Can Homosexuals make a FAMILY??

Question

I was told by that wierd Jesus Loves You guy that two women cannot have a FAMILY toghether. Who else agrees with this nonsense?

I believe a FAMILY is one where you have strong loving support from the parental structure (whether it be a single woman, single man, TWO women, TWO men, or a hetero couple) and children who have a good respectful relationshp with eachother and the parents. This has NOTHING to do with the SEXUALITY of the parents, whatsoever. It has do with the PERSONALITY & CHARACTER.

Answer 1

You answered your own question very well. It doesnt have anything to with the sex of the parents. I have friends who were raised in same sex homes and are great people in every way. I also have friends who were raised in a hetero home and they have severe issues!! So there goes that argument that heteros raise more well rounded kids.

Answer 2

This is a great question and many peoples beliefs and opinions come into play. I think you are totally correct. I will admit I am not a very religious person, but I can definitely stand up and say that it SHOULD NOT matter what type of sexual relationship a couple has in order to raise a family. They should be entitled to it just like any heterosexual family does.

To the people who strongly disagree, I have two things to say:
Fist off, why do you care about someone else's sexual and family decisions? Why don't you go and tend to your own family needs. These are human beings that want to have families and should not be discriminated against simply because of their sexual preference. That just roots back to the Holocaust when gays had to wear an upside down pink triangle, kind of like how the Jews had to wear a yellow star.
Second, if you're going by what the Bible says, that means you're enclosed in this small bubble that makes you think a certain way. Anything beyond that bubble is wrong. "Living in sin" can be way more beneficial to a child than an abusive or adulterous relationship between heterosexual parents. And these homosexual families are helping foster children or children in adoption agencies out. They are taking these kids and bringing them into a home. Just because they aren't male AND female doesn't mean they are incapable of bringing a child up.
That's all. I'm off the soapbox.

Answer 3

A family back in 'Jesus' day was often made up of one man and several women with sons and daughters born by multiple 'mothers' and fathered by one man...today such practice is classed illegal in most places. A homosexual family is no worse.

Two women, two men, a man and a woman...if they have the ability, intelligence and attitude to raise children within a loving environment that is supportive, caring etc., there is absolutely no reason why any of them cannot be considered a Family in the true sense of the word. There are hetrosexual families that are so far removed from deserving the title that THEY should be disallowed ever having children.

We've come a long way in so many ways yet our thinking is still way back to when women were property and had no say in anything...and men hid their desire for other men, women for other women, it's pathetic really. A family unit is a family unit when two people have the best interest of the children in their charge utmost and foremost. Some in our society have to simply get over the fact that homosexuality, like Christians and Atheists aren't going to go away just because people think they should.

Answer 4

I would argue that family is even more basic than that. I think a married man and woman without children can be at least a part of each other's family. If you're asking if gay and lesbian people can make a "nuclear family", that's a different question entirely. As for making a family, we're FORCED to often enough by being rejected by our families of origin. That's a good motivation to develop some friendships that are non-romantic in nature, but go well beyond what most people would consider "friendship". That's family.

Answer 5

Look, everyone has opionions. Some are wierd. Some are wondeful. You know what is right for you.

I wouldn't waste any time bashing on homosexuals who want a family and if I were homosexual, I wouldn't lose any sleep worrying what the misguided say about me. These people who think being christian gives them the right to hate and condemn people who are different then they are are sorely mistaken. Jesus wasn't out in the streets preaching hatred and intoleration. That logic just isn't working. They need a new scheme.

We have single women and single men raising kids. They are a family. We have parents of the parents raising the kids. Those are families. We have adopted families, maladjusted families, etc. I don't care if what you call yourself, but if you put the kid first and do the right thing, then you're okay with me, whether you are homosexual, hetrosexual, or anything in between.

Answer 6

"Family" is such a broad idea. I have friends raised by a standard mother-and-father who have since become estranged. I know many people raised well by a single parent. If one woman can rear a healthy family, why not two women together? Some people call their friends their family. You don't have to fit any set ideal to have a happy home. I think it's just hard for some people to let go of what worked well for them and accept that some people function differently.

Answer 7

Today with all the crap that's going on in the world, we shouldn't concern ourselves about two people (regardless of gender) who are in a loving, strong and happy relationship who are raising bright, happy well adjusted kid(s).

Who your real family is are the people who raised you, love you, are always there for you, will always be there for you. Many many people refer to their closest friends as brother or sister and have a brother/sister relationship with them.

The people who say gay marriage is against gods will and it will undermine marriage as we know it, need to take a hard look at their own. Why do they feel so threatened marriage wise by a gay couple across town that they don't know, and the gay couple doesn't know them? Doesn't domestic violence, drug use and alcoholism affect everyone way more than two gay people living together and raising kids?

Weather your raised by two woman or two guys, or a straight couple, what matters is that you were raised to know respect, kindness and love.

Answer 8

I absolutely agree with you. And I'd like to add that homosexual partners (or single parents or whomever) who go through the hassle of getting a child through whatever means are loving and caring parents who WANT that child and will go to the world's end to get that child to have and love.
Those homes, even if the parents are homosexual, are more loving and caring and stable than the homes of some redneck white trash who just have babies because they don't bother with birth control and have 8 kids running around with snotty noses barefoot out in the yard with the chicken coops and the cars up on cinder blocks that start smoking at age 6 and become high school dropout wife beating good for nothings... I don't see anyone taking steps to make sure parents like THAT don't have kids....

Answer 9

Of course they can, just like a single mother and child can, like a mother and father with kids can, like a foster parent and kids can, as anyone who supports, loves and cares for any dependant child can.

Family is what you make of it. Only those who live in a world of arrogant piety and judgement think otherwise. How sad for them.

Answer 10

i agree with you, it should not matter if some one is gay or anything as long as the family has love and can support there child that all that matters. I also believe that if a child is razed in that kind of situation then they Will grow to be more understanding about what is going on in this world and lurne how to love people for who they are and not for there sexual orientation. So more power to the people that have a family that are in that situation.