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Topic: Same-sex partners should be allowed to adopt children A Question of justice In western countries, anti-homosexual legislation has been abolished more or less completely. Despite the fact that gay and lesbian people still have to defend themselves against prejudiced opinions, this development as a whole is widely accepted. Thus, it seems likely that this process of homosexual emancipation will continue. The federal state of Hamburg, Germany attempted to establish a precedent last year by creating the so-called "Hamburg marriage", i.e. homosexual partnerships can be treated on equal terms with marriages (at least as far as the federal legal system in Germany allows). The logical consequence of this decision would be to allow homosexuals to adopt children. But this issue is still highly controversial. Simple biological reasons seem to speak against the adoption of children by homosexuals. Nature has created humans in such a way that a father and a mother are necessary...

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