Gay partners as parents?

Cute Baby Picture - This is a picture of me and my brother's youngest when he was a baby.
United States
December 8, 2008 3:33am CST
Hello, It has been sometime sense I have posted with mylot. I know that some people have a problem with Gay couples adopting children. I am a gay male and my lover and I have been together for over 8 years now. We have many pets in our home and we see them as our kids and would never give them up for anything. For a few months now I have been feeling that something is missing in our life and home. I would love to have a little Jimmy or Jay running around. I am a kid at heart at the age of 40 and would lover to open my heart and home to a child. You see in Florida, gay couples can not adopt a child. With all the children in our world in need of a loving home, we are being denied the chance to give our love to a child. My brother allows his youngest (8 years old) to come and spend the weekend with his two uncles and when he goes home I really miss having him around. He likes to help his uncle Jay clean and help me out in the yard. We go to the flea market and yard sales together and he even went to gay pride fest with us last year. I would like to know if any other gay couples feel like I do? Do you feel that gay couples should adopt children?
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@SaintAnne (5453)
• United States
8 Dec 08
Hello cyberopjames... I am not gay but I feel strongly that yes, gay couples should have that ability to adopt children. Just like heterosexual adoptive parents, they should go through the same rigorous process and such. I don't see why we should deprive a child of a warm house and a loving family because of the potential parent's homosexuality. If he or she is financially and emotionally stable to have kids, then why not? Enjoy the time with your nephew.