The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Apr 10, 2013, at 12:59 34PM, Stephen Kent Gray wrote:
> The Baha'i Studies Listserv > How would you verify or falsify such an unscientific claim? It also seems you > are making the theoretical perfect the enemy of the practical good? > > Even if as you claim, heterosexual monogamy has greater potential than > homosexual monogamy. This claim is scientifically dubious though. It doesn't > follow not to allow same sex marriage or same sex adoption. You're right. This is a conclusion based largely on philosophy/theology. > You seem to imply heterosexual monogamy has a monopoly on stability. > > You can't predict whether any given family will be stable or unstable based > on such variables. I'm not claiming that the reason for giving preference to a monogamous heterosexual relationship is stability w/in the family. my position is that for optimum rearing a child requires both a mother and father; and that a man can not be an effective mother not a woman an effective father. I realize this idea is inconsistent w/ the contemporary liberal secular view, but I don't really care. It is consistent w/ my understanding of Baha'i Scriptures. Don C > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 9, 2013, at 16:20, Don Calkins <don59...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> Aha, my mistake. >> >> I don't think there are any that are really good. That's because this is a >> very complex topic w/ an unknown number of important factors, and because we >> are currently living in a fundamentally dysfunctional society. >> >> At the present time, I doubt that monogamous heterosexual relationships >> regularly produce a significantly superior family atmosphere over any other. >> i believe they have the potential to do so, but that this potential is >> largely squandered or overwhelmed by outside influences. >> >> Don C >> >> >> On Apr 9, 2013, at 2:05 14PM, Stephen Kent Gray wrote: >> >>> I was talking about heterosexual monogamy being best, what studies of >>> homosexual monogamy and parenting are you familiar with? >> >> >> ----------- >> It doesn't matter whether the sun shines if you never go outside. >> >> >> >> ----------- It doesn't matter whether the sun shines if you never go outside. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-696269-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
