In Need of a Home Argumentative paper on supporting Gay adoption. Written with a strong pathos appeal, and a delayed thesis.

In Need of a Home Bert was born in 1991. He tested positive for HIV and had been put up for adoption. At nine weeks old, Bert was placed in the care of foster parents Steven Lofton and Roger Croteau, who, at the time, had two other foster children. Lofton and Croteau lived in Miami, Florida with their three foster children. In order to spend more quality time raising his foster children, Lofton quit his job …

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