It is such a great thing when someone can welcome a child into their own home that is not their own. I am not talking about just an invitation, but of making them a part of the family. Adoption is a wonderful act, giving a child with nothing left to lose, the praise, encouragement, joy of a family.
With all of the homeless children that are present in the U.S. (not to mention the world) there is only one thing I fail to (or do not want to altogether) comprehend. Why negate homosexual couples/individuals the option of adoption?
Many argue that having a child grow up in an environment of homosexuality is unhealthy for a growing and absorbing mind. Yet, no one has been able to prove to me what is so unhealthy about it? The argument individuals of society use in their defense is solely based on their fear that the child growing up in this environment will become homosexual. The irony behind this is that studies have shown that children growing up with homosexual parent had the same outcome of homosexuality as those of heterosexual parents (10%). The child growing up in a house with homosexual orientation has no effect on the sexual preference the child. If this environment has any effect, it would be as an experience and taste of what is already out in the world. Also, homosexual parents are just as and more caring than the majority of heterosexual parents.
Based on all the facts that already exist in today's society, why is there still reproach towards these individuals? Because America is really not the land of acceptance and opportunity. Everything our founding fathers fought for now lie in ashes and buried files. America rests on the hands of strict religious followers that refuse to open their eyes to a part of their community. So much for their religious greatness, that they would prefer to see children starving or live a life without love than to have them fall into the hands of homosexual parents.
America needs to go back to the principles it was founded on. It's time for this nation to start opening their eyes to a group in society that has always been existent. It is time to stop the prejudice that still lives within a once strong and supporting nation. We are the United States, yet we are not all that "united" as we presume to be. One great melting pot this country turned out to be.
It's time to step out of this bubble the United States makes along its coasts. We are not the superior nation, not to mention the only nation. We are a nation comprised of multiple diverse cultures. Whether it be homosexuals, blacks, hispanics, asians, these classifications are made up of nothing other than PEOPLE.

Therefore stop the unjustice and grant homosexuals the rights everyone else is entitled to, this including the right to ADOPT!