Your sexuality should not determine whether you can adopt a child as your sexuality doesn’t change how you would be as a parent.

LGBTQI+ persons have existed for thousands of years, as has been documented since human records began - there are even stone age era markings that depict this. The counter argument to this is based in homophobic ideology, and has no place in our society.

To adopt is a choice with great consequence, and is not taken lightly. Further, it is not an "ideology" - LGBTQI+ is backed in scientific fact, it quite simply is not a choice as this statement presents.

If anything, we should be looking to improve upon the rights of said persons, and actively encouraging LGBTQI+ persons to adopt. Love is love, and a child being welcomed into a family regardless of their sexuality should be celebrated.

There are lots of species that are homosexual – it's not an ideology, it's a scientific fact. Some pairs of male penguins have been observed to adopt eggs left behind by others. If gay adoption rights are normalised by penguins, why shouldn't they be by humans?

LGBTQ people are not any different than heterosexual people and i don't see the point in discriminating against a same sex couple for the sheer idea of previous ideology. The DSM-II classified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1968 and has since been adapted to fit accordingly. We cannot use past ideologies to permit our views towards whether or not a LGBTQ couple can adopt or not. The argument of needing both a mother and father figure is entirely null due to single parents who may not get the choice of giving their child a different sex parent. We adapt to our norms within our environment and whether we like it or not, LGBTQ is a norm within the western world in the modern day and should be treated as such, especially in basic rights to be a parent to a child who would thrive with at least one parental figure.

It is a fallacy that LGBT rights have been normalised recently. For most of history LGBTQ+ people have been recognised and revered across the Globe. The right to adoption should be fundamantal for all and LGBT peopel are as good parents as anyone

Kids need two things, Love and your time... Two people can give that you are on too a winner... Gender irrelevant.

LGBT couples prove higher income and economic status and educational attainment, so can pass on good monetary and social habits and support to a troubled child. This will ultimately help them in the future more so than if they were in the care system or had heterosexual parents.