Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

never put much thought into this particular issue... however, I see adoption mainly as a way for heterosexual couples who can't have children, to fulfill their desire to have them and form a 'traditional family'....... also, another important (though less frequent IMO) reason for adoptions is the desire to help to children who have been abandoned or lost their parents

having said that, in a perfect world there would be no children to adopt at all

now, I respect the fact that two men or women can love each other and want to spend their life together, however I can't just ignore the simple fact that for them to have a child, it is not natural -> consequently, they can get a child only by means od adoption

your reasoning assumes that homosexual couples are equal to heterosexual couples, not only when it comes to their rights, but also desires, or way of thinking
homosexuals make around 4-5% of the society. I don't have statistics on how many children don't have parents or are waiting to be adopted, but I assume it's a much smaller percentage.

if gay couples wanteds to have (=adopt) children, as often as heterosexul couples, I think, it would be simply impossible.
but yeah, it's not the case for some reason anyway...

Gay/lesbians make up a relatively small part of the society. Not all of them come out of the closet though. Not all of those, who do, get married. Not all of those who get married, want to adopt children.
So an adopted child, being brought up by two men or two women, surely would not be brought up in an environment that can be considered a norm... Basically, I consider it the right of the child to be adopted by a man and a woman and be raised by them as if they were his/her real parents.