I think that gay marrige should be approved in every state in the U.S. I know it has been approved in California and just recently in Pennsylvania, but should it realy be allowed? I think it should be, I mean just because your gay doesn't mean you shoud have less rights then straight people. Gays should have the equal rights to get married just the way I do. Shouldn't they?? Tell me what you think.
ok to anwser your questions 1 no they don't turn out to be gay 2 in my school at least, nobody seems to care 3 this one relates to the second one but again nobody cares
Godspeed does bring up a point I have thought a lot about myself. I have always worried about my potential children receiving "crap" for having two Moms. But then again, high school is just that way. People are going to make fun of everyone. I think it is all in how you raise your child. I would hope that I would be able to raise my son or daughter to be strong and not let that petty crap bother them. On the other hand, I would feel guilty and selfish for wanting a child. I need Strop's opinion...
I think it does need a topic. It is a separate issue. QWhy does it matter that it is just one subject Death Bringer isnt everything in the forums i mean there are side issues involved in lots of them but making them more specific gives them better answers.
I think that gay marriage is okay. Because if you believe in God (I do), then you will follow his teachings about how to be happy and having Free Will.
If you want to listen to God, use your Free Will and marry they person you want. Gay, bi, or straight. It doesn't matter as long as you believe in God, then you will listen to his free will. That will make God happy.
I have always worried about my potential children receiving "crap" for having two Moms. But then again, high school is just that way. People are going to make fun of everyone. I think it is all in how you raise your child. I would hope that I would be able to raise my son or daughter to be strong and not let that petty crap bother them. On the other hand, I would feel guilty and selfish for wanting a child. I need Strop's opinion...
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I have 12 hours to write 2000 words (okay, realistically speaking 6...and that's skipping sleep)...so naturally every time I get distracted I wander here...it's too late to be breakdancing...
Uhm. I'm getting sidetracked.
You're pretty much right Asherlee. In my (non-professional, speculative and therefore humble) opinion, the single most important thing in a child's upbringing is the quality of parenting. By quality, I mean consistency and application- normatively speaking, at least in the early stages a child's world almost entirely consists of their parents. Doesn't matter *what* their parents are so much- if you can foster that parental bond it seems to turn out just okay.
Of course anybody will be singled out for their differentness...so I suppose it'd also be appropriate to treat this like any other case. Normative concerns are very much central to the forming conception of identity so I guess this particular statistical minority will feature at some point in your child's preoccupations as soon as she becomes aware that most kids don't have 2 parents of the same sex. Note how I said it though...because it's becoming much more mainstream to have a single parent these days.
What would help is if your child didn't have any compelling reason to feel 'alone' as in "am I the only kid who has 2 same-sex parents?" Albeit in a different sense, I spent the majority of my high school years with that kind of preoccupation and it didn't make life any easier.
What I find amusing is that it's people who point out that people are going to give your child crap about something that people decided was unacceptable, if my repeated use of the word people conveys my meaning effectively :P
Asherlee, I think he is saying that you should listen to God, and go with his will. Meaning that if you love a homosexual, then that is what God wants, and you should not be afraid of that. Or at least that is what I got from it.
Of course anybody will be singled out for their differentness..
True, but hopefully soon this won't be as big of an issue. As more people start to come to terms and accept homosexuality, this won't be so out of the 'norm'.
