Gay/Lesbians raising children ??

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:21 pm Post subject:

I just thought that at first i got better understanding now lol, thanks <3

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject:

Roman

If you ever turn gay.. we'll all be supporting you

GAY ON MY FRIEND \m/

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject:

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:34 pm Post subject:

*Steps back in amazment*
You were serious about something? BLUDDY HELL!

Marc wont you be doing more than supporting Roman if he wants to be gay? Showing him the ropes...or more

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:46 pm Post subject:

i think its all good [Wink]

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject:

if by ropes you meant headboard.....

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:37 pm Post subject:

Children adopted and raised by a homosexual couple have an increased chance of learning and adopting this evil, moronic concept called tolerance.

And the argument that children adopted and rasied by homosexual couples have a chance of becoming homosexual? Unsubstantiated bullshit straight out the rear end of the bigot spouting it, or from another bigot as referenced by the bigot. Scientific studies have dispelled the bullshit, but then a great many people think scientific studies amount to shit... because they're stupid, like that woman who refused AIDS treatment for her daughter because she didn't believe in it.

Gods, what a disaster the human race is.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject:

lol *agrees with above* they're people also. like i live in a conserative community (really sux) but everytime we discuss this in like social studies class everybody goes all [Exclamation]

or

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and they think that gay people are evil thats like so crap

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:53 am Post subject:

I think it is fine. When i was in grade 8 a couple years ago there was a kid in my class who had lesbian parents. He mightve got made fun of a bit but thats
how children work. I fully agreee with Joe.

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:49 am Post subject:

Considering this topic is going nowhere because there is no controversy.... think about some of these points (just thinking of the future):

Myth: The only acceptable home for a child is one with a mother and father who are married to each other.

Fact: Children without homes do not have the option of choosing between a married mother and father or some other type of parent(s). These children have neither a mother nor a father, married or unmarried. There simply are not enough married mothers and fathers who are interested in adoption and foster care. Last year only 20,000 of the 100,000 foster children in need of adoption were adopted, including children adopted by single people as well as married couples. Our adoption and foster care policies must deal with reality, or these children will never have stable and loving homes.

Myth: Children need a mother and a father to have proper male and female role models.

Fact: Children without homes have neither a mother nor a father as role models. And children get their role models from many places besides their parents. These include grandparents, aunts and uncles, teachers, friends, and neighbors. In a case-by-case evaluation, trained professionals can ensure that the child to be adopted or placed in foster care is moving into an environment with adequate role models of all types.

Myth: Gays and lesbians don't have stable relationships and don't know how to be good parents.

Fact: Like other adults in this country, the majority of lesbians and gay men are in stable committed relationships.7 Of course some of these relationships have problems, as do some heterosexual relationships. The adoption and foster care screening process is very rigorous, including extensive home visits and interviews of prospective parents. It is designed to screen out those individuals who are not qualified to adopt or be foster parents, for whatever reason. All of the evidence shows that lesbians and gay men can and do make good parents. The American Psychological Association, in a recent report reviewing the research, observed that "not a single study has found children of gay or lesbian parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents," and concluded that "home environments provided by gay and lesbian parents are as likely as those provided by heterosexual parents to support and enable children's psychosocial growth."8 That is why the Child Welfare League of America, the nation's oldest children's advocacy organization, and the North American Council on Adoptable Children say that gays and lesbians seeking to adopt should be evaluated just like other adoptive applicants.

Myth: Children raised by gay or lesbian parents are more likely to grow up gay themselves.

Fact: All of the available evidence demonstrates that the sexual orientation of parents has no impact on the sexual orientation of their children and that children of lesbian and gay parents are no more likely than any other child to grow up to be gay.9 There is some evidence that children of gays and lesbians are more tolerant of diversity, but this is certainly not a disadvantage. Of course, some children of lesbians and gay men will grow up to be gay, as will some children of heterosexual parents. These children will have the added advantage of being raised by parents who are supportive and accepting in a world that can sometimes be hostile.

Myth: Children who are raised by lesbian or gay parents will be subjected to harassment and will be rejected by their peers.

Fact: Children make fun of other children for all kinds of reasons: for being too short or too tall, for being too thin or too fat, for being of a different race or religion or speaking a different language. Children show remarkable resiliency, especially if they are provided with a stable and loving home environment. Children in foster care can face tremendous abuse from their peers for being parentless. These children often internalize that abuse, and often feel unwanted. Unfortunately, they do not have the emotional support of a loving permanent family to help them through these difficult times.

Myth: Lesbians and gay men are more likely to molest children.

Fact: There is no connection between homosexuality and pedophilia. All of the legitimate scientific evidence shows that. Sexual orientation, whether heterosexual or homosexual, is an adult sexual attraction to others. Pedophilia, on the other hand, is an adult sexual attraction to children. Ninety percent of child abuse is committed by heterosexual men. In one study of 269 cases of child sexual abuse, only two offenders were gay or lesbian. Of the cases studied involving molestation of a boy by a man, 74 percent of the men were or had been in a heterosexual relationship with the boy's mother or another female relative. The study concluded that "a child's risk of being molested by his or her relative's heterosexual partner is over 100 times greater than by someone who might be identifiable as being homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual."10

Myth: Children raised by lesbians and gay men will be brought up in an "immoral" environment.

Fact: There are all kinds of disagreements in this country about what is moral and what is immoral. Some people may think raising children without religion is immoral, yet atheists are allowed to adopt and be foster parents. Some people think drinking and gambling are immoral, but these things don't disqualify someone from being evaluated as an adoptive or foster parent. If we eliminated all of the people who could possibly be considered "immoral," we would have almost no parents left to adopt and provide foster care. That can't be the right solution. What we can probably all agree on is that it is immoral to leave children without homes when there are qualified parents waiting to raise them. And that is what many gays and lesbians can do.

http://www.10percent.org

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject:

hum im to lazy to read wat you typed thats like to long lol did you like copy paste that?

hum gay parents hum i think they should tell there childern they were found in a garbage or somthing [Very Happy]

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:

Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject:

They should be able to.
Its going to be a different life for the child, but they are still human.

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:23 am Post subject:

It's an easy no in my opinion, sorry!

I see the whole Gay Adoption thing like I see seat belts. Although they would probably work out for the most part there's always those times when they were really messed up. Kids need to have a mother and a father figure and I think it would cause uneccassary confusion for the child if they were to have 2 mother/father figures in their life.

P.S. I'm not saying all "straight" families are fairy tale stories.

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:31 am Post subject:

Well considering about 60% of America is divorced and children are left with only one parent I can't possibly imagine that a gay couple raising children could be any more 'horrific' [Rolling Eyes]