gay parents?

Question

with gay couples being allowed to get married in some states,ppl argue that(if they do have children) they're not as good of parents as a man and woman. what do u think? i think they r just as good of parents and any other couple i mean its how u raise the child and treat them

ok idk im not saying gays r bad parents,i agree their good parents,and it is how the child is rasied mabe you didnt read my question right. but for those who understood what i meant thank u

Answer 1

As long as they love each other, who gives a ******* ****?

Answer 2

I think they would make great parents. Think about it, they really have to go out of their way to have a baby, they can't just wake up one day after a long night of drinking and go whoops I hope I didn't get knocked up last night. They don't bring children into the world without being properly prepared for it and as long as they raise the child to be a kind and open minded person I see no harm. And watch, someone will use the arguement they want to raise their kid to be gay. Puhleez. I was raised by straight parents so that arguement flies out the window in my opinion - because there is no correlation. And besides, I'd want my child to be straight so they wouldn't have to put up will all the bull

Answer 3

All kinds of people raise children today. Many children are raised in a traditional home, while many others deal with step parents, or single parents of either gender. Still others are raised by grandparents or aunts or uncles! While we have an idea of the "ideal" family, that went out with Robert Young in Father Knows Best, or with Ward and June Clever. MOST children are raised in non-traditional families. So parenting is a function of how hard the parents work at it, not of their gender or traditional marriage pattern.
Gay parents in general are people who have CHOSEN to be parents, in that a large number of them adopt, or have children by artificial insemination for lesbians, or surrogacy for gay men. Still others are parents from previous heterosexual marriages, but as the gay partner, they likely had to FIGHT to get custody of their children. So as people who have chosen this route, they are MORE likely to work hard at good parenting.
God Bless anyone who raises children and does it well today. It is a real challenge!

Answer 4

When I was 12, my dad figured out that he was gay. So, in some respects I too was raised by a gay parent. All I know for sure is that my siblings and I are more accepting, loving and compassionate people for having been exposed to alternative lifestyles at a young age. And we're not gay either.

Answer 5

I think they have just as much a chance to make good parents just like a hetero couple does, but I think that the kid should have a gender roll model that isn't represented by the parents. For example, lesbians should find a great guy to be a male roll model to a son and gays should find a great woman to be a female roll model to a daughter.

Answer 6

First off, there's only ONE state which offers legally equal gay marriage, the other two states only offer domestic partnerships or civil unions, these unions DO NOT hold the same legal weight as Legal Marriage, so PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE THESE!!

As a parent of a teenager, I can only tell you what I know of my own experiences as well as the most recent studies done by the American Psychologicaly Association and American Association of Pediatrics.
The two studies both show that same gender parented families are JUST AS succesful in raising well adjusted, happy, succesful children...in fact they show that same gender parented families have children who are MORE able to accept differences in people and families.
As a parent, I can tell you my son is a happy, well adjusted, honest, hard working, compassionate, talented young man who's a good student and who has NEVER been picked on or teased for having two Mommies.
My son hasn't been raised only by myself and my partner, but by a big family including my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, his biological father and paternal grandparents.
He has great friends who's parent's are all involved in their children's lives.
I know most of my son's friends parents and we all love our kids the same way. We all worry about their grades, what kind of people they are, how to teach them to give back to society...etc.

It's all in how a child is raised, END OF STORY!

Answer 7

First off I am a Lesbian and I have been with my lover fo over 6 years...
We have a son that is going to be 15 in Feb and I think we are great parents to him he knows that we love him and if he every needs us we are there for him...... We have raised him to be what every he wants to be and to always follow his dreams!!!!!!!

See I think no matter if it is a man and a woman or two woman or two men that are raising a child it is how the child is raised that matters not who dose it......

Answer 8

OK, here is what I think.

You may not like it or you may disagree. That is OK. It is not my intention to insult or offend anyone on either side of this issue.

My answer to your question will not in anyway address my personal sexual choice or preference.

Personally, I think kids are spectacular and precious. There are many in my family and I love them all. For better or something else children are what we make them to become. They are our future!

I believe all mature, adult Human Beings have a feal responsibility to nourish, nurture, educate and more their children. I also believe any mature, adult Human Being who chooses to do this is worthy of parenthood! No matter what their personal sexual preference is!

So what if a mature, adult Human Being makes a personal sexual choice that is not the same as yours? If they are also willing to do the things as I have described above as a Parent who cares what their choice is.

Don't you know there are adult Human Beings who are child predators? Why would you not support any mature, adult Human Being who chooses to be a Parent?

Imagine this if you can. Threaten the safety of any baby mammal in the wild.

I wish you fun, prosperity, joy, and safety!

Pitch Black - Elements Turn!

Answer 9

well let me just start by saying my g/f and i are proud parents of 9.
to this date we have not tryed to drown our kids in a lake or in bath tubs. we don't beat ,hit or put them in a cage and i don't remember the last time i saw a head line that read ( Kids taken from gay couple for child abuse) our kids are and will always be in a loving and caring home.so in our eyes as long as there is lots of love and the child is safe then what does it matter if you are gay or strate

Answer 10

If you do your research as the medical and mental health fields have done the overwhelming evidence shows that children that are raised in a same-sex household are as well adjusted as their counterparts raised in a heterosexual household. The children proven to be at a disadvantage are those living in a single adult head of household arrangement.

Answer 11

All neutral scientific studies have shown that the most important aspect is the stability of the household, and how well the parents get along. Sexual orientation has never been shown by an reputable study to have any significant impact on child raising.