Many of these people take in children whose other options are far worse. Not all gays have psychological problems and proper screening should be done for all adoptive parents.
being a homosexual IS a psychological problem.
Being gay IS a psycological problem.
I can vouch that extensive screening is indeed done for adoptive parents. My wife and I have been in the process for the past 8 months, and there's still more paperwork that we need to get for the government agencies that will be evaluating our suitability to raise a child.
Agreed. Straight couples should be given preference in adoption situations. However, there are a lot of kids who are basically unadoptable. Say, a black kid with developmental issues. If a properly vetted pair of homosexuals wants to adopt such a child, I figure he's better off than he would be in permanent foster care.
Or, as another poster said on one of these threads: If I was a kid whose only options were foster care or living with a pair of of environmentalist lesbians, I'm going to go eat tofu and listen to the Indigo Girls rather than take my chances in foster care.