https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea WGST 170 - WVU en-us 2017-06-20 21:05:12 UTC 2023-03-29 04:51:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Removelove.png kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177030968 2017-06-20 21:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177030968 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177031286 -There is no conclusive evidence that homosexuality is linked to a child's environment. Having gay parents will not make a child gay. 
-Good parenting is not influenced by sexual orientation. It is influenced most by a parent’s ability to create a loving and nurturing home. 
-Gay and lesbian parents are raising 4% of all adopted children in the United States.
-An estimated two million LGBT people are interested in adopting.]]> 2017-06-20 21:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177031286 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177031324 Religious groups and churches have always played a big role in helping to provide homes for children in the care of the state looking for a foster home or an adoptive family. 25% of Texas' state funded child welfare service consists of faith-based organizations that can now refuse service if it interferes with their deeply held religious beliefs and practices. (Rehbein, 2017)]]> 2017-06-20 21:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177031324 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177040174 some other states in the US have bills similar to The Freedom to Serve Children Act  (HB03859) in place, like...]]> 2017-06-21 00:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177040174 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177115726 2017-06-21 15:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177115726 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177115811 2017-06-21 15:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177115811 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177115999 Although same-sex marriage is legal in the United States, there are still many things these couples have trouble doing, such as adopting.]]> 2017-06-21 16:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177115999 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177116306 2017-06-21 16:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177116306 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177119294 2017-06-21 16:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177119294 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177120443 2017-06-21 16:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177120443 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177134092 Greater frequency of religious practices such as praying, reading the Bible, and attending church have a similar and significant effect the likelihood that a person opposes things such as same-sex adoption among Evangelical, Mainline Protestant and Catholic individuals (Perry & Whitehead, 2016).]]> 2017-06-21 19:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177134092 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177136120 Same-sex female partners are seen as equal to heterosexual partners by 48% of people. (Whitehead A. L., 2017)]]> 2017-06-21 20:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177136120 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177141139 2017-06-21 21:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177141139 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177143097 2017-06-21 22:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177143097 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177144937 2017-06-21 22:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177144937 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177145167 2017-06-21 22:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177145167 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177145260 2017-06-21 22:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177145260 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177147349 Bills like these allow for private (and sometimes even state-funded) adoption organizations to avoid lawsuits for discrimination if they are to turn away someone who is LGBT, a single parent, and even those who may practice a religion other than theirs. They also lessen the pool of adopting parents, which has the potential to impact children being adopted.]]> 2017-06-21 23:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177147349 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148012 It was found that attending religious services is significantly associated with the idea that same-sex couples cannot parent as effectively as a typical male-female couple (Whitehead A.L., 2017)]]> 2017-06-21 23:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148012 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148295 Even more shocking is that there is difference on opinions of male-male and female-female couples.]]> 2017-06-21 23:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148295 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148626 2017-06-21 23:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148626 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148854 Same-sex male partners are seen as equal to heterosexual partners by 48% of people. (Whitehead A. L., 2017)]]> 2017-06-22 00:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177148854 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177150464 2017-06-22 00:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177150464 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177150519 There is a way to help stop bills like these that impact children getting into good homes due to such discrimination, contact your senators and local representatives!! Send a letter, call their office, anything helps. Research shows that party affiliation impacts faith-based adoption laws just as much as religion does (Whitehead, 2016). www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Directories_vrd.htm]]> 2017-06-22 00:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177150519 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177151868 http://www.familyequality.org/get_informed/families_for_all/]]> 2017-06-22 00:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177151868 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152205 2017-06-22 00:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152205 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152288 2017-06-22 00:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152288 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152642 Due to the fact that these bills are so new, there is not much data on the impact, but the research above shows that there could be a negative impact .]]> 2017-06-22 01:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152642 kmc0012 https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152708 2017-06-22 01:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kmc0012/8d4eidjir2ea/wish/177152708