I am responding to the comment about the gay couple wanting to adopt. I find it repulsive that we keep children from loving homes based on RELIGIOUS beliefs of some people that have nothing to do with the STATE. How can we say that these children will be better off without someone to love and care for them? How can we say that, especially when we know that the chance is great that these children will never have another chance at a family before they die, because they are generally unwanted due to their conditions. There are many, many types of families in this society and culture today... as we may have known before, but definitely know now that we are discussing it in this course. I think it's time that people should realize that a loving home does not necessarily consist of a mother and a father. In fact, there are times when that combination is more much more hurtful than nurturing. It is my opinion that a family is a unit that sticks together, cares for eachother and finds strength in the bonds they have created together. For some people, this is a mother and father. Some people find it in extended family. Others may only have friends that they can truly count on. In this situation with the gay parents, there is nothing that I think could be better for these children than to have a unit of strength to be a part of while they are still happy, healthy children.

As for christian ideals, I think it is anything but christian to keep children from being loved in a world that shuns them otherwise.