Gay Rights has become a highly debated subject in recent years. The majority of people now agree that gay people and gay couples deserve the same rights as anyone else, but there are still people with strong opposing views. This is especially the case when it comes to adoption. 

Gay people have been granted equal rights in many areas, with civil partnerships the biggest victory for gay-rights campaigners. Civil Partnerships were introduced in the UK in 2005 and are a form by which gay couples can register their partnership, very much like marriage under a different name. This was a way of legalizing a marriage-type institution for gay people, but getting around the argument that marriage should be for male-female couples only.