Would you be willing to enter a sexless relationship?

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I bet that marriages ending up sexless are more common than we think

ACTUALLY I'm not talking in terms of well-being or depression or anxiety or behavioural issues. Re-read my post and you'll see none of those things were ever even mentioned. I'm talking about balanced life perspective, having a same-gendered role-model to learn from and in the case of single parents, not living on a low income and being denied opportunities you'd otherwise have with a working parent in the household. Your reading comprehension skills need work.

So now you're following me around the forum to argue. I kid, I kid.

You ask a valid question, and there are a couple of reasons.

The first (and possibly the weakest) reason being that nature has basically told us that a mother and a father are the optimal parents by virtue of it taking a mother and father to produce a child naturally. If we were meant to be raised by single parents or gay parents, that would be reflected in the human reproductive process, i.e, gay couples and single people would be able to produce offspring naturally, but nope, we need an egg and sperm. You could argue that this is an appeal to nature fallacy, but in spite of that my opinion is that it's not void of validity.

The second reason is in a single-parent household, or a gay couple household where they are one sex and their child is another, the child isn't going to have a same-sex parent to be their role-model, which means that the child is going to have to learn what it means to be a man (when raised by only women) or a woman (when raised by only men) on their own, and that makes things more difficult for the child, and I don't think that's fair.

The third reason is that without two opposite-sex parents, the child will lack perspective of what it's like living, getting along with and understanding the needs of one of the sexes. A single mother, or two lesbians raising a heterosexual daughter won't be able to teach the daughter about what men want and need for their sustenance and contentment, and in the worst case scenario, lacking a good male in the household can lead to the "othering" of men, and breeding misandry (or misogyny in the opposite scenario) among the household because there's a deficient perspective of what men are actually like.

The fourth reason is I don't think you can get as balanced a perspective about life in general without both male and female input. The same way it's thought that there should be roughly equal representation between men and women in parliament so both have the opportunity to voice their concerns and needs so things are more balanced, I would say the same principle applies (maybe loosely, but applies nonetheless) to a household. The simplest way to put it is I see men and women like yin and yang, and in my opinion a family household without one or the other can throw things out of perspective. Obviously these are all just my opinions and a child is going to turn out better in a loving single parent household than being abused by parents of the opposite gender, but I think if you're going to have children, you should aim to be as prepared as possible to bring a child into the world in as optimal an environment as possible.

From most to least optimal parents, I'd say mother and father are most optimal, then two gay parents of the same sex as the child they're raising, then a single parent of the same sex as the child they're raising, then two gay parents of the opposite sex of the child they're raising, then a single parent of the opposite sex of the child they're raising, then an adoption centre, and then abusive or neglectful parents of any sex are the least optimal.

I'm not saying that a person raised in a two-parent heterosexual household is necessarily going to turn out better than one raised by a single parent, as there are a lot of other factors to account for, but I do think it's the most optimal environment to raise a child in for the reasons stated above.

What is the screening process for adoption in America?

Depends highly on the state.
My own state makes you go through an agency (Most counties run their own as far as I know), most of the time you have to go through a detailed home study, which is to make sure you pass the legal requirements and other stuff, Age, financial security, no felonies within ten years (None at all that have to do with domestic abuse, assault, child abuse, neglect, or sexual crimes), that your house itself is safe, that every household member is okay with the adoption, that you understand what it will mean for you family ect.
Along with attending a course that teaches you about adoption and the kids that are likely to come to you through it and what not.

This website is good to find resources. I would also suggest looking through state law directly.
http://www.adoptuskids.org

Do you think you'd pass the screening?
I don't mean to be rude, but your signature line does list quite a few challenges.
Like, what do they accept regarding disability etc.?

I've never really considered anything like this, as in if autistic people can adopt.
I notice they have a mental health screen, that'd be me out of the running.
Not that I've ever considered adopting, I just find this subject interesting.

Depends highly on the state.
My own state makes you go through an agency (Most counties run their own as far as I know), most of the time you have to go through a detailed home study, which is to make sure you pass the legal requirements and other stuff, Age, financial security, no felonies within ten years (None at all that have to do with domestic abuse, assault, child abuse, neglect, or sexual crimes), that your house itself is safe, that every household member is okay with the adoption, that you understand what it will mean for you family ect.
Along with attending a course that teaches you about adoption and the kids that are likely to come to you through it and what not.

This website is good to find resources. I would also suggest looking through state law directly.
http://www.adoptuskids.org