i think i did a pretty decent job of giving my case. i had two emails that
went over why i'm not sure that two men or two women having children is a
great idea.
when i pondered why gay people want children, that was careless i admit,
but personally if i were gay i wouldn't want kids. actually i don't
understand why anyone wants kids ;) that was my point, but i added it at a
careless time. oh well, people make mistakes (but lemme tell you what,
leigh, you sure do know how to make someone feel like they accidently blew
up a building). i can't really do anything good as far as a lot of you are
concerned, except shut up because i've realized that making a mistake on
this list is the worst thing you can possibly do..and i think i'm the
better person for realizing that, regardless of whatever i say that comes
out a little strange.
everything i say i say from a different perspective than a gay person's or
the child of a gay person. i have nothing against gay people, i think it's
cool if they wanna bond their family together with children; the problem is
that other kids won't understand and that child will have to pay somehow,
and i stand firmly by my statement saying that it's like naming a kid
melvin and expecting it to be all honky dory. kids will turn heads, kids
will poke fun, kids aren't necessarily gonna understand. and to compare
that to a black person or any other minority is completely different,
because it's not especially taboo for black people to breed unless you're
in a rural and close-minded area. and as for you not being brought up by a
single parent, well that's good..i was brought up by a single mom, and the
thing is that that, unfortunately, it also not a taboo anymore..regardless
of if you're in a small town or a large city. maybe in your area it is
strange, but in all areas i've ever lived in it was quite normal. i don't
honestly believe that it's normal for two homosexuals to have a child
anywhere you go at this point. it'd be nice if it weren't a big deal, but
it is. my point isn't to say that homosexuals having children is WRONG,
because that's not how i feel. my point is that other kids aren't going to
understand, and homosexuals should keep that in mind before they either
adopt (i personally feel this is the better way to go...) or have test tube
babies, you know, just any circumstance involving homosexual parents is
risky at this point.
everything about this thread, to me from my own perspective, is that this
is a risky thing to get into. it's much more normal for a mom and dad to
be found in bed together than your two homosexual parents.
maybe it'd be a good thing for a kid to have gay parents, because it would
enlighten them.. but if i loved my kid i'd feel kinda bad to see them being
harassed especially in certain areas where that may not be responded to
well.
nothing i say has anything to do with how i personally feel, i just think
that it would be really hard for a kid to go through and the other kids
wouldn't necessarily understand it.
- amy
