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Adoption is a global issue these days - it's certainly current - and it's encouraging for a lot of couples whether they're straight or gay.

On gay adoption I have changed my mind.

I've thought about adopting, but I'm a bit paranoid that because I'm gay and disabled I'd be put straight off the list. My mother thinks that I would jump the queue because they like minorities adopting. I have great genes, though, and I would like to pass them on.

I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene.

There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.

I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.

Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and when we feel that we can.

Adoption should be an empowering option for young women in crisis, knowing that the people around them - family, friends, church - will respect their choice.

If there is a substantial difference between a gay couple and a childless heterosexual couple, I'm unable to see it.