The Costa Rican legislature has initiated an accelerated process with the objective of creating a law preventing gays and lesbians from adopting children in Costa Rica.

Gay adoption is nothing new. Gays and lesbians have been adopting for a
long time, but only recently have gay adoptions been done openly. In
the past, and perhaps in some areas of the country still today, gay
couples have lied in order to adopt. Usually with one partner adopting
and the other pretending to be a roommate or a friend.

When I look around at some heterosexual parents, I really have to question how they were "allowed" to care for innocent children. My heart really goes out to those kids who don’t have a stable, loving home. And yet I know so many gay and lesbian individuals and couples who would make great parents. Some already do.

I hope Costa Rica doesn’t fall into the same trap as the US, where hatred of gay and lesbian people gets in the way of allowing the creation of strong and loving families.

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