| Between 8 and 10 million children are being raised in a gay and lesbian household.
Source: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
Hard-to-place children
Agencies often have a hard time finding adoptive parents for older children (above age five), minority children, children with special needs (such as abused or neglected children), children with physical and mental disabilities and underprivileged children. Children in these categories are sometimes referred to as "unadoptable."
As single, lesbian and gay people seek to adopt, however, more children with special needs may be adopted. This is because single, lesbian and gay people have traditionally been prohibited from adopting and are often more flexible than married couples about adopting older, disabled or underprivileged children.
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Scott - from the Blog
saved adopted son from foster care system
I'm one of the proud 60% doing a great job raising a child as a single (gay) parent. My 12-yr-old son, forcibly removed from his mother's evil and abusive clutches (permanently) at age 5, was adopted by me 2 years ago after he floated from foster home to foster home to INSTITUTIONAL residence over a painful, tragic 5 year period. He carries nasty emotional scars from his hopelessly self-absorbed mother (the "real" dad disappeared before my son was even born!).
My son is one very difficult boy (you'd be too if you lived his life) but I must be doing something right because this profoundly learning disabled boy, who was rarely held, let alone touched by human hand as a baby decided all by himself to start calling me Daddy on the first father's day we celebrated together six months after he moved in with me. You can't even begin to know the joy I feel when I hug and kiss him goodnight, and just before I close his door his little voice calls from the darkness "I love you, daddy".
After over 15 years of being a gay guy and wanting to be a parent, I am now: DADDY!!! Before I became a dad, I knew I'd be a good one...Now I know that the reason God gave me life, His purpose for my life was to raise this most awesome and wonderful child. And I feel God tapping me on the shoulder and telling me it is almost time for me to do this again. Somewhere out there, there's another child who is not just waiting to be adopted, but waiting to be adopted by ME!
So Tyler, blabber on til you knock yourself out about kid's needing both a mom and a dad. My boy would have languished in residential care until his 18th birthday whereupon he would be turned loose into the community with no idea what it is like to be unconditionally loved by a parent, not to mention protected, nurtured and praised.
Tyler, since you have no idea what you're talking about, would you please just go live your life and leave my family and me (and my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters, and their families) to live ours.
Oh, and let me include my legal husband, whom I have not yet met but certainly will someday...I pray!
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