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http://news.yahoo.com/why-gay-parents-may-best-parents-131902676.html
Pope Benedict called gay marriage a threat "to the future of humanity itself," citing the need for children to have heterosexual homes.
But research on families headed by gays and lesbians doesn't back up these dire assertions. In fact, in some ways, gay parents may bring talents to the table that straight parents don't.
Gay parents "tend to be more motivated, more committed than heterosexual parents on average, because they chose to be parents," said Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark University in Massachusetts who researches gay and lesbian parenting. Gays and lesbians rarely become parents by accident, compared with an almost 50 percent accidental pregnancy rate among heterosexuals, Goldberg said. "That translates to greater commitment on average and more involvement."
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Why Does Every Word Need To Be Capitalized Except the?
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Probably because he copied & pasted from the actual article title on the webpage?
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Skipped English class huh?
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That.................. is actually a really good point.
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notmforce2k posted:
That.................. is actually a really good point.
After seeing the bureaucracy that several of my gay friends have had to go through to even foster, I can believe this 100%. Any unwed, meth addicted, teen girl can pop out a slew of kids and social services runs to their aid yet many eager, loving, financially stable homosexuals are lumped into a pedophile category by ignorant politicians and religious leaders. The foster process is difficult enough to go through but there seems to be added red tape for gay couples not to mention the aforementioned stupidity by ignorant bigots.
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Sarena_WE posted:
notmforce2k posted:
That.................. is actually a really good point.
After seeing the bureaucracy that several of my gay friends have had to go through to even foster, I can believe this 100%. Any unwed, meth addicted, teen girl can pop out a slew of kids and social services runs to their aid yet many eager, loving, financially stable homosexuals are lumped into a pedophile category by ignorant politicians and religious leaders. The foster process is difficult enough to go through but there seems to be added red tape for gay couples not to mention the aforementioned stupidity by ignorant bigots.
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tell that to the lesbo couple that has a child boy that wants to have a sex change operation
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"But research on families headed by gays and lesbians"
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Is the pope an idiot?
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Is the pope an idiot?
Not really. It's the masses he preaches to that are the morons. At least, that should be Rho's take on it.
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So going by this logic, technically straight adoptive parent are truly the best parents<.>
No child can truly grow up balanced seeing two dads or two moms while their peers have normal families.
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so the accidental pregnancy rate among heterosexuals makes them worse parents?
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regulator_cracka posted:
So going by this logic, technically straight adoptive parent are truly the best parents<.>
No child can truly grow up balanced seeing two dads or two moms while their peers have normal families.
What's a "normal family?"
2 parents, man and a woman?
1 parent, a women?
1 parent, a man?
Foster parents, Opposite sex?
Foster parents, Same sex?
Foster parent?
Option #1 is not as common as it used to be and not for as long as it used to be. According to your "Balanced" requirement, very few will be balanced. That makes them "abnormal" and the rest "normal."
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NeoKarnak posted:
What's a "normal family?"
2 parents, man and a woman?
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regulator_cracka posted:
NeoKarnak posted:
What's a "normal family?"
2 parents, man and a woman?
Not anymore, at least not for the length of the child's development.
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regulator_cracka posted:
NeoKarnak posted:
What's a "normal family?"
2 parents, man and a woman?
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regulator_cracka posted:
regulator_cracka posted:
NeoKarnak posted:
What's a "normal family?"
2 parents, man and a woman?
By that logic, there are fewer and fewer "normal families" out there. Would love to know how many kids actually have a Mom and Dad that both live in the same home.
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guess I have the best parents ever then...
They wanted 2 kids. They had my brother, then what would have been another child than me which which was lost during the pregnancy. And then Me a few years later. Then they stopped having kids, almost like magic or something.
I wasn't aware that hetero couples couldn't choose when to have kids...last I checked they have multiple types of birth control, if you truly don't want a kid, you don't have an excuse.
And until I see multiple gay couples raising kids where it doesn't raise eyebrows, it will never be "normal".
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The proper parental setup is 11 gay men raising a girl. Everything else is wrong, like all of you.
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The proper parental setup is 11 gay men raising a girl. Everything else is wrong, like all of you.
You did turn out very normal.
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Ah-Schoo posted:
The proper parental setup is 11 gay men raising a girl. Everything else is wrong, like all of you.
You did turn out very normal.
Exactly! My tits are spectacular.
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Ah-Schoo posted:
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Ah-Schoo posted:
The proper parental setup is 11 gay men raising a girl. Everything else is wrong, like all of you.
You did turn out very normal.
Exactly! My tits are spectacular.
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Cao_ren is a boy, his tits are not spectacular.
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Cao_ren is a boy, his tits are not spectacular.
You made me choke on my chip!
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I think many answers to life's mysteries can be found in nature.
NOTE: There is no documented evidence of gays in nature in any species. That really says it all, it a "choice" by confused/aw humans.
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Eradiani posted:
tell that to the lesbo couple that has a child boy that wants to have a sex change operation
Tell that to the couple who has an honor roll student.
That would certainly seem to be an exception. There isn't an explosion of kids having sex change operations because of gay parents. It's that whole "something happened somewhere" thing that ACF likes to toss around. 
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