Anyone else oppose gay adoption? #eltonjohn
— MatchbookThieves (@EWThief153) April 11, 2016
Saying that an lgbt couple can't adopt because they're gay is like saying that a vegetarian can't adopt because they don't eat meat. — Zoe Hovinga (@thegreatzoinski) April 5, 2016According to the Pew Research Center, there are about 24 countries that currently have laws that allow same-sex marriage. Many of these countries are in Europe and the Americas, as well as some jurisdictions in Mexico. According to BBC, in 2014 there were still seven countries in the world where homosexuality was punishable by death and over 30 countries where it was punished by imprisonment. Here is a link showing the different countries and their policies around the world. While some individuals and religions regard homosexuality as a sin, Claflin disagrees. “For the longest time I thought it was ridiculous that people were opposing gay marriage legally in the United States, but then punishing somebody for the way they were born in such an extreme manner such as physical punishment is just beyond my comprehension,” Claflin said. In America, homosexuality hasn’t been legally punishable by death since the 17 th century and hasn’t been punishable by imprisonment since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Sodomy Laws in June of 2003. That doesn’t mean that homosexuality was or is accepted by everyone. Here is a link showing how gay rights have spread around the world over the last 224 years. Most recently debates involving gay rights have been about whether or not having two parents of the same sex negatively affects the child whether it be socially, academically, psychologically and the overall well-being of the child along with whether or not homosexuality is religiously problematic.