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Hmm, some insight here, and also some blather. As one of the resident gay people on the board I feel obligated to give some thought on this thread though...
First, what do I think of gay people? Well, that's one obvious since I'm gay myself, next question 
The question of adoption...there seem to be two major opposition points to it:
#1: Religion based (ie: the Adam and Eve vs. Adam and Steve argument, etc.) which to me is an unarguable point...it's impossible to argue morals against people who have a religion that they interpret as saying something is wrong. So I won't waste my time here.
One thing I *do* need to refute here that's related to religion, but not necessarily only the view of relgious people is that being gay is "unnatural" which really couldn't be further from the truth. It's not the *norm*, but homosexuality occurs, and has been documented in countless other species. To say that it isn't natural implies that gay people have to actively choose their sexuality and that it flat out doesn't occur in other aspects of nature, which is untrue. I won't go into the whole nature v. life experience argument here, but many people, myself included, take the stance that it's like many things in life, partially genetic, and partially the result of your life, and science seems to be backing that split cause belief up for the time being at least.
#2: If kids have two parents, those two parents need to be of the opposite sex or the child will
A) be mentally screwed up
B) face harassment
Studies have been done that have disproved A, and vice versa, so there's really nothing conclusive to be said there. B is certainly true, but it's not as though harassment is anything unusual for kids to experience. Kids can be harassed if their parents are druggies, churchy, slutty, what-have-you. Gay is one more category that *can* result in harassment, but unfortunately that seems to be part of growing up.
I take offence to the notion that was passingly referred to on here that seems to imply that a disproportianate number of gay people are pedophiles, that's utter crap, and all of the studies done of pedophelia say so.
One of the things that bothers me is that lesbians have an inherent right to be parents (since one partner can just get pregnant by one of several methods) and that *that* doesn't seem to raise much hubris, but the concept of two *men* raising a child causes all kinds of hullabaloo. Much like the typical straight view of lesbians as "hot" while gay guys are seen as disturbing. It's just another double-standard, and one that I don't care for.
What bothers me is that people also lose sight of the fact that two gay people (at random) have the same capacity to be great, average, or horrible parents as straight people. I'd think most people would argue that having two fantastic guys as parents would be better than having two indifferent opposite sex partners. At least I'd hope so, because the major factor in self-esteem, and a well-adjusted childhood is that you have a support network, which loving parents can be a crucial factor in. What those people have between their legs should be inconsequential in comparison to what they have in their hearts IMHO.
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