Was eating lunch while watching amanda lewis show, they were discussing whether or not gay couples should b allowed to adopted/raise children. So lets hear ur views...

No, def not. I can tolerate gay relationships, but no kid growing up in a family like that will have an objective up bringing.

bad idea

I agree with hunter, I think once you have reached a certain level of maturity then you should have the oppurtunity to form your own ideas and opinions, but if a kid grows up with homosexual parents then he has no chance of ever having an upbrining that would allow them to make their own decisions as it would seem normal due to the constant expodure to homosexuality.

I know all of the homosexual people will disagree as they believe what they are does not go against nature but i bring you back to pure biology.

The | was made to go in the o, plain and simple! Edit: don't corrupt my statement by saying men have an o as well!

This post has been edited by Zorg: Mar 10 2004, 04:09 AM

Gays are gonna question you on which 0 you mean, Zorg. You shoulda said (|) instead.

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The thing that bugs me is that homosexuality is frowned upon by society (in general), raising kids with the knowledge that they do not have to adhere to a certain set of morals can be very dangerous. Not to mention the way they will have to go through school. This is my daddy.....and this is my daddy. Can you imagine the emotional scars these kids can get from contant taunting, etc?

Best case scenario is you will get a straight male with a sense of style, or a butch female that rapes men. (/joke)

im all for gay rights, and i feel they should be able to marry etc whatever they want, as said in other thread.

Whether being gay is a choice or not, the point is its something they deal with personally. Your kids aren't neccesaarily gay and being gay in today's world means not a normal upbringing. In the same way that drugabusers and alcoholics should not be allowed to adopt, i dont think gays should be allowed to. It's not in the child's best interests.

I completely disagree with this. As Valheru said



Its just wrong and the kid wont be brought up in a natural environment.

No no no.

Society is messed up enough.

If they were meant to raise kids then they would have been given the ability to produce kids.

why couldn't this be covered in the Homosexuality thread?

He said in the beginning that it is a completely seperate topic (in the homosexuality thread).

I wouldnt think there is anything wrong with it, but if i were the kid, damn it must suck :/

It's sick- if gays wanna be who they are thats fine but dont drag kids into it. Male's need a mother for affection etc- imagine a kid goin to 'sugar daddy' for affection
WRONG WRONG WRONG

I dont see the why a gay couple cant raise a child they would do a good job just as most other couples would maybe even better in some places.Raising a child has nothing to do with your sexuality it all about value`s and who sayz a gay couple cant have value`s ? (but thats not even the point since at the age of 16 kids go do everything that thre parents dont want them to do).Each day when u open the news there is a a artical about some poor johny being slapped around by his drunk daddy and burned with a lighter by mommy.Or bringing a new life into this world and then thrown in a black bag in a dustbin cause he/she is unwanted people like that dont want children.

I would rather give that child to a loving gay couple who will take care of that child and raise him as there own.

Do kids growing up with heterosexual parents have a completely biased view against homsexuals? Do they have the ability to make decisions regarding homosexuality in the same way that a child with homosexual parents has to make regarding heterosexuals? I think your comment is severly biased against homosexuals. You basically say that a child with homosexual parents is brainswashed into thinking homosexuality is normal, while a child with heterosexual parents is not? I don't think so.

Personally, I think that if the homosexual couple can provide the same amount of love and care for the child then they should be allowed to have/keep him/her. Society is preaching open-mindedness more and more today and I don't think a child with homo- parents will be subject to too much ridicule.

I totally agree ith you.

I have had this discussion on many forums before and I never used agree with homosexuals raising children, for much of the reasons given here. What changed my mind was the oppinion of a woman that was an orphan and had spent her childhood life shuffling between shitty hetero-households and orphanages.

If the homo couple can provide a loving and stable environment in which to raise the child, then there should be no reason why they should not have the opportunity of raising a child.

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Yes, but that will differ between homosexual parents.

I still dont think its right.

I guess if you look at it form the viewpoint of an orphan, it changes it a bit. I do not think that they will not get laughed at for having gay parents, there is just no way that the child wont be laughed at by some people. But again, I guess if you look at it as a orphan, you probably would rather get laughed at and have loving parents and a home, than having to live you life wiht no parents at all. I dunno

I agree with the orphan sentiment: Furthermore, the question should be: What provides more security and 'fullfillment' for a child: By fullfillment, I mean the chance for said child to recieve a good education, sound medical care, a solid ethical foundation etc. If I may digress slightly, one of my best friends is a girl of 21 years who was brought up from birth by two lesbians: If anyone tries to argue with me over whether she is balanced in terms of love, sexual choice etc then they will fight a losing battle. My point here is not to set a standard, but rather to say that the formulae can work, and it has (at least in her case) worked. The deeper issues for parenthood should not be whether they are hetero or homo, but rather are they:

1. Financially able to comfortably support both themselves and their child.
2. That their relationship is stable and the child is wanted, not needed
3. Are each of the parents psychologically/ physically secure enough for the responsibility etc etc.

I especially affirm the need for parents, whether homo/hetero for the worlds orphans. With the AIDS in parents death rate rising, itz gonna get real grim real soon. Just my two cents worth.

Of course gay couples should be allowed to raise kids. I know a guy who studies with me who has two moms. He is a perfectly normal integrated individual without any more childhood scars than most of us.

I do not have any reservations or problems with gay couples, but I'm slightly unsure of where I stand when it comes to parenting.

I agree with the fact that there are many couples or people who have children, who are probably less fit to be taking care of a child than a gay couple, and if they are allowed to parent children, with all their hang-ups, then why should gay couples not be?

But then I also understand that allowing gay couples to parent a child, knowingly puts a serious amount of prejudice and confusion into the child's life. Is it not society's duty to prevent this from happening?

Someone enlighten me.