According to “TeleSur”, these countries allow same-sex couples to adopt children. The rights
of homosexuals people vary in each country, and have changed over time. One of the rights
that has been fought for is to be able to adopt, but due to the prejudices of society this has not
Same sex adoption “should be legalized everywhere because anyone who is able to
meet the requirements of being a loving parent deserves to become a parent, despite their sexual
preferences and around the world, many kids would be grateful to have two loving parents”
(Hsu, 2013). This issue emerged several years ago and along with it came another problems.
One of them has to do with the concern that the sexual orientation of the child would be affected
In the past, "the behavioral tendencies of having sex with people of the same sex go
back to the first centuries" (Layton, 2010). This is evident from artwork portraying two people
of similar sex in relationships. Same-sex couples already existed but kept it a secret so as not
to be discriminated against.
However, in some parts of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt there is evidence that same-
sex marriages were tolerated by the people of that society. It is shown that same-sex
relationships were recognized by the kingdom. For example, a Pharaonic tomb was built for a
same-sex couple. Further, none of the recorded laws of Mesopotamia, including the
educated and whether this would impact their sexual orientation. In the same way, Mark
Regnerus (2014) a sociologist at the Center for Population Research at the University of Texas,
“conducted a study on same-sex adoptions and concluded that young people who have grown
up in same-sex households are more prone to mental problems, less stable relationships and
to the parenting orientation discovered that children development was not affected by the
sexual orientation of their parents. There is are controversy on whether gay families should
adopt young children” (Premiun Papers, 2010). Moreover, they concluded that "the sexual
orientation of the parents had no effect on the development and adjustment of children, but on
the family process and the technique of the parents, regardless of the sexual orientation of the
Around the world, there are several people who were adopted by same-sex couples,
below I present a clear example of this: Zack Wahls, a boy who at the age of 19 has his own
company, and he spoke in the House Joint Resolution 6 in Iowa, “where a proposed
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage (where permitted) was being discussed to
explain their situation and experiences as a child raised by two lesbians” (Bastida, 2013). He
is a rather bright young man, who said: “In my 19 years old not once have I met an individual
who realized that I have been raised by a gay couple” (Wahls, 2011). So, his family is not that
different from us because the sense of our families does not stem from the fact that the state
has told them "they are married, congratulations." No, the sense of family derives from the
commitment to the other, from being united in difficult times and enjoying the good ones.
Driven by the love that unites us, that is what makes us a true family.
In addition to that, I can say that same sex adoption can give a child a home and
therefore a family. Also, it can give him or her an emotional and financial stability. According
to “Caracol”, between 1997 and 2016, 45 thousand children were adopted. But more than 3700
children expect to be adopted, this only in the case of Colombia. It is, therefore, important to
understand that same-sex parental adoption is, in fact, an issue that needs to be examined with
Nowadays, with all these argumentative facts, there is no precise reason to deny
homosexual people the right to adopt children because it would be inappropriate to prohibit
same-sex couples from having a similar right to others in the community. And if you exercise
that you would be exhibiting homophobia: fear, discomfort or hatred, against lesbian, gay or
bisexual people. Also, you would be trying to suggest that these parents will end up being
inferior. The best way to eliminate this strange ideology is through exposure and accepting it.
The community must recognize that homosexual people can raise children in a loving and
To conclude, there are parents who are anxious to have a child in their homes and
children who are anxious to be adopted and have a beautiful family. Unfortunately, that is
forbidden. Same sex adoption should be legalized all over the world because it would benefit
both the child and the parents, and also, society because it will decrease the rate of juvenile
offenders who are the result of a “foster home”: “a household in which a child is raised by
someone other than his natural or adoptive parent” (Dictionary, 2017). And at the end of the
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