After viewing the required video for this discussion, please address each of the following questions:

a. What core social values are most challenged by legalized gay adoption?

b. How have these "values" been defined and reinforced?

c. Assuming these values are changing, at least for some individuals or societies, how have experts explained or described the change?

d. How has your personal view of "the family" changed over your lifetime?

e. Supporters and opponents of gay adoption both claim to have children's best interests at heart. Which do you think is in the best interest of children: banning or permitting their adoption by gay parents? Why?

In the text it states that, "The disintegrating two-parent with child family ideal violates many individuals' core values of providing a home...