No judgements, just opinions. This question is not designed to offend anyone and is meant to generate a sincere discussion amoung Christians. If anyone is found to be using abusive or potentially hurtful language towards people of the Christian faith or towards those of the Gay Community, I will not hesitate to report abuse on you.
2007-07-02 05:51:47 · 25 answers · asked by Jay 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Schizoidman - 'Benders' is not an apporpriate term for people of Gay orientation. Please refrain from further use of such terms.
2007-07-02 05:59:46 · update #1
This is a sad day for me as a Christian. I see many statements about rights and wrongs in the eyes of the Lord and many opinions crafted from logic, but God is Love, and I havn't read a single word about God's love for the child? No judgements. Just my opinion.
2007-07-02 06:12:53 · update #2
My fellow Christians, meaning followers of Christ, you all understand that we all fall short of God's standards and are only accepted by Grace. If this is so, let's move the discussion from the rights and wrongs of the issue and move on to Love and Grace of the issue?
2007-07-02 06:15:44 · update #3
If the parents are qualified, I have no problem with it. The option between having two same sex parents, or none at all doesnt seem to be a difficult choice.
Christians are taught to love, and not judge others. It is God's responsibility to judge.
2007-07-02 05:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by patrick 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I'm not for it. I believe the best chance for a child is to have a mom and dad. But how many kids really get to live that way anymore? A friend of mine left her husband with her 2 daughters and has been "married" to another wonderful woman for over 7 yrs now. Both daughters have always been in contact with their father and seemed to be doing o.k. until about a year or so ago. Both girls are now in therepy. Apparently they went through alot of "stuff" from other kids and whatnot at school that they didn't tell their parents about for a long time. They also have some of their own issues with the situation. I don't begrudge gay people anything, but maybe where kids are concerned......I just don't think it's that good of an idea.
2007-07-02 06:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by Sandra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it" Proverbs 22:6
My personal opinion is that it isn't benneficial for the child.
I do NOT hate homosexuals (afterall, we're all just sinners...some of us "saved by grace"; That's the only difference), however:
- I do not believe for one instant that putting a child in that atmosphere will lead to godly teaching ---- what kind of example about relationships would that child be getting?
Children pattern their behaviors/attitudes after what they're exposed to...therefor, any child in that kind of atmosphere may get the impression that homosexual relationships are acceptable...
(I'm not suggesting that the child will turn out homosexual either, but I think growing up in that atmosphere would definately affect that child's view on those types of relationships...so even if they're heterosexual, they'll probably end up with the 'attitude' that Gay is Okay - When it's not)
*They might be in the world's eyes; but not in God's...And I think it's important that a child be taught to revere the Lord, and God's teachings be instilled within him/her.
no disrespect intended, but truth is truth...I wouldn't want a child brought up in a home with alcohol or drug addicts, or intentionally in a broken home (divorce), or abusive home, etc...so why would homosexuality be any different?
2007-07-02 17:11:17 · answer #3 · answered by redglory 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Christian, NOT of Christendom.
And, No Way!!!
Could I, of good conscious EVER agree to that.
You may be a good parent and all.
But, you would be into something that is an abomination to our Creator.
My opinion is to NOT ALLOW IT.... EVER!!!
in any circumstance.
The purpose of marriage (male/female) is to procreate.
have children, and if ur Gay, you can't procreate.
You'd be hindering the human family from flourishing.
2007-07-02 06:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many children without homes or in terrible homes that if there's an opportunity to put them into a loving atmosphere, then it should be done.
I'm a Christian and I don't happen to think homosexuality is a learned behavior - if that were the case, would gay people come from straight households?
I don't think the kids would be harmed and it's giving them a chance at a better life to be loved instead of neglected or abused.
2007-07-02 05:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by LifesAMystery 3 · 6⤊ 3⤋
A gay couple that can provide a relatively healthy home should have the option to adopt. I do concede that there would certainly be social problems associated with a child having 2 fathers, or 2 mothers. But this is, in my opinion, better than than the psychological and behavioral problems associated with bouncing around in the foster care system, such as those stemming from a lack of love and family structure.
2007-07-02 05:55:44 · answer #6 · answered by firstythirsty 5 · 5⤊ 4⤋
You know, I happen to have some first hand knowledge of what can happen. You know what happened? The child, adopted by 2 lesbians, grew up completely heterosexual. She's not Christian, and neither are the 2 women that raised her....but that has nothing to do with their homosexuality.
Although it might seem at odds with my "fundie-ness", how can it be better for a child to grow up without a family in an orphanage, than with people that love them? How can it be better for a child to be aborted, than to make a loving family available to them? I know our knee-jerk reaction as fundamentalists is to say "NO!"...but we have to think it through. There are children who need adopting. What do we do with them? Are all my fellow Christians gonna take them home? I don't believe so. At some point, compassion has to win.
2007-07-02 06:03:45 · answer #7 · answered by Graham 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I don't support it in the same way I don't support people adopting who are openly doing any other sort of sin without repenting.
However, I don't know that I'd support a law against gay adoption since you can't legislate people into heaven.
2007-07-02 06:04:25 · answer #8 · answered by tcdrtw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear Jay,
It is wrong. God designed the family. There is to be 1 father, 1 mother, and their children (the children can be adopted if the parents are so inclined). Could any other "arrangment" be more spiritually, mentally, or physically beneficial?
2007-07-02 06:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Against it. Here are the facts. Until homosexuality is a proven genetic trait passed down from mother/father/both, it IS a learned fetish. Which should be subject to criminal penalty like all the other perversions in decent society.
Therefore, gay couples shouldn't be allowed to indoctrinate fragile little minds.
2007-07-02 06:01:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋