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Gay Couples Be Allowed To Raise Children?
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Freddy said:
Yes of course they are. The amount of piss taking the child is going to get from his/her school mates is bound to have an effect.
Freddy said:
Most definitely not. Children need some stability in their lives and this is not it.
I dont even know how to answer this. Would I approve of my child being raised by a gay couple if I gave him/her up for adoption? Probably not. Just being honest. I am not saying that its impossible for a gay couple to raise a well balanced child though.
Kasynlie said:
So society's fear of the gay community is preventing gay couples from raising children? Gay couples already DO raise children. The debate here is weather or not they should be allowed to or if children are adversely affected by having gay parents.
Anyway, it is common sense that a child with gay parents will have to live with constant ridicule from other children growing up. That alone could be enough to adversely effect a child's development.
Howard said:
Because they can't have a stable relationship like straight couples?
I don't see any problem with it but of course it's not going to be easy for them at school or when out with mates etc. But that said, what about kids with overweight, older, poor, alcoholic or drug addicted parents etc.? I'd say there' more kids with parents like that than there is with gay parents.
Howard said:
It takes a man and a woman to make a child, not to raise one.
If we are agreed that it takes males and females to make/have a child, then how do homosexuals have any right to children when clearly they are incapable of having them, except of course for lesbians, who would still need a man in order to do so.
The whole emphasis of this is that a child needs to have as normal an upbringing as is possible and that does not include being brought up in a same sex relationship.
And before anyone accuses me of being homophobic, let me say right now that I don't have any problem at all with homosexuals, it's just that I don't think they should be able to bring up children for the reasons I already gave.
The whole emphasis of this is that a child needs to have as normal an upbringing as is possible and that does not include being brought up in a same sex relationship.
And before anyone accuses me of being homophobic, let me say right now that I don't have any problem at all with homosexuals, it's just that I don't think they should be able to bring up children for the reasons I already gave.
The biological factors in producing a child have bugger all to do with a couple's ability to raise a child. Suitability isn't measured in terms of sexuality - well it shouldn't be measured in that way, anyway.
The child is likely to encounter some raised eyebrows, and probably some form of abuse - but then I encountered abuse @ school and on my local estate when it was discovered that my dad was beating my mum (for some odd and unfathomable reason, I was deemed to be the cause of the inflicted abuse my mother faced). My point is that no man and woman are more capable of raising a child, than any man and man or woman and woman.
The child is likely to encounter some raised eyebrows, and probably some form of abuse - but then I encountered abuse @ school and on my local estate when it was discovered that my dad was beating my mum (for some odd and unfathomable reason, I was deemed to be the cause of the inflicted abuse my mother faced). My point is that no man and woman are more capable of raising a child, than any man and man or woman and woman.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/07/lesbian.children.adjustment/index.html
Actually it takes a sperm cell and an egg cell to make a child.
Because the biological ability to conceive a child has absolutely no relation in the ability to raise a child? A single father can adopt correct? Why would a gay couple not be able to adopt?
That is just the views of a bigot. There is no fact in that statement whatsoever.
Reasons that aren't actually reasons.
Actually it takes a sperm cell and an egg cell to make a child.
Because the biological ability to conceive a child has absolutely no relation in the ability to raise a child? A single father can adopt correct? Why would a gay couple not be able to adopt?
That is just the views of a bigot. There is no fact in that statement whatsoever.
Reasons that aren't actually reasons.
I think that gay couples should be allowed to raise children.
Temerit said:
I guess it's predictable that some folks have to resort to name calling when they don't agree with ones views.
I am no bigot, but I do have strong views on lots of things. Some folks agree and some don't and that's perfectly acceptable. But please, keep your personal opinions of me out of it.
Its nothing personal at all really in fact my statement was completely separating you from the statement by giving it a generic label. My point was that you just gave some outlandish views based on assumptions grounded on biased opinion rather than fact.
Oh come on mate. we're all biased in one way or another.
Bear in mind that I am quite an old guy(56) and as such my views are very much based on the way I see things given the changes I have seen over the years.
I really don't like the way things are going and no one can tell me that things are better now than they were. I just don't think they are.
It seems to me that almost anything goes these days and as far as I'm concerned that is not a good thing at all.
Bear in mind that I am quite an old guy(56) and as such my views are very much based on the way I see things given the changes I have seen over the years.
I really don't like the way things are going and no one can tell me that things are better now than they were. I just don't think they are.
It seems to me that almost anything goes these days and as far as I'm concerned that is not a good thing at all.
Anything goes? No. Not actual crimes that have actual victims.
Homosexuality on the other hand is not a crime.
And I'm not saying things are better now than they were before, in fact I wholeheartedly agree with you in that even though I was not around back then. But I think that most of the problems we have today are a result of social stratification and conservative economic and social policy.
Homosexuality on the other hand is not a crime.
And I'm not saying things are better now than they were before, in fact I wholeheartedly agree with you in that even though I was not around back then. But I think that most of the problems we have today are a result of social stratification and conservative economic and social policy.
Homosexuality is indeed not a crime and I would hate to hear anyone say that it is.
I just don't think children should be brought up in that kind of environment.
So, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on that.
I just don't think children should be brought up in that kind of environment.
So, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on that.
This is a very general statement, and I'm speaking from my personal experiences only, but I typically find that above the age of 50, a person struggles to deal with anything that deviates from their idealistic norm, and below the age of 30, a person thinks that change MUST happen, la la la.
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