I do not understand the hoopla over the gay marriage debate.
Unless you happen to be homosexual, the legalization of marriage for gays has absolutely no impact on your life. It doesn't invalidate or even impact your hetero marriage one bit. No one will put a gun to your head and force you into a gay marriage. If you're not in favor of gay marriage, don't have one. It's as simple as that.
When compared to issues like the deficit, the mess we've made of Social Security, a balanced budget, national health care reform, the environment, and national defense and our role in the world, that impact and have repercussions for every single American and their future grandchildren, gay marriage barely even qualifies as an issue.
Once again it comes down to people telling us that its wrong and unmoral and the bible says it wrong blah blah. So every time I hear that, which has been alot I always ask the following questions. Who died and made you GOD of all? Oh yea by the way do you know where you wife is? Most important where do you get off calling an Gay marriage wrong? Is it wrong because it happens to be 2 people of the same sex share the love, joy and happiness that you and your wife do?
Let's not talk about things that are wrong. While everyone is sitting around and writing letters about how wrong it is... A good chunk of their husband or wifes are out with someone else.. And thats ok? Or here is another favorite homosexual marriage is a viable threat to religious freedoms! Are you kidding me? Some churches have been corrupt since the day they were established and you are all worried about 2 people in love getting married?? Lets not even get into religion because thats another can of worms and I don't want to offend anyone on my point of view.
As for children, Gay couples all over the country are raising families. Even though three concerns have historically been associated with judicial decision making in custody litigation and public policies governing foster care and adoption: the belief that lesbians and gay men are mentally ill, that lesbians are less maternal than heterosexual women, and that lesbians' and gay men's relationships with sexual partners leave little time for ongoing parent-child interactions.
Well the psychiatric, psychological, and social work professions do not consider homosexual orientation to be a mental disorder. Many years ago, the American Psychiatric Association removed "homosexuality" from its list of mental disorders, stating that "homosexuality per se implies no impairment in judgment, stability, reliability, or general social or vocational capabilities.
So let's cut to the chase, we do just as well as a job of raising our kids than Hetro people do. As a matter of fact he results of some studies suggest that lesbian mothers' and gay fathers' parenting skills may be superior to those of matched heterosexual couples. For instance, lesbian couples' parenting awareness skills were stronger than those of heterosexual couples. This was attributed to greater parenting awareness among lesbian non biological mothers than among heterosexual fathers. One study reported more favorable patterns of parent-child interaction among lesbian as compared to heterosexual parents, but in another, they found greater similarities. Read the facts and stop trying to find another reason to put us down. It comes down to this....
Gay and Lesbian people are not asking that our "behaviors" be made "a priority." We only ask for the same rights and privileges that straight people have always had. No more, no less.
I repeat, nothing special...just the same as what you have.
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
I don't know if the fact that lesbian couples having better parenting skills than heterosexual couples is because of the fact that the women in the couple are gay. Its very possible, but I also think it might be due to the fact that there are two women raising a child, and women tend to be more inclined/equipped to raise children than men (gay or straight). I wonder if the same results would occur if it was two straight women raising a child together...
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." - Victor Hugo
Yup, I'm a music nerd.
Thanks for stopping by to take a read. I'm in not way shape or form saying that the parenting skills are better at all. That was just some research. In fact you may be correct I think it would produce the same result even if the women were not lesbian. It just all goes the same that it doesn't matter whom or what you are, Anyone who is willing and capable to raise a child should have that option.
I love music Nerds!..lol
I understood her to be saying the same thing you just wrote...that it's not because they're gay, but because they're both women. The part about greater parenting knowledge of the non-biological mother versus heterosexual fathers implied that.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
Ahh....I didn't catch that the first time. Thanks :-)
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." - Victor Hugo
Yup, I'm a music nerd.