Albert R. Hunt

In the following viewpoint, Albert R. Hunt argues that prohibiting adoptions by gay and lesbian couples hurts children. Hunt contends that denying homosexual couples the right to adopt relegates more children to foster care than is necessary. In addition, he maintains that children raised by gay parents do as well as children reared by heterosexual parents. Hunt is an executive editor at the Wall Street Journal.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to the author, how has Bill Clinton improved adoption policies for gay and lesbian couples?
2. What arguments do the “homophobic right” use to support their rejection of homosexual adoptions, as stated by the author?
3. According to Hunt, how are homosexual adoptions similar to transracial adoptions?

Imagine breaking up families and sentencing thousands of kids to perpetual foster...