In High School, I attended Beverly Hills High School (don't ask) and wrote an English paper on whether homosexuals should be allowed to adopt. Back then I was a raging conservative pissant who didn't know anything, so I said they shouldn't be allowed to adopt. (Unstable households, population shrinkage, etc..)
I got a D. Now, I thought my paper was written well. My previous papers in that class made A's. Can't prove the grade was given because of my choice of topic in an ultra-liberal school, but what the hell, it's fun to speculate.
And by the way, I do think they should be allowed to adopt. I have grown out of my ignorance.