Rachel has two mommies.
I know this is going to sound like a compromise, but isn't it better to get as much out of good as you can get? Homosexuality is all aruond us today. In everyday life, real people, on tv, porn sites... it's everywhere, and everyone is fighting back and forth about whether it should be legal or not. A larger issue is that of marital homosexuality.
It's become inevidable to stopping homosexual relationships, even if we wanted to. But the question becomes, what about marraige? What about having children? Where do children come from? A man and a woman; a penis and a vagina. As simple as that. So if that's where children come from, shouldn't that be how they are raised?
The issue now becomes this. Most homosexual people that want children do not have them on their own. They usually adopt. What are children to think when both of their parents are of the same sex. They think, "oh, it must be okay, it must be normal...that's what's going to happen to me when i get older." Children will start to think that they can and should be attracted to the same sex without being "born" homosexual. Since they were brought up that way, it's most likely that they follow in their parents' footsteps.
I guess basically what I'm getting at is that this would prove that these babies/children wern't actually born gay, they were just raised that way. And that's what will lead them into a homosexual lifestyle.
Well I know a guy with two moms, and he is straight. They raised him as any child would be raised by ANY parents. I know a guy with a mom and a dad, and he IS gay. So I think I just proved you wrong. Also, who is to say that being homosexual isn't normal? Just because you think that doesn't mean it isn't. I have a gay aunt and I knew that from the time I was very young but look at me I am not a lesbian! Wow! That must have been hard for me to not be a lesbian huh? Ya, I don't think so. So think about all the different scenarios that are possible and all the variables can affect the outcome of any situation.
Perhaps my post touched a nerve?
It may interest you to know that studies have not shown that children from gay and lesbian households are any more likely to be gay or lesbian when they reach adulthood. Also, my parents, and the parents of all my gay friends, are straight. What made us gay, if it's the parenting?
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
I second the part about the huge amounts of evidence that show that children raised by gay/lesbians are NOT more likely to become gay/lesbian themselves. The argument doesn't make sense unless it works both ways though, which it obviously doesn't.
Your logic really doesn't make any sense at all. You're making so many completely unjustified claims, it's rediculous. I think that if you wanted to make this argument, it would be nice if you posted SOME sort of rational behind it.
I have one mother, one father, and one step-mother married to said father. None of these three people ever went out of their way to mention homosexuality or any sort of gender variance. Yet, somehow, I am both trans and bi. Funny how that works.
To your credit, you do have a point that being told the homosexuality exists does lead people to consider it. However, I don't see this as a bad thing. Being told that there are people out there like you is a comfort, not a corruption.
T.k.
I think people are aware of their attraction without being told those attractions exist. You don't have to know other people are attracted to the same sex to feel it yourself. What you do have to learn is that you aren't a freak for having those feelings, you don't have to isolate yourself, live a loveless life, or kill yourself.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
We meant the same thing, but you phrased it better. Thank you.
T.k.
Sorry. i was piggybacking off your comment, but clicking the reply made it seem I was responding directly to yours. Not trying to step on your toes. You worded yours just fine!
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
People considering homosexuality doesn't make them gay. I'm gay and both my parents and my two brothers are straight. So what happened to me?
Your logic doesn't make any sense. And there is nothing to back it up.
I understand that some people are completely against homosexuality marital or not. But just because some people don't like it doesn't mean that it will stop and that we should deny children in foster care a home with two parents of any gender that will love them unconditionally.
Some studies show that being raised by two gay "parents" does effect the "fluidity" of sexual relations of the young people involved. (need I quote sources?)
Interestingly enough these studies (done by pro-gay researchers) claim this fluidity is a good thing.
"Most homosexual people that want children do not have them on their own. They usually adopt."
Actually no. The overwhelming number of children being raised by same-sex couples are from previous heterosexual marriages that ended in divorce. The custodian parent now lives with a same-sex partner.
I don't need the source on your first comment, because I can find more studies that prove otherwise, but that last comment requires citation. The broken homes claim. That smells fishy...a litlle like "Dr." James Dobson.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
I've forgotten about all the complications in marriges these days...
So, if that is the case, I would like to know where I, or any of my friends for that matter, fit in. I am a lesbian. My parents are straight. My girlfriend's parents don't even know that she is gay because they are so against it. You need to do some research... and maybe find some more accurate information. You can't base it on one single case. You need to look at the thousands that exist. Because going by what you've said, I should be straight. And so shouldn't thousands of other homosexuals.
Honestly, when I have children, which I will carry, they will not be raised gay. They will be raised. Most of us would never raise our kids that way, or teach them to be gay. Why? Because it is one of the most difficult lifestyles.
And don't take this offensively, I just want to make sure that you are informed and hope that you will take my information with an open mind. And if you ever have any questions about it, I'd be more than happy to help.
It's the lack of knowledge that is why many people think this way.
Don't forget-Because of Media and schooling, no matter if it is public, private, or possibly even home-schooling, children are influenced by more than just their parents.
Like what you've read? Well, then here's more:
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/tricia0711