Where does the Church stand on Gay adoption?

[_Chap]

Adoption is in my personal experience, and also in my reading of and listening to serious discussions of the topic by those involved, very rarely a question of whether child A should best be adopted by would-be parents X, Y or Z.

It is far more commonly a question of whether child A remains in institutional care, with all that implies by way of lack of long-term bonds of affection, and the known risks of exploitation, abuse and neglect, or whether to place it with would-be parents X, who are the only ones on offer.

The strength and rigor of the checks applied to would-be adoptive parents in most developed countries are infinitely stronger than those applied to would-be biological parents of children, which are of course zero (not that I am suggesting they be any different).

[_Buffalo]

So? How does that counter the damage done by being raised without a proper male and/or female role model?

What damage?

Children of gay couples undoubtedly grow up healthier and happier than children of Mormon couples.

[_Buffalo]

Evidently "proper gender role" is of more concern then loving parents.

Precisely. Remember, the social construct of gender roles is actually eternal.

It's very important to stick to roles that evolved during our hunter-gatherer stage of development. God gets really nostalgic for those days.