corded and 40% of them were remarriages, so do they ones really count? Lone motherhood has trebled to 22% (panic?) and an appalling 40% of marriages end in divorce. Gay and Lesbian couples fall under every conceivable criterion for identifying families and the concept of a Family. If two people love each other and want to adopt children, why does the fact that they are two women or two men make any sort of difference, why are they automatically less fit to do so than any two people of the opposite sex? The concern that the children of gay and lesbian headed families will not develop so called appropriate gender identity or gender behaviour has been introduced.
             This was proved incorrect in that when comparing children of gay parents to children of straight parents, there was no significant difference in these two areas. The last stereotype involving the fear that emotional damage will effect the child due to coping with the issue of having lesbian or gay parents. Once again this was proved to be false and the general psychological well being of children in gay and lesbian households matches that of children of heterosexual parent households. These common stereotypes heard frequently in today's society have all been proved incorrect and ignorant. Therefore they illustrate that gay and lesbian parents are continually stereotyped against unfairly and unjustly. Lesbians and gay men are popularly and commonly thought of by society to have a negative influence on children. This places an enormous strain and great pressure on lesbian and gay headed families, which is totally unnecessary.
             While a 1993 survey found 84% of people opposed same-sex adoption, the latest study shows that now only 36% disagreeing that gay couples should be allowed to adopt jointly, with 44% in favour and 20% are still undecided. Peers voted to ban same sex couples f
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