Social and Political Issues | Significance Study

Running Head: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
Social and Political Issues
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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
The aim of the paper is produce a reflection of the one of the burning issues of social and
political significance. The issues that would be concern of the paper is the imbedded in the
long debate at the level of the legal as well as government level policy making to consider
whether adoption rights should be made accessible to the same sex couples.
In a news article by the New York Times anticipated that in a verdict by the Supreme
court, the court might possibly exclude an adoption agency deep rooted in the catholic belief
as they refused to provide the gay couples with the facilities of adopting children. The policy
of the organization had been staunchly against assisting the couples from LGBTQ community
against ensuring adoption. In the opinion of a lawyer associated with the case, Leslie Cooper
had suggested that the verdict of court was likely to affect a considerable number of members
from LGBTQ community (nytimes.com).
However, the case considered has a greater significance for the society as the it is
most likely to affect the life of the more than about 400000 children who have been under the
foster care. The opinion was voiced in favor of the community on the note that religious
believes in the way of the fostering of children has no connection with the sexual orientation
of the parents who are adopting them. As such, it has been experienced that the religious
beliefs have worsened the situation with its irrational approach towards it.
I would like to voice my opinion in favor of the LGBTQ community, as the service
denied to them has been a denial of the human fundamental human rights. As per the
proposition of the legal experts, it has been suggested that the case had exhibited the clash
between the principle of anti-discrimination and claims that has been made towards the
conscience. The negligence of the basic human rights have been deep rooted the hetero
patriarchal outlook that suggested alternative sexuality goes against the codes of nature and
therefore needs to be looked down upon. The organization with a view of sin towards the