"Mr X"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

>>>>>>That's fine. Apply the same expected standards to all applicants.

>>>>> They do.  The standard is that there must be two adoptive parents,
>>>>> one of each sex.

>>>>Small problem - that's illegal.

>>> It most certainly is not.

>> I'd love to hear how it wouldn't fall under discriminating against
>> people on the basis of sexuality...

> There any any number of reasons why a putative couple would be unsitible
> that is nothing to do with their sexuality. If I and a random hooker
> decided we wanted to adopt a child I doubt it would be allowed by that
> agency even though were would be a hetro couple.

Of course there are.

And those should be applied to all couples, equally. No more, no less.