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Same Gender Parenting

What is your view? Should / Can parents of the same sex truly provide an ideal environment in which to raise the child or will the child become confused with gender issues?

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I dont agree with same sex couples and believe in the institution of mother/father families. However, that is not to say that same sex couples cannot provide for and raise children. Personally thought I dont agree with it.

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Since I'm against same gender couples in the first place, to have them allowed to adopt and raise children I think is an abomination. I'm sure there are loving "couples" out there who can provide financially secure homes and even a loving environment; however, there is no escaping the fact of their sexual orientation. Exposing children to that is just wrong.

In my opinion, of course.
Roz

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Even though I am not in agreement with same gender parenting , I do think they can provide a good environment to raise their children. I have seen it, that's why I know. Even though it may not be in all cases, when you read the news you realise that some heterosexual couples have not prove they can do a better job...MOST of the cases (if not all) of parents abusing the children and torturing them come from heterosexual couples. As I said before, I am not in agreement with same gender parenting but I have seen some of them being great , loving and concerned individuals who have gave their "all" towards their children.

Edited: LDS_forever on 6th Feb, 2005 - 1:45pm

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I definately don't think same gender couples can provide an ideal environment for children to be raised, neither do single parent homes. So, I think they can provide adequate homes. I think they can provide nurturing homes. However, I do not think they can provide an ideal home.

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I agree with Tena, that's why I said a "good' environment and not an "ideal" one. An ideal one in my opinion should be with a man and a woman but it does not make it *the only* factor...but love, concern and all the attributes that are necessary for parenthood.

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But who's to say what is an "ideal environment"? aren't ideals are something that we as society invented? Maybe a few years from now, we will find out that those kids who were raisd by same sex perents did ectually get a better environment then those who were raisd by a hetrosexual couples?

What I am trying to say is that I beleive the society sets the "norms" and we all act acording to it without asking questions. I think that before we say wether same sax parents can provide an "ideal environment", we shuold understand what is an ideal environment and who set the ruls for it.

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I think the person answering the question decides for themselves what they consider to be the ideal environment and then determines for themselves again whether or not they believe a same gender couple can provide an ideal environment.

You will note that I did not say they couldn't provide a good home. However, in my ideal, there must be two parents of differing gender. To me, this is the ideal. One reason is that I believe a role model of each gender should be provided. That is also why I said a single parent household wasn't ideal, in my view either.