That HOdgedup liks lesbians stacked like pancakes! PS: Hodge...my comments on marriage have nothing do with pancakes. I do happen to think waffles are better than pancakes. Swedish pancakes are pretty damn good tho.
Andrea Yates' kids would have been better off with two fathers. Susan Smith's kids would have been better off .... need more examples?
Don't you see Stuw?, as long as the couple is hetro everything ends like a fairytale for the children. Oh and it also helps if they are catholic too.
this is getting away from the tread topic, but why would a same sex couple raising a child be unhealthy?
Personally I'm not saying it would be unhealthy, I do see how it could be but that's not the reason I base my opinion on being against it. I will agree gay couples can be better parents than straight parents, doesn't make me support it though.
There may be issues put on the child due to the parents being a same sex couple, but I don't think this is that big of a problem. There have been gay parents in the past who've raised great kids. Like I said people, are people, are people....you either have a good relationship with your partner or you don't, you either have great parenting skills or not (or try to grow). Straight people can be messed up or healthy, the same if you're gay. Your sexual orientation does NOT define how good/bad you are, or how well you treat others. Let's no pretend that there isn't a ton of crap that children have to deal with period. There was alcoholism and abuse that ran in my family. I was out on my own at sixteen. You can't tell me that this was better than being in a family with same sex parents who were sober and acutally cared if I had a roof over my head.
No I didn't say that. But how would you have felt, try to think back to being a kid, now don't try to tell me that it wouldn't at least feel different growing up with 2 dads. Yes, it's getting away, but not too much, and it directly corrolates with the whole topic whether gay couples should be getting the exact same right as straight couples.
Maybe I'm wrong here but since when were children a right?!?! Maybe my knowledge of basic biology is wacked, show me how there is somehow a right or why a right should be given for gays to have a child and maybe I'll change my mind. Calling children a right IMO makes them sound like property!
I actually think that we should have to obtain a licence beforehand. The point here is that some children after being mis treated or just left in a dumpster, maybe would be better off with some love in their life. If that love comes from a gay couple, what does it matter?
Kids don't have a voice. I don't believe in making decisions for them based on being politically correct. That is what really gets to me. I know some of you guys really believe that it wouldn't make a difference if a couple is gay or hetero, but I do. I think that we need to be very careful when making decisions for childrens' futures. Yes, there are some fucked up mothers out there, but I truly do believe that looking at the big picture, it's better for children to be raised with a mom and a dad.
As a temporary solution for the child I might beable to support that. Sorry it's the only issue I realy can not find myself to support on the entire gay issue, everything else I'm willing to support them on almost 100%, keep it out of my view like I keep my bedroom activities out of everyone elses. They can not naturally have children, IMO makes them not able to have children no matter what.
If someone can show me proof that having gay parents doesn't make the kid some kind of social outcast or WACKO, then I personally wouldn't care. All things being equal otherwise, it seems that a kid growing up w/ homosexual parents would be more likely to have some major social issues.
There are 32,000 children in "orphanages" in Romania...do you still think that gay couples should be allowed to foster them?
If in an emergency case, rules and ideas can be broken, kind of like in war sending children into battle at the last resort. I'm not talking last resort emergency cases here though, I'm talking reality in the United States. Temporary solution, noone else wanting to take care of the children I could more than likely support.
Wow :O seems I've started a bit of a debate here. Update: this law commences from 21 December - it isn't a wedding as such, more of a "partnership" but legally, both partners are protected just the same as married couples are. More information here; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4497416.stm My thoughts on the subject is - not fussed. I can understand the law, if you have spent 34 yrs together like the two guys in the link above have, then if one of them pops it tomorrow, at lease the other person will be protected and be now legally able to have the mortage on the property paid off etc. Darren