality I think a homosexual couple having their own biological child can change feelings towards this,but at the same time it doesn't. Ofcourse the biological mother to the parent (lets say is a lesbian relationship) would have full legal right to the child, which is great. They would easily be able to form their own family creating for themselves an identity. The downfall to this though is that the second mother would not be given any legal rights in most states, even if the childs last name is hyphenated with both mothers names. Because so many states are against homosexual couples being united, they even shut down this kind of "adoption".
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