Many people in the United States believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt a child. Out of 889,964 people 80% of the people believe that they should be able to adopt a child. 72% of the 80% believe they should and 7% believe that they should have to go through the same process as straight couples for example the background check should be enforced. Out of the 20% of people who said that they do not believe same sex couples should be able to adopt a child 2% of the people openly commented that a female and male is the only way to raise a child in a stable home. In the vote with whites it was not too much different only 78% of people believe that couples of the same sex should be able to adopt a child. 86% of people believe that people of the same sex should be able to adopt in Chicago alone. 96% of democrats believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt a child. This is not surprising because democrats are for same sex marriages so they should be for same sex couples adopting children, but on the other hand 57% of republicans believe that same sex couples should be able to adopt children.