UK: Survey reveals opposition to gay adoption
Sara Gaines of The Guardian reports:
More than a third of people think gay couples and single people should not be allowed to adopt children, although adoption agencies have long welcomed them as prospective parents, a survey reveals today.
More than three-quarters (87%) of those who object said they think children need a male and a female role model; and 76% said it would lead to the breakdown of the traditional family.
Children’s charity Action For Children, which commissioned the poll of 1,000 adults, said it was shocked to find such ingrained prejudice.