Gay parents are better than no parents

Catholic adoption agencies will not place children with homosexual couples.

As a Catholic, I think this policy needs to change.

The practice makes sense when placed in line with Catholic teaching. The family unit, per church doctrine, needs to reflect the unity of the Holy Trinity.

Therefore, out of the love a man has for his wife, a child is born.

That is the nutshell definition of the church’s stand on traditional marriage. Because it adheres to this idea, it does not see homosexual relationships as reflections of true love. The church wants children placed into homes that understand “true” love.

Not all Catholics believe this to be true.

In fact, the church is in the middle of drastic change. It’s members are trying to move the Church into a more accepting, secular and political position.

Although the church and the secular world will never agree on the meaning of the act of sex and which forms of sex are “moral” and which aren’t, we can all agree that the family unit is changing.

The idea that homosexual love is not as significant or important as heterosexual love is, frankly, ridiculous.

The idea that a homosexual family unit lacks a meaningful relationship or basic understanding of love and a heterosexual relationship does solely based on the idea that both genders are represented is, again, ridiculous.

There is no clear, logical reason that a homosexual couple cannot raise a well-rounded, healthy child.

There are a lot of children that need homes.

Nitpicking about the morality or “rightness” of the marriage is petty when compared to the real problem we have with homeless, starving children.

And if the church were really to adhere with church doctrine, it would place the safety and happiness of a child over its dated beliefs about homosexual relationships.

The good news is a majority of Catholic Americans now support gay marriage.

They will realize that love takes two people and nothing more. It does not matter if both are men, both are women, one is transgender or one is a man and the other a woman.
As long as two people are giving themselves to one another, love is there. And they should have the right to adopt a child.

­— ewenning@indiana.edu
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