Homosexual Adoption (moral, homosexuals, marriage, moral, preference)

[Lightkeeper]

Originally Posted by Runt

But it doesn't tell how many heterosexual unmarried couples are raising kids... it says how many MARRIED couples are raising kids (24% of all households) but does not say which percentage of households have NO kids (so I can figure out how many of those households have kids but the "parents" are unmarried).

Here are more statistics on unmarried couples with children.

http://www.unmarried.org/statistics.html

[Lightkeeper]

Originally Posted by Runt

But it doesn't tell how many heterosexual unmarried couples are raising kids... it says how many MARRIED couples are raising kids (24% of all households) but does not say which percentage of households have NO kids (so I can figure out how many of those households have kids but the "parents" are unmarried).

Here are more statistics on unmarried couples with children.

http://www.unmarried.org/statistics.html

[Runt]

Thanks. Here are the stats from that site:

"41% of unmarried partner households have children under 18 living in them.
- U.S. Census Bureau, America's Families and Living Arrangements 2000

33% of all births are to unmarried women.
- National Center for Health Statistics, 2000 data (report released 2002)

41% of first births to unmarried women are actually babies born to cohabiting couples, not "single" women.
- Bumpass, Larry and Lu, Hsien-Hen(2000). "Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children's Family Contexts in the United States." Population Studies, 54: 29-41.

About two-fifths of children are expected to live in a cohabiting household at some point.
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2000"

And yet homosexual COUPLES cannot raise a child together? Doesn't make sense...

[Runt]

Thanks. Here are the stats from that site:

"41% of unmarried partner households have children under 18 living in them.
- U.S. Census Bureau, America's Families and Living Arrangements 2000

33% of all births are to unmarried women.
- National Center for Health Statistics, 2000 data (report released 2002)

41% of first births to unmarried women are actually babies born to cohabiting couples, not "single" women.
- Bumpass, Larry and Lu, Hsien-Hen(2000). "Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children's Family Contexts in the United States." Population Studies, 54: 29-41.

About two-fifths of children are expected to live in a cohabiting household at some point.
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2000"

And yet homosexual COUPLES cannot raise a child together? Doesn't make sense...

[Redeemed of God]

Well if i don't believe homo's should marry then i don't believe they should adopt aswell. Thats basically what i was saying.

[Redeemed of God]

Well if i don't believe homo's should marry then i don't believe they should adopt aswell. Thats basically what i was saying.

[teapot_tall_and_yummy]

Redeemed, it sounds like you can't back up what your saying. You have given no good reasons for your position. So carful about what you say, because it offends me a lot and it offends people i love dearly

[teapot_tall_and_yummy]

Redeemed, it sounds like you can't back up what your saying. You have given no good reasons for your position. So carful about what you say, because it offends me a lot and it offends people i love dearly

[Hirohito18200]

I'll be as honest as I can...

The whole argument against gay adoption is based on circular reasoning, which isn't necesarily a bad thing, but it has no validity to people who don't believe in the Bible. What's the worst thing that could happen?

1. The kid grows up and turns gay. This is bad only if you believe in the Bible.

2. The kid grows up not knowing the value of marriage (assuming the 2 gays are not maried). The kid is more likely to have premarital sex and get divorced and all that; again, not bad unless you believe in the Bible.

correct me if im wrong

[Hirohito18200]

I'll be as honest as I can...

The whole argument against gay adoption is based on circular reasoning, which isn't necesarily a bad thing, but it has no validity to people who don't believe in the Bible. What's the worst thing that could happen?

1. The kid grows up and turns gay. This is bad only if you believe in the Bible.

2. The kid grows up not knowing the value of marriage (assuming the 2 gays are not maried). The kid is more likely to have premarital sex and get divorced and all that; again, not bad unless you believe in the Bible.

correct me if im wrong