do you think gays should be allowed to have childern? what would be the consequences?

Question

what are the opinions of homosexuals? heterosexuals? bis?

Answer 1

I can tell you the opinion of the American Psychological Association which has passed a series of resolutions opposing discrimination based on sexual orientation with respect to parenting, adoption, foster care, child custody, etc. They indicate that there is no scientific evidence to suggest that gay or lesbian individuals or couples provide inferior parenting, nor any evidence that children of such individuals or couples are at any greater risk for difficulties. Specifically, "there is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation: lesbian and gay parents are as likely as heterosexual parents to provide supportive and healthy environments for their children (Patterson, 2000, 2004; Perrin, 2002; Tasker, 1999." And "research has shown that the adjustment, development, and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation and that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those of heterosexual parents to flourish (Patterson, 2004; Perrin, 2002; Stacey & Biblarz, 2001)."

Having children is not something which can be "allowed" or not. But having a gay or lesbian parents has no significant consequences for the child.

Answer 2

With 6.5 billion human parasites and growing, I don't think ANYONE should have children, period.

However, my extremism aside, this is a very contentious issue and I am not sure if there is such a thing as right or wrong, because look at so many straight couples that have children and really belong in cages. Is it right that they should be ALLOWED children, just because they had compatible body parts?

That said, homosexuality, to me, is a deviance. Before everyone jumps down my throat, let me finish. I do not think that people who are homosexual are evil or that it is a choice, etc, etc. My point is that it is comparable to someone being born paraplegic or blind - it is a mistake in nature. Now, people will immediately get angry here, as people always do when beliefs are challenged, but the ultimate point of sexual intercourse from nature's point of view is to produce offspring. That is ALL it is for. Human beings have made it into a pleasurable hobby, but this is not it's primary function. Therefore, taken from this perspective, homosexuality is indeed wrong, just as people who are born sterile have something wrong with them. That doesn't mean that the people themselves are BAD. Far from it. Parenting skills don't have anything to do with sexual orientation. What is a problem is how society views it and is it fair to the child to grow up in such an environment? As I said at the beginning, I don't think there is a correct answer here, except my initial one, that NOBODY should be having kids at all. There are so many problems in this world and 99% of them are caused by people. No reforms or laws will change that. We need less people and more responsible ones at that.

Answer 3

Absolutely. Why should a child languish in an orphanage if there are two loving parents that want it?

I assume you mean consequences to the child?? I don't foresee that there will be any. Studies done on children with a gay parent show that the social stress of having a parent "out" was hard, but only because being gay was not socially accepted. As society accepts gays, that stress lessens. And even if it didn't, I would think that little bit of stress is better than the alternative of living in an orphanage, unwanted.

Answer 4

Anyone with a loving, compassionate heart should be aloud to have children. As long as they can support the child, and give it a healthy, happy life who has the nerve to deny them of that right? Just because the parents are homosexual does not mean the child will be gay as well. This is supposed to be America, the land of FREEDOM...but gays do not have the FREEDOM to adopt a child without all kinds of persecution. Gays do not have the FREEDOM to get married for the most part. Who gives anyone the right to take away these privileges???

Answer 5

"Allowed?" Am I "allowed?" Are you "allowed?" Were your parents "allowed?" No, we're all human beings and, therefore, have a Constitutionally protected right to breed or not breed (abortion) as we choose. We're all allowed.

I'm heterosexual female but some of the gay and lesbian couples that I know are FAR saner than some of the heterosexual couples that I know and would make far superior parents.

Answer 6

I am a heterosexual female and I believe that being gay is not a choice... so even if two males (or females) were to raise a child that it would not change the child's sexual identity... they would probably just grow up to be more open to the differences in other people

Answer 7

since most homosexuals come from heterosexual parents, saying that homosexual parents will be a bad influence on their offspring is nonsense because where was the good influence of their heterosexual parents? it all goes back to the nature/nurture argument, and evidence seems to support the idea that each individual is what he or she is regardless of environment, which includes the sexual orientation of their parents. perfectly moral children come out of ghettos, and criminals come from rich families all the time. just look at the kennedy family! hell, both my parents were republicans, and they gave birth to two flaming revolutionaries!

Answer 8

Of course they should be allowed to adopt. Why penalize an entire segment of the population for something they can't help? This is just the 21st century's civil rights movement. Why keep children in crappy orphanages or on the streets when there are plenty of couples willing to adopt?