I have found many of the problems children have to be rooted in a poor or absent parental relationship, same sex attraction or a lack of interest in heterosexual relationships being just some of the possible negative outcomes. Indeed, if unhealthy developmental outcome regarding any number of mental health and substance abuse issues is rooted in unhealthy parental relationships, then why would we expect the development of same sex attraction to be any different in origin. Once we understand the importance of parental relationships in human development, we would look to these experiences when seeking the roots of all developmental outcomes, including sexual orientation.
If two opposite sex parents are necessary to the raising of healthy children, how ironic, then, is the position held by proponents of same sex marriage that they can do the same when in fact they themselves are living out the negative consequences of not having had healthy relationships with two biological parents. They now wish to impose the very same deficits on the next generation of children, and then to declare this arrangement "healthy."
Does that make any sense?
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Does that make any sense?
Actually, nothing you posted makes a bit of sense, nor is it based in fact.
Not a jot, nowt, nada, nothing, zero, zilch, absolutely fuck all.
Abort/restart/retry
Yeah, heard this one. Along with all of the various combinations of parent child relationships that supposedly cause homosexuality. Too close to the mother, too distant from the mother, too close to the father, too distant from the father, abusive parents, distant parents, coddling parents, not enough parents, parents of the wrong gender.
I had two, happily married parents, with whom I was close, not coddled. We got on, they got on, and it was pretty much as average as you can get. Hopefully, some day my kids will be able to look to their fathers and say the same damn thing.
"If two opposite sex parents are necessary to the raising of healthy children,"
As the Spartans said to Alexander:
If.
Next you are going to propose laws to make sure that all absent fathers are forced to spend quality time with their kids, of course.
No? Why not?
We don't exactly know how homosexuality is produced, where it comes from, yet. It's probably both social and biological. For every son a woman has, the chance of the next one turning out gay increases, for example.
Two opposite-gender parents are definitely not necessary to raise healthy children. Both my father and my father-in-law lost their fathers in infancy and were raised by single mothers. My father and father-in-law are both healthy and productive members of society. Both are in happy marriages and both have children; my father has four and father-in-law has two. All their children are in happy, stable relationships and (not that it matters, really) we all are heterosexual.
Most people have friends and relatives of both genders in their "extended" families, who can give children an example of what people of opposite genders can be like.
No, your statement doesn't make any sense.
"If two opposite sex parents are necessary to the raising of healthy children...."
They aren't.
If you have a problem with homosexuals, then you need to turn your attention to heterosexuals, it is the straights that keep having gay babies.
"I have found..."
- What was the number of your study? How were they selected? Were they compared across gender, ethnic, geographic and age categories? What were the working definitions the terms you used like "poor" or "absent?"
Sorry to get nit-picky here, but real science is a bit more involved than just spewing random thoughts and asking, "Does that make any sense?"
The words make sense, but... I feel somewhat like Lisa Simpson here. I know all those words, but the sentences don't make any sense.
Please at least demonstrate correlation between queer adults and "unhealthy parental relationships" before attempting to imply a causative relationship between the two. I doubt you will succeed.
When they start off with 'I have found' you just know that they haven't.
No you bigoted prick, it doesn't make sense.
You should meet my friend Patrick (not a typo), he was raised in a Protestant home with two loving and rather wealthy parents, he's gay. His sister is straight. So no, it doesn't make sense. Because if you actually talk to gay people, you will notice that they aren't all from broken homes you fucking imbecile.
Does that make any sense?
It would if you could point to a strong correlation between homosexuality and being raised by a single parent (or any other post-birth environmental factor, for that matter); but there isn't, so it's just silly crap you made up yourself.
BTW, all of the gays I've known well came from two-parent families ... just saying ...
Indeed, if unhealthy developmental outcome regarding any number of mental health and substance abuse issues is rooted in unhealthy parental relationships, then why would we expect the development of same sex attraction to be any different in origin?
Here's a radical thought, Jeff: maybe it's because it isn't a mental health problem?
Also, the most important thing two parents bring to the family is that there's two of them. Single parents are disproportionately likely to be poor, to be overworked, and to not have a lot of time to spend with the kids. The genders of those parents is immaterial. Studies have shown this time and again.
No, nope, nada, negative, not.
I have known a quite a number of people brought up in poor or absent parental relationships. Nearly all of them turned out to be heterosexual.
I know a few healthy children brought up by gay and lesbian parents.
If, Jeffrey Pearce, your concerns are related to mental health issues, why do you not agitate for preventing the marriage of bipolar or schizophrenic people? You're not even concerned with the criminally insane marrying, just gays and lesbians. Why is that?
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