Researchers estimate that the total number of children nationwide living with at least one gay parent ranges from six to fourteen million a year.1
Being gay or lesbian should not keep you from adopting the child that you have always wanted. I believe that gay and lesbian couples should be treated equally and have just as much right to adopt a child, as straight couples do.
There are many states that no longer deny custody or visitation to a person based on sexual orientation. Courts now apply a "best interest of the child" standard to decide in these cases whether adoption is an option.2
Around the many states have recently considered bans on gay and lesbian foster care and/or adoption parents.
Many assumptions are made about whether
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