As much as times have changed, highschool has not. Not to speak on the behalf of every highschool student on this board, but I myself am one of these people and can tell you from first hand experience that homosexuality still isn't as generally accepted as you think. In fact, as a social experiment I told people I was a homosexual in my old school a week before I was about to leave (just for clarification, I'm not but I wasn't exactly Mr. Popular to begin with and it isn't uncommon for me to find ways to entertain myself like this). Anyhow, I literally had gangs of students follow me around school for that week, many choice few comments and I swear to God, I think I got spat on...
Albeit, my old school was filled with a bunch of assholes and I have noticed the tolerance level is much higher where I currently reside toward homosexuals and homosexual couples, my old school was public and my new one is private. I'm not entirely certain if that should even make a noticeable difference, but from my own experience it would seem as though the public in general are just plain homophobic. Countless people in my hometown, particularly other males, are also raging homophobes.
The point is, these kids are going to be made fun of. But you know what? That's no reason to deny gay couples their right to adopt. I don't think theres a single person here that can tell me they weren't made fun of in school at least once. Some kids more than others, yes, but it happens to everyone and for many different reasons. I had it particularly bad when going through school, but I coped just fine. To be honest, I just didn't care what these people had to say and I don't see why some kid with gay parents should be any different in that respect.
These people are perfectly capable and fit for raising children and that kind of an excuse is a complete cop out. They will be made fun of - this coming from a younger person, I might add - but nothing so bad they can't handle it. I'm sure I'd choose gay parents over no parents anyday. If you ask me, the real reason we deny homosexual couples the right to adopt is the same reason we denied them the right to marriage for so long. People are just plain afraid. Sad, but true.
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