don't mention infertile couples
2007-01-01 11:00:19 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
to the demographic 2 kids 1boy 1 girl
2007-01-01 12:23:22 · update #1
I dont know. Good question.
2007-01-01 11:02:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 14⤋
Demand children, or demand the right to adopt children? Which do you mean?
I would hazard a guess that the reality is more in the latter sense... and I think it's fair to let them raise children if they are in a stable relationship, possibly better than hetero couples who argue and fight all the time. The gay community, like women, have been fighting pretty hard to gain rights which they didn't have previously, and it's not surprising that the right to adopt is one of them... it's not something I object particularly either.
What have infertile couples got to do with it? Oops, mentioned them...
2007-01-01 11:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by Buzzard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why shouldn't I mention infertile couples? Basically what I hear you implying about homosexual couples is that since they are biologically incapable of having children with one another that they shouldn't have any.
Well if a man and a woman who are married are biologically incapable of having children with one another then by your logic they shouldn't have any, either. No surrogate wombs, no fertility treatments, no adoption.
Love is love, and there are so many children out there in need of loving homes. I believe that the infertile heterosexual fundamentalist Christian couple has just as much a right to adopt a child into their loving home as a homosexual couple does into theirs. It is the love nurturing and caring that is important. Not whether or not the parents raising the child each have different genitals between their legs.
2007-01-01 11:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jen 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why shouldn't infertile couples be mentioned? Adoption is usually the case gay couples look into, and it's doing a VERY BIG favor to society and some poor child who's STRAIGHT parent abandoned them.
Oh and what of the straight people who just decide not to have any children?
2007-01-01 11:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by Mystery Lady H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gays don't "demand" children, Bryan. They love and want them. And there are many unloved, unwanted children who could benefit from that relationship.
Here's a better question for you, Bryan. In your YA public profile you describe yourself as "a practical joker,who loves to rub folk the wrong way." Apt description, Bryan. You certainly lived up to that self-description here. Now for the question. Why do you feel it so necessary to do that all the time, Bryan? Try answering that for yourself. The answer might help guide you out of your labyrinthine bigotry back onto your true path of life.
2007-01-01 13:03:11 · answer #5 · answered by Seeker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, none of my fellow gay friends have ever mentioned the subject let alone demanded anything.
However, the facts are that people irrespective of sexual persuasion can have very strong paternal/maternal instincts. It is people who make good/bad parents, not straights/gays.
Life is short, if someone feels that they can contribute by being a loving and caring parent then I for one would encourage them in their efforts to adopt/foster.
2007-01-01 21:04:46 · answer #6 · answered by Raymo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can have them in the exact same way infertile couples can have them, as a matter of fact they are NO different from any infertile couple.
Get over it.
2007-01-01 12:01:08 · answer #7 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My sexuality doesn't change the fact that I want to have children... one day (I'm only 20... I'm not in a rush). Bear un mind that there are plenty of infertile heterosexual couples that make the same "demand" as I do. Many of them have to make the same choices that I may have to make (accepting a sperm donor, be it in a lab or in the bedroom....)
Besides, who says I can't have them? I don't think my body really cares about my sexuality. Despite being a lesbian, I'm ovulating and menstruating pretty much right on schedule.
2007-01-01 11:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by gooniekim 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Well they can have them. My ex-boyfriend has a 6 year old daughter. Also, my straight brother and his bisexual wife have two children. People of every sexual orientation have children. Hell, one of my dearest female friends and her brother grew up with a father who came out when she was 13. Although, it was tough on her for the first year or two, she now has a very close bond with her father and step-father. She herself is straight and is one of the first to advocate that children of same-sex couples are just as well adjusted as those of heterosexual couples. Studies that find evidence to the contrary are often funded by organizations with a biased agenda. You'll find this if you do a little research. I agree with david f a few posts above me. The real concern should be: why are so many children unwanted by their families? Now there's a real social problem.
2007-01-01 11:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by Paul 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I believe everyone has the right to be a parent, not demand it. Gay couples don't demand children at all. What a closed minded view you have.
2007-01-01 23:32:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whatever!!! Homosexuals do not demand children and they can have them. There are plenty of gays who have been very good parents and have gone on to rear well adjusted and happy children into to well adjusted and happy and successful adults. There are also too many heterosexuals who have had loads of children only to neglect and abuse them.
Do your research before you ask such emotive and un- informed questions!!!!
2007-01-01 16:53:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋