liberalogic
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gop_jeff said:False dichotomy.
The vast majority of straight couples who seek to adopt are loving people who want to raise their kids right. Meanwhile, all homosexual couples who seek to adopt are, by definition, seeking to instill in those children the false idea that homosexuality is normal and natural.[/QUOTE]
First of all, that's a pretty general statement. What if the homosexual couple explains the situation and encourages the child to be who he is and not who they or society want him to be? If the parents explain how they differ and speak to the child about following his own heart, they are not instilling those values in him.
And what if there are no straight parents to adopt a child? If there were enough of them to go around, we wouldn't have to have foster homes.
On a side note, I'd just like to make one point clear. The reason why this issue bothers me so much is because I can't fathom how people need to pick at and scrutinize sexuality when there are so many other "evils" in society that are much more important and that effect the lives of others dramatically. To me, murder and crime carry more weight than someone's gayness. If the energy that anti-gay supporters have could be channeled into something that TRULY benefits society, we'd probably be living in a utopian society.