Homosexuals should be allowed to adopt children. Allowing this would save the government money. There are many kids in the United States (U.S.) that need homes. Kids who are adopted are more likely to be successful adults than children who are in the foster care system. Society would be safer if children were raised in permanent homes rather than growing up in foster care. Homosexuals have a Constitutional right to be able to adopt children. Children with homosexual parents are more likely to be open-minded. All religions state that people should take care of the poor. Allowing homosexuals to adopt would save the U.S. government money. Half of the federal budget for child welfare is spent on foster care. “In 2004, of the 11.7 billion federal dollars spent for child welfare, fifty percent was spent on Title IV-E foster care” (HSS.GOV). If the U.S. can increase the amount of adoptions, the country would save billions of dollars spent for child welfare. As time goes on, the budget for child welfare continues to go up which means that even more money will be spent on foster care. “In 2006 the U.S. spent 23.3 billion dollars for child welfare” (CWLA.ORG). Almost half of the children living in out of home care in the U.S. are receiving federal foster care assistance. “Out of the 509,662 children in out of home care in the United States, 234,462 of those children received federal foster care assistance” (CWLA.ORG). The U.S. government would save money by cutting the number of children in foster care; the number of kids receiving foster care assistance would also be reduced. The government pays an adoption subsidy to adopting parents that is far less expensive than the benefits paid to foster parents. “eighty nine percent of children adopted from foster care receive a subsidy that defrays the cost of rearing