What Should Children Be Told About Marriage Equality?

[Howey]

Queers are hateful nasty creatures.

What if a loved one of yours was "queer"?

 

[Howey]

Have any gay couples allowed their infants and toddlers to fry in the car in the heat of day?

ouch

 

[GISMYS]

HERE IN GOD'S WORD WE FIND GOD'S PLAN FOR MARRAGE OF MAN TO WOMAN=====And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.

22 And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:21-24

 

[Howey]

Back to the original question in the OP, children should be told what you are comfortable telling them in an age-appropriate manner. A kid at any age understands Robert and John love each other and are getting married.

Most conversations go thusly:

Mom: "Your uncle Robert and uncle John are getting married next month and we've been invited"
Kid: "Do I have to wear a suit"?
Mom: "No, nice slacks and a collared shirt will be fine. You've got that blue polo you can wear"
Kid: "Okay...Did my new video game come in the mail yet?"
Mom: "No, go outside."
Kid: "ahhhh, Mom!"

Children are the forgotten demographic in the "should we ratify gay marriage or not" conversation. I suggest strongly that all readers here visit the link below and read the OP before we start talking about children merely being told "how it's going to be".

The very first thing we should tell children about gay marriage is that they get to be a part of the conversation BEFORE it is ever ratified, if at all. Wouldn't you agree they get to be part of the conversation Seawytch instead of dictated to after the fact? You know, since marriage is primarily about THEM? http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...-forced-to-adopt-orphans-to-these-people.html

The adoption process involves far more than simply showing a marriage license and picking out a child. The agencies vett the prospective parents as thoroughly as possible.

One thing I have no seen you address is the question of straight people doing similar things in parades or public venues. Does that mean they are not allowed to adopt either?

The problem with a single picture is that it does not tell much. I don't know who that guy is and have no idea what the venue is. Much like Mardi Gras or one of the festivals in Key West, people sometimes go wild at certain events. If you do background checks of those who act in a bawdy manner at Mardi Gras, I have no doubt you will find some professionals, parents, members of PTAs when they are at home.

From the single snapshot, we have no way of knowing anything about the man. he could be a volunteer at a hospital, a doctor, a lawyer doing pro-bono work, or any number of things. He could be an upstanding member of his community. Or he could be a kinky deviant. You have no way of knowing for sure.

I simply do not accept that we judge people by a single snapshot of them doing something that is legal.

I also do not accept that we judge the acts of one sexual orientation as seriously dangerous, while we ignore or accept the same acts by another sexual orientation.

The picture you posted did not have any nudity. A parade at Mardi Gras certainly shows more nudity. Plenty of women flash their breasts and their crotches.

Our child turned 18 years old yesterday and will be entering an Ivy League college in the fall.

I think we did a fine job of raising her since she came from a heterosexual crack head mother who abandoned her.

 

[Ibentoken]

Queers are hateful nasty creatures.

What if a loved one of yours was "queer"?

I would pity them and pray for them.

 

[Inevitable]

Queers are hateful nasty creatures.

What if a loved one of yours was "queer"?

I would pity them and pray for them.

You could just love them

 

[Ibentoken]

What if a loved one of yours was "queer"?

I would pity them and pray for them.

You could just love them

If I love them they wouldn't be queer.

 

[Asclepias]

I would pity them and pray for them.

You could just love them

If I love them they wouldn't be queer.

Youre queer and someone loves you.....well dont they?

 

[Howey]

Queers are hateful nasty creatures.

What if a loved one of yours was "queer"?

I would pity them and pray for them.

Isn't love unconditional?