You are terribly impatient, my dear ^_^'
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Arinami, I would suggest that there are other people involved here than just homosexual couples or their personal
lives.
....In my mind, a marriage is the foundation of a family. While a family can certainly exist without a mom or dad I
still see a solid foundation of a family resting on two loving parents sharing and upholding the family. I also note
that there seems to be certain attributes that are generally exhibited by women more than men, and vice-versa.
....Although such an observation could quickly deteriorate into a debate as to the origin being from nature or nurture,
in either case, the attributes still seem to stand.
I would suggest that a man and woman are the ideal combination for starting a family. Certainly, should a parent be
lost, many families have been preserved through single-working-parents and/or remarriage. In cases when the environment
is not suitable for the child, many forms of care help to nurture a child in the absence of the ideal. ...But it's
not the ideal.
i would suggest that such a non-traditional pairing could also provide a significant impact towards the life or
upbringing of the child. I am reasonably confident that you can recall fitting in at school, and all the challenges that
had to be overcome as you developed into your current, social self. I would imagine it would be difficult for a child to
grow up as a "model child" of a "non-ideal circumstance". (For either being a "poster
child" or generally assured a "non-ideal circumstance.) Further, I would suggest that the absence of those
special characteristics found in hetero-sexual parents, the child may have many problems on many levels.
In short, I do not believe in certifying homosexual relationships as a marriage. ...It's not the ideal. It's
not even close in my perceptions. ...And that's not even broaching the ethical question pertaining to homosexual
activity.
*applauds* Truly a heart-warming, motivtional speech on traditional family values. But please tell me, why is the
divorce rate at 50%? This little fact sort of shoots your ideal family to all hell...
The "traditional family" is ideally something from the 50's or 60's. Mother stays at home and takes
care of the house and the children, father brings home te bacon, Little Susie and Little Johhny are perfect students and
athletes. They're a kind, loving family, eating dinner at precisely 6 o'clock and going to church every
Sunday. They're involved with their community, the neighbors love them, and overall, they are what every family
wants to be; perfect.
Having an adult man and woman does not make a family. Single mothers have and are successfully raising their children,
working long hours but still managing to provide for their children. Men are finding themselves in the kitchen, getting
dinner ready and baking cookies for their daughter's bake sale because now they're the sole parent. In some of
these cases, in many of these cases, they're single because they couldn't work things out with their
ex-spouse, or because their spouse cheated, or was abusive.
Are you saying that it's better for them to stay together in order to live up to the "ideal" image of a family?
That's all it is; an image.
I find it rather rude that you're implying that single parents aren't as good as raising a child as two
parents would be.
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I am curious.. Would you have been okay if your parents were both women? Did you get nothing from your dad? If you
didn't have a dad, do you wish you did? ....Or perhaps you were without a mom, or could imagine such a
circumstance...
...In spite of the non-ideal, you can grow to be a good, even great - perhaps even the best - person in spite of the
environment you grow in. However, I hope to see the best possible chances for children. ...I hope you can sympathize.
No, I don't.
When it comes to school and a youngster being teased because his or her parents are gay... that's a very weak
argument. We ALL were teased for something or another. If anything, a child living under two parents of the same gender
will obviously be more tolerant and acceptant than many other children will. He or she will find their friends, know
their enemies, just as every other child will, just as we all have.
There is no sancity of a heterosexual couple. Shall we reflect on the divorce rate again?
As for me... you don't know a thing about be, but I can assure you that it's far from traditional. And you
know what? I'm fine.
Maybe you should realize that the best chances for a child is having somebody to love them. Maybe two people to loved
them. And if those two people happen to be of the same gender, then so be it. It's amazing that right now,
thousands of children are looking past the "ickyness" of having two parents of the same gender and only see
that they have two parents who love them, they're a family, while you sit here and degrade them, as if gay couples
are unfit to be parents.
By the way. I have a Aunt who is a lesbian- I've met her partner, who is my "Uncle".
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Also, I find myself compelled to denounce the implication you made by bringing up the matter of banning bibles. I
believe that this matter extends far beyond the scope of religious concern. This matter is not about ruining
people's personal lives or forcing religion. Rather, I perceive this matter as resulting from the increasingly
frequent question of the validity of a "same sex marriage".
You missed the point of me mentioning banning bibles.
