Foster Children Need the Best Home the State of Arkansas Can Provide
The best place for
children is in a stable home with a married mother and father. If the State of Arkansas
is going to create families through adoption or foster care, it should create
good ones. Five-thousand years of human
history, countless scientific studies, every major world religion, and common
sense all tell us that the best place for children is in a stable home with a
married mother and father.
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The best place for children is in a home with two parents who are married. That statement is probably true. That being said, a home with one, two, or even more loving parental figures, be they gay or straight, married or not, single or a couple, or even polygamist/polyandrist, would be better than foster homes, orphanages, an abusive home, or no home at all.
Ban single adoptions and ssm adoptions. Its the right thing to do.
“Ban single adoptions and ssm adoptions. Its the right thing to do.”
How does keeping children out of loving homes protect them?
What foster children need is any family or person being willing to accept the challenge of providing the child with a stable home and the love and support needed to grow up and become a functional adult. There are way too many kids in foster care. Many get bounced from home to home, and dumped on the streets at age 18.
If the Arkansas Family Council has found adoptive families for every foster child in Arkansas, and can promise to continue to do so, they have the right to make their argument. If they have not done so, they should clearly state that they believe it is better for children to be bounced from one foster home to another than to be placed with a gay family, because that is what this law will do. Children that could have a chance at a good life will have it taken away by this law.
I agree. Although we should always strive to provide the child with what is best, and living in an less-than-stable home is not best, it may be BETTER than no home at all. Unmarried couples should be given the opportunity to apply and be interviewed just as married couples are.