Should the government allow same-sex couples to adopt children?

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However, looking through this... I guess it could work as a legal issue (which Brian mentioned when I asked him about this issue... must give credit where due...) and Jacki's previous suggestion of asking "Should single parents be allowed to adopt?" is an interesting debate as well since many politicians are arguing against same-sex couples raising children on behalf of the father and mother "requirement"... I bet we could find a few hypocrits out there, no?

We already have this one:

Are there persuasive reasons to prohibit same-sex couples from raising children?

This was never approved??  (I searched, found this, started to post evidence and then realized it was still in "proposed" limbo...)

Is there another, similar issue I'm overlooking?  (Jacki's link at the bottom of the page seems to now be dead...)

John McCain:

Mr. McCain, who with his wife, Cindy, has an adopted daughter, said flatly that he opposed allowing gay couples to adopt. “I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption,” he said.

This was an issue in last night's forum on gay issues.  Several Dems (all six that were present) answered in the affirmative.

I see my previous point about differentiating from a very similar issue, but the current wording ("Should same-sex couples be allowed to adopt children?") is the way this issue is usually discussed.  So I'm fine with approving it as-is.

Maybe "Should unmarried people be allowed to adopt?"  That would encompass both (in the vast majority of cases), while separating it a bit from this one, which is specifically about same-sex couples raising children.

i would like to discuss the following issues:

should single parents be allowed to adopt?

should gay parents be allowed to adopt?

I feel that the question: "Should homesexuals be allowed to adopt?" conjours arguments that aren't covered in Jacki's topic. I agree that both questions threaten redundancy, but there are those who think a single parents shouldn't ideally raise children either... but no one can take a child away from a single parent on that basis, or a Lesbian if the child is hers.  That legally might not apply for male homosexual couples.

Are we looking for arguments about homsexuality specifically, or arguments about children being raised with 2 parents of a single gender, regardless of sexual preference?

Additionally, should single men or women be allowed to adopt?  Regardless of sexual preference, it is yet another topic. 

I'm fine with jacki's issue.  That should cover this as well.

Yeah, I kind of prefer the other issue that Jacki links to below... they're redundant, don't need both, the other one is broader. Now my comment is redundant with hers as well.

What rights to adoption should be available to prospective gay parents?

I propose

What rights to adoption should be available to same-sex couples?

a. None
b. Foster-care only
c. Adoption of children that nobody else will adopt
d. Same rights to adopt that heterosexual couples enjoy

there's a question looming in here of course... since there is no legal "gay couple" in most states, aren't we just talking about whether gay people can adopt? After all, you don't have to be in a relationship to adopt.

i proposed a similar issue.  i prefer mine because it allows for a discussion concerning lesbian women that give birth. i do not think that we need both issues.