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Gay Parenting …
How do you feel about homosexuals adopting children? I wasn’t too sure how to go about this subject because it’s one that I’m personally not to sure about. I mean, living in San Francisco, I’m pretty liberal about gay rights and stuff. I’ve known so many different people that I’d pass anything to give them all the equal rights that married couples have. But for some reason I still have a little problem with the whole adoption thing.
Like I said, I’d vote for anything that gave gay people equal rights that married people have. I truly believe that a married couple doesnt have to be two heterosexual people of opposite sexes, but is really two people who love each other and have committed to be together. They should be able to have all the benefits that most married couples get and I’d support anything that came my way.
Of course, adoption is a little different. It’s not that I dont think homosexuals could raise a child well, because they would probably be better at parenting than most of the straight people. Not only would they probably be more understanding and compassionate, but their kid would probably be pretty open minded about the subject.
But, at the same time, the kid could be totally screwed up. I mean, what happens when other kids find our your parents are gay. You just know the gay jokes would be all over those poor kids. They’d spend their lives fighting to protect their parents and fighting to prove that they wouldnt turn out gay too.
I guess my problem is that I totally support gay rights and equality, but I’d be more concerned about how the kids would do. I mean, whether its two men or two women, I’m pretty sure they’d be capable of raising a kid. And, I’m sure they’d do a great job at it. But, should a child be put in that situation and be put through possible ridicule and torment because of their parents choices. Ugh. I’m not really sure how I feel about this and that’s why I’m having a hard time writing about this.
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This is a tough situation, but when you come right down to it, people said the same thing about interracial couples having children. The first generation of any new type of family is going to suffer some at the hands of society. Things have always been that way. I’m sure that children of early single parents had the same trouble to a certain degree. I tend to think that gay people should be able to adopt. All kids end up a little messed up some how, but there are so many kids waiting for someone to adopt them and take care of them. Maybe having two fathers would be hard, but maybe having no one would be harder. It’s hard to judge something like this because every situation is different. I guess, if it were me, I’d rather have two mothers or two fathers, than no parents at all.