The polemic decision whether gay couples can or cannot adopt is completely based in this question. And nobody really cares about gay children being raised in a straight home, a matter as important as the previous one.
Please give only social and cultural related answers, avoiding religion.
2006-09-20 17:30:29 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I believe that two PEOPLE that love each other can raise a happy child.
2006-09-20 17:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by Georgia Girl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hello!! :o) I was in my thirties before it dawned on me that my parents probably had sex. lol So as long as a gay couple respect a child's right NOT to know what they are doing sexually - I don't see how it could matter what their sexual orientation is. I think some people have this idea that if a child is raised by gay parents that they will be exposed to one sex orgy after another. And that's a shame. For I hardly think that's the case. [Or that it would be the case] Most gay couples - like most single straight parents - appreciate the importance of having a positive opposite sex influence in their child's life. [opposite to the parents sex] Little boys and girls NEED healthy role models from BOTH sexes. But that all said - what really matters most of all in a child's life is that he/she KNOWS that they are LOVED. And sadly - being raised by straight parents is no guarantee of that. [As we all know] Craig!! :o)
2006-09-21 01:08:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personal experience tells me that it doesn't matter what the sexuality of the parent is, that the innate sexuality of the child will be decided by their own chemistry.
My ex is a bisexual transvestite, I am a lifetime bisexual. Our twin daughters, raised exactly the same are respectively straight and bisexual.
Close friends of ours are long time partnered and one of them has a son in his mid 20's. Although our friend was out for most of his son's lifetime, the mother was practicing heterosexuality. A few short years ago, when the son was a teen, the mother also admitted and embraced her lesbianism. So mom and dad are both gay, and yet the son is a straight as a arrow.
I would rather a child was raised in a loving home with devoted and committed parents of any sexuality.
2006-09-20 17:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know for a fact that Gay couples can raise straight kids because I've seen it happen. As to vice-versa, my parents were straight and I'm bi. The orientation of the parents has nothing to do with it, it's socio/religious biases that will affect their parenting.
2006-09-20 21:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All studies on gay parenting show that children raised by them are as or more well adjusted than kids of straight parents - this holds for intellectual, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. Also, the rate of children turning out to be gay is not statistically different than kids raised by straights. Yes, I believe that gays can raise straight kids, and straights can raise gay kids. If anything given our puritanical religious infiltration of society, gay kids raised by straight fundamentalists are most likely at a huge disadvantage. Nothing worse than being rejected by your own parents for simply being who you are.
2006-09-20 18:35:00 · answer #5 · answered by Alex62 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i know a gay couple can raise a straight child, ive seen two families where this happens. and, of course, straight parents can raise a gay child, it happens all the time. and why should a gay couple not adopt? even if it would make the child gay, why is this a problem?
2006-09-20 18:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by kliled 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well lets see, my parents were both straight, yet I'm gay. My son is straight, and again, I'm gay.
So you tell me.
My parents were very open minded even though they had no gay friends that I remember. They were and are very loving and compassionate people. My son is also a very compassionate person. He actually refuses to hold grudges against people. His words "Why hold a grudge? It just waists precious time and energy that could be used much more creatively and positively."
Wise for his seventeen years.
2006-09-20 17:57:12 · answer #7 · answered by DEATH 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We can easily show evidence of homosexual children having been raised by heterosexuals ... so the gender preference of the adults is, at the very least, not an absolute determining factor.
Whether it plays any role at all ... I don't believe there has been enough research/study in the area to make a rational, reasonable determination.
2006-09-20 17:39:05 · answer #8 · answered by Arkangyle 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I went to high school with two extremely straight guys (basketball team captain and star soccer player) who were raised by gay parents. Personally, I am gay and was raised by two straight parents, while both my siblings are straight.
2006-09-21 04:57:24 · answer #9 · answered by pceej 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course.
Everyone should look at whats best for THE CHILD.
Certainly a home, whether Gay Parents or not, is better than no home. Why would they let a child sit in gov. care rather than get a loving home?
Too many people trying to bring it (religeon) into everything.
2006-09-20 20:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by AveGirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gays all came out of straight families. I have a son and two daughters all straight. My two brothers are straight. people are born LGBT. It has nothing to do with how their raised or peer pressure or any outside influence at all. many like myself stay in the closet until they know they have to be them selves.
Tammi Dee
2006-09-20 18:21:06 · answer #11 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋