Some people think gay people having kids is a bad idea, but a homosexual couple has to go through alot of paperwork and pay alot of money just to have a kid. Wouldn't someone who's willing to do all this for a child be a caring parent?
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Doesn't matter what a couple's sexuality is -- filling out paperwork and paying a lot of money is an extraordinarily meaningless measuring stick to determine if an individual or couple will be a good parent. Thank goodness adoption agencies have a bit more stringent requirements than that.
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Well, even though i have nothing againts gay people just being gay, i am EXTREAMLEY againts gays getting married and having sex and adopting a child. no matter HOW much work they do!Think about it, everyone saying i'm wrong right now, if you had two moms and zero dads,or vise versa, wouldn't you feel wierd around other kids with a normal couple?although adoption is very kind, God didn't want humans to do this whole gay marriage and stuff.NATURE is smarter than people now! anyhow,I think that it depends on the people,sometimes gays are kind,and sometimes not.But they shhouldn't give any child a life with a married couple of the same gender.That's my opinion.
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You could argue that any adoptive parent is inherently fitter than any given biological one. Most state regulated adoptions involve not just money and paperwork, but background checks, interviews, meeting the children beforehand, etc. So people that would make obvious bad parents are usually culled out. And gay couples may be subjected to harder scrutiny because of some people's prejudices. So you could also argue that gay adoptive parents would be better than straight ones. But just because someone has money, time, charm, and good social standing does not automatically means they are also loving, responsible, and nurturing. BUT adoption is by no means the only way gay couples have children. Some aren't sancitoned or strictly legal adoptions. Some have children through surrogants, former relationships, marriage, or circumstance. So there's no reason to think that all gay couples must go through an ordeal to be parents.
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I don't think straight people think gay parents would be uncaring. It is the lack of traditional gender roles as an example to the children. The belief is the children would grow up and have difficulty in their own relationships not having the "other" parent whether it be male or female. Men can give and teach children things Women cannot, Women can give and teach children things Men cannot. A Man and a Women together is a balance of those two. The Gay lifestyle has issues; A great percentage of Gays go from one partner to another and have alcohol issues. Those are things I have heard people discuss both Straight and Gay.
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Well it comes down more to what kind of families are best to raise children. Some may argue that the healthiest family structure is when the child has both a mother and a father. Both sexes are necessary for a child to have the best upbringing. However, there are kids who grew up with 1 parent, or with an aunt, or grandmother or grandfather, and they turned out just fine, so what's wrong with gays raising a child too? When it comes right down to it, it all depends on the individual people who are raising the child, not their status, or sexuality in life.
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I think that everyone should go to class and earn the right to have kids. Or at least where i'm from.
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I grow quite weary of all the people who insist in believing in stereotypes. Insisting we are all pedophiles. Insisting that we will raise kids to be gay (I was born to straight parents who never talked about homosexuality. Shouldn't I have been straight? It's straight couples who keep having gay children!!) Insisting kids will be screwed up because they don't have 2 opposite gender parents for role models. I know lots of single parents who do pretty well. I also have lots of gay/lesbian friends who have children (all biological, BTW). Those kids are all happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They also have plenty of opposite gender aunts/uncles, grandparents, etc. as role models. There are also plenty of straight folks who have no business having children and aren't great parents. Those who oppose can spew out all their lies, stereotypes and fears all they want. It won't change the fact that LGBT people can be just as good parents as straight people.
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I would not want my child to go to a family I considered immoral. though I would not want my child to go to a homosexuality family, if I had to chose between my child going to a monogamous gay couple or a straight swinger couple I would pick the gay.
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Good point in your question. My issue with gays adopting kids has never been whether or not they can be good parents. My issue is whether or not it is fair to place a child in a situation where he will face bigotry and discrimination because of who his parents are. He will also be involved in a struggle that is not his. I scratch my head on this because you don't want to deny rights to anybody but you also have to factor in the child's rights and whether or not he is comfortable having gay parents.
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I think that any couple as long as they are introducing love and stability into their home...Furthermore i dont understand the discrimination against gay and lesbians i honestly think that the discrimination is against their constitutional rights. A persons sexuality is nobody elses business PERIOD!
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I feel sorry for the kid who will grow up to be all f**ked up. Raising a kid in a homosexual environment will just show them that homosexuality is perfectly OK.
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I would think so, if a child has 2 loving parents regardless of gender they are a very fortunate kid..
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I have a gay friend who was married and had a son before he came out of the closet. After his wife left him and their son he came out of the closet and started dating men when he resumed dating. Now he is with what would be his spouse if some laws were changed, and his son is just like mine. Heck, his son might be more stable then mine is. Parenting is a love thing, not a gender thing.
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Absolutely. The main reason a lot of organizations and people in general object is because they want to ensure that the child will learn stereotypical gender roles, i.e. If you adopt a boy and you're lesbians, he won't learn to be a man. But teaching someone to be a thoughtful, caring person is what's important, regardless of the gender of the parents or child.
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