The discussion centers on the question of whether children raised by homosexual parents are more likely to identify as homosexual compared to those raised by heterosexual parents. It explores various perspectives on the influence of parental sexual orientation on children's development, including social, psychological, and cultural implications.
The discussion features multiple competing views, with no consensus reached on the influence of homosexual parenting on children's sexual orientation or well-being. Participants express a range of opinions, from support for homosexual parenting to concerns about its implications.
Participants reference studies and expert opinions, but there is no agreement on the validity of these sources or the interpretations of their findings. The discussion reflects a mix of personal beliefs, anecdotal evidence, and varying interpretations of scientific literature.
Then I read of studies that do demonstrate that children raised in a homosexual home are no more likely to be homosexual than a child raised in a heterosexual home.
Originally posted by Andy
No but i have sen my parents holding hands, kissing and generally being affectionate to each other. But if you had spent the first and most important years of your live being brought up by homosexuals would that have a large influence on the way that you grow up. Imagine the bullying that the child would go through by other kids if they where to find out about having homosexual parents.
Originally posted by Andy
No but i have sen my parents holding hands, kissing and generally being affectionate to each other. But if you had spent the first and most important years of your live being brought up by homosexuals would that have a large influence on the way that you grow up. Imagine the bullying that the child would go through by other kids if they where to find out about having homosexual parents.
I don't know, has there ever been a kid raised by straight parents who turned out to be gay?Originally posted by Andy
No but i have sen my parents holding hands, kissing and generally being affectionate to each other. But if you had spent the first and most important years of your live being brought up by homosexuals would that have a large influence on the way that you grow up.
Originally posted by wuliheron
Homosexuals have children of their own and adopt them all the time. Even without accounting for any bigotry these children encounter, there are no scientifically descernable differences. Having homosexual parents does not change their sexual orientation or whatever, however, I do suspect it strongly influences their political orientation.
Perhaps that and patriarchal statis quo are really what all the fuss is about.
Perhaps that and patriarchal statis quo are really what all the fuss is about.
Originally posted by Andy
Wont somebody think of the children, i am no physcologist(obviously) but maybe a hetrosexual relationship is a more stable background for a child to grow up into? I am not against homosexuals at all, just trying to express my point of view without sounding homophobic.
Well, there would be evidence, wouldn't there? All the fear-mongering in the world won't change the fact that the majority of legitimate experts don't see a problem with it. Isn't it much better to be in a household with two well-adjusted people with plenty of self-knowledge and maturity, and a real desire to be parents? What does their gender have to do with it?
Quite the contrary, homosexuals have been raising children since time immemorial
Originally posted by Andy
What do you mean by immemorial? In thu UK there was a lot of coverage in the news about Homosexual couples wanting to adopt children and that was only a few years ago.
As for there being no problems with the child growing up, i can say this with about 99% certainty that if someone at my school had homosexual parents then there would not hear the end of it and would receive a constant barage of abuse about it. I didnt go to a bad school but bullying is common in probably every school in the world. That was my main concern about the development of the child if you receive years of bullying that must have adverse affects on the child.
Originally posted by Andy
What do you mean by immemorial? In thu UK there was a lot of coverage in the news about Homosexual couples wanting to adopt children and that was only a few years ago.
As for there being no problems with the child growing up, i can say this with about 99% certainty that if someone at my school had homosexual parents then there would not hear the end of it and would receive a constant barage of abuse about it. I didnt go to a bad school but bullying is common in probably every school in the world. That was my main concern about the development of the child if you receive years of bullying that must have adverse affects on the child.
It is common for people to 'blame the victim', isn't it? If people pick on homosexuals, there is often the unspoken attitude that they deserve it, for daring not to conform.Originally posted by wuliheron
As for school yard bullies, studies have repeatedly shown that it is not simply the unusual they seek out, but the weak and traumatized. Male chimps will occationally torture and kill baby chimps, even eating them once the fun is over. I have to agree with Zantra on this, if preventing bullying, inhumane behavior, and such things are really your interest then I suggest you address them directly.
In the last annonymous survey of public school faculty fourty percent of these school admitted to having an unspoken unoffical policy of not interfering with student on student violence. In this day and age of Collumbine I would assume people would take an active rather than a reactionary stance on such an issue. Perhaps that is too much to ask...