i Think gays should marry, but not have kids

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Depends on what you mean by marriage. If you mean "assume a legally united status" then yeah, sure. If you mean "ponce around in a church wearing stupid clothes" then I'm against. Kids, meh, it's not like straight parents are renowned for their uniform success in childrearing. ^^

Funny that studies have shown that homosexual couples (especially lesbians) can raise just as well balanced and well developed children as their heterosexual counterparts.

my cousin is lesbian, and she and her partner raised 2 boys...the turned out just fine and they have families of their own and are both straight as well as working good paying jobs in the health industry.
My cousin was honored to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soilder for dedication as a well awarded fire chief. while being openly lesbian. She was both the first female and the first homosexual fire chief in her state.

So in some parts of the country, it is just not a big deal. If she was raised in the deep south, that would be totally different as far as how her life turned out. But you cant fight prejustice with prejustice...just doesnt work that way. There is nothing to be ashamed of. GLBT are decent people and should be treated as such.

I am gay man and I think gay couples should not have kids, they spoil carpets, you konow?! !

On the other hand I think other gays than me should be able to bring up kids, because there is SO MANY unwanted lonely kids in institutions, who will just spend their childhood there, as noone wants them, e.g. those not representative enough ones as the ones who are disabled, of different race or, indeed, aspies....

You, my dear, are just too young, using some sort of school/ popular logick, You talk as little sense as if You were profesional polititian, no offense. -Children are laughing at me at school, because my mother has auburn hair, does it make her unsuitable parent??

If a kid is well looked after it shouldn't matter what kind of family they live in. Straight parents, gay parents, young parents, old parents, single parents, disabled parents. Who cares???

I would like to thank all of you for your opinions, im not quite sure if i agree with all of you but you all presented goodcases and i will remember your words later on in the future, i know many of you may be thinking that im just some stupid teenager whos using teenage logic. very true, yet keep in mind im not just making up this stuff and acceptance is a problem for teenage children non the less, ive heard many of you say it depends on the area, and if there are areas where gays are accepted please tell me because i can tell you where i live gays arent acepted and i would love it if i could go somewhere and be accepted for who i am, and dont just say san francisco because i dont wanna live in california sorry lol. and maybe if i live in an area where gays are accepted i might think differently about raising kids.

I disagree, fundamentally.

There is nothing inherently superior in a heterosexual, two-parent family that makes them superior parents:

Biological connection to their offspring: Well, we support step-parents, who have no biological link to their offspring. A person is competent to parent because that person takes responsibility for the child, not because that person has participated in the reproductive acts and gestation that produced that child.

Male and female influences. We support single parents. Is a widower incapable of raising his children after the death of his wife?

Community disapproval. The answer to community disapproval is normalization. Would we ever consider this issue if we talked about parents of different race or different religions? Of course not--but 50 years ago, those would have been active concerns in North American communities.

There are too many children at risk being raised by their opposite sex parents for us to uncritically assume that children being raised by a male and a female parent are ipso facto in a superior home environment. The environment of each individual child should be examined keeping in mind the best interests of that individual child, not creating unhelpful labels that do nothing to improve the conditions of each individual child.

Any straight couple can conceive accidentally, but gay parents actually put a lot of thought into it and choose it. I'd say that would make them better parents than quite a lot of straight ones.

Hey...I just had a question. Can we skip the marrying part and just go right to having kids? Ok, sorry for putting in my two cents. It's just a little discouraging that 'having' to try overcoming regurgitation is still with us... Thanks to the previous posters who definitely showed more patience than I felt when first reading the opening...

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