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If you ask a child who is old enough to choose between gay/lesbian parents, or traditional parents, what do you think they would do?
They would choose their parents.
I said ask an orphan, a child who has yet to have parents.
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Do some research on orphan kids and ask them if they would be happier in a traditional family or a homosexual family.
Go for it.
I don't need to, I already know the answer to that.
By asserting that you know without actually finding out, you destroy any possibility that anyone here will give any credence to your preconcieved notions.
A traditional family is normal.
Well, until you define "normal", that's hard to say.
A child will choose what is normal. Most kids want to fit in, especially if they have a choice. That's a fact, nothing that needs to be researched.
I know, because it's much simpler to choose your answers in advance than to find out what they are in reality.
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There is a lot more things that could possibly disturb a child with homosexual parents compared to traditional parents, it's more complicated. The child has socially abnormal parents (yes, most straight people (probably 90% of the population) don't agree with homosexuality, although they might accept it)
Do you have any research to support this bogus statistic? I haven't done any research on the subject, and will bet you a frubal right now that it's wrong.
Most people disagree with homosexuality, I don't need to research that. I know at least 70% of the american population is christian or some form of it, and I know all of them disagree with homosexuality. Also most heteros (I'd say 90%) also disagree with homosexuality.
And once again you're wrong. According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, the actual numbers are:
"Do you feel that homosexuality should be considered an acceptable alternative lifestyle or not?"
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Acceptable Not
Acceptable Unsure
% % %
9/7-8/07
48 46 6
5/10-13/07
57 39 3
5/8-11/06
54 41 4
5/2-5/05
51 45 4
5/2-4/04
54 42 4
6/25-28/82
34 51 15
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"Do you think that homosexual couples should be legally permitted to adopt children?"
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Yes No Unsure
% % %
9/7-8/07
46 50 4That is, most people find homosexuality acceptable, and almost half consider gay adoption acceptable.
A person of honor would pay me a frubal right about now. I'll be looking for it.
Further, had you been right, what if the majority was wrong? Does prejudice justify discrimination? When most Americans disapproved of mixed race marriage, should mixed couples have been allowed to adopt?
People who need to know whether adoption agencies should place children with lesbian families or not. People who are concerned about child welfare. People who are interested in sexual orientation and how it develops. People who want to know the truth. People who are really all about facts, and don't just claim to be.
I'm just saying something like that is hard to determine, and it's hard to find good/random subjects in order to determine something like that.
Yes, it's hard. That doesn't mean that we don't have any research, that the research is useless, or that we don't have some pretty good information from the research.
What do you think would happen of the research came back, and it was actually better for a traditional family, and they didn't allow homosexuals to adopt?
Then I would change my mind, and would not be arguing to the contrary.
they'd have people like you, and lesbians and gays from all over the country going out of their minds, screaming and carry on like it was the end of the world.
Please don't make assumptions about me the way you do about many other things. I'm a big reality fan.
Either way, I'm not saying that traditional adoption is WAY better, just more suited.
And I'm saying that you're wrong. Now, do you have anything, anything at all, to back up your opinion?
For me, there isn't a glimpse of doubt that a traditional family is more suited than a homosexual family, no matter how much research I read.[/quote]