2006-11-19 15:59:13 · 12 answers · asked by mini me 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
It doesn't and shouldn't.
Yes, we are gay/lesbian, yes it's true that two gay males or two lesbians cannot have children together without outside "aid." This is a known fact.
It is also a known fact that an infertile female or male cannot have children with either males OR females, therefore the argument is moot.
I am a lesbian, I have a son, a biological child whom my partner and I have raised together for the past ten years. He does have a father, whom he has a relationship with, albeit strained, but he does know his father. My partner is to my son, another parental figure whom he respects moreso than even his legal step-mother who is married to his father.
He has never had to "explain" to anyone about his parents (my partner and myself). His friends simply aren't that shallow. They know he has good parents and he is well cared for. It doesn't matter to him or his friends that we are a lesbian couple. He has never been picked on, bullied or lost friends because of who his parents are. He is not depressed or a loner, he's out going and is well liked.
There have been studies done by respected, peer reviewed organizations/associations who have found that children raised by same sex couples are no more likely to be gay themselves, are usually better adjusted and more tolerant than children raised by opposite sex parents.
Children raised by same sex parents are children who are WANTED. Same sex couples have to put more attention and more dillegence into either attaining a child, becoming pregnant or retaining custody of their natural children...same sex couples actually WANT these kids, they are more willing to do anything to provide stable, loving homes for their children.
Same sex couples go out of their way to teach their children tolerance, acceptence, honesty and love...unconditional love.
2006-11-19 17:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because some people have extremely narrow visions about what a family is. If you want to see a good fictional gay family, watch Season 5 of Six Feet Under. There's no evidence that kids in gay families are worse off than kids in "normal families" and they may even be better off than kids in single-parents families
2006-11-19 16:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by Cybele 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just because I happen to be gay doesn't mean that I do not have a family. If you are referring to having children, there are people who can be good parents and people who can be bad parents, it depends on the individuals involved and how committed they are to providing a good home and education for their child and not on who they are attracted to.
2006-11-19 16:12:05 · answer #3 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter...but there are those who have to stick their noses into everybody Else's business in the name of "morals".
2006-11-19 17:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by evemarkra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't their are many types of blended families....if you want to raise a child you will. Too many hetero's have children and don't even want them!
2006-11-19 16:12:19 · answer #5 · answered by Namaste 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well evolution or god or whatever doesn't alot for the creation of a familiy via gay parents....
If your suggesting adoption or some such thing then well I guess it wouldn't matter except perhaps to the poor kid who has to explain things to his friends....
2006-11-19 16:06:30 · answer #6 · answered by rache001 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
it shouldnt as long as you provide a loving home who the hell cares
2006-11-19 16:01:15 · answer #7 · answered by heidi19852006 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its perfectly none of my bussiness
2006-11-19 16:02:36 · answer #8 · answered by phoenix_1834 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your question is exactly my point! \m/
2006-11-19 16:37:44 · answer #9 · answered by - iceman - 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't.
2006-11-19 17:00:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋