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Permalink Reply by Kari Stills on October 11, 2010 at 11:49am

See, that is exactly the point I was making!

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Permalink Reply by Johnny on October 11, 2010 at 11:51am

"Loving Parents" > "Non-Caring Parents"
"Two Parental Figures" > "One Parental Figure"

Sex of the parental figures doesn't matter; and anyone saying otherwise is squeezing some prejudice into their view (most likely religiously motivated whether they realize it or not).

In many cultures (and more-so in our's a century ago) having more than two parental figures is common place with multiple generations living in a single household.

Plus there are some studies that even indicate children of same-sex parents are better adjusted.

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Permalink Reply by Johnny on October 11, 2010 at 12:07pm

And try this for a scenario... A single woman gets pregnant and for-whatever-reason the father won't be involved. To make life a little easier, she moves in with her mother, who for-whatever-reason happens to be single. So a household of mother and grandmother raising the child.

Would your friends object to this?

How much different is this than two female partners raising a child together?

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Permalink Reply by Kari Stills on October 11, 2010 at 12:20pm

Wow! I knew I was going to love this site! What a fantastic response! I'll be sure to bring that up.

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Permalink Reply by Jānis Ķimsis on October 11, 2010 at 1:05pm

Well, the mother and daughter probably aren't engaged in sweet, sweet sinful lesbian lovin'. That's the problem, you see.

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Permalink Reply by Johnny on October 11, 2010 at 2:49pm

LOL!

But seriously, how many heterosexual parents are exposing their children to their love making? Why would a same-sex couple be any different?

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Permalink Reply by Jānis Ķimsis on October 11, 2010 at 2:52pm

Fuck if I know. I can only channel so much crazy.

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Permalink Reply by Becca on October 11, 2010 at 8:28pm

In my experiences it's the children who accidentally expose themselves to the parent's love making.... thus scarring them for life.

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Permalink Reply by Pope OoO (Out of Order) on October 12, 2010 at 3:31pm

Nice... can't believe I hadn't thought of that!

And then as for any marriage or domestic partnership (or single parent), the more friends and family of all types that can be in the picture, the better.

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Permalink Reply by Pope OoO (Out of Order) on October 12, 2010 at 11:10pm

chance

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Permalink Reply by Johnny on October 11, 2010 at 12:22pm

Another thought along this line... From my perspective, it seems that more (religiously motivated) people seem to object to same-sex couples adopting than same-sex couples seeking IVF.

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Permalink Reply by Emmy Ellison on October 11, 2010 at 12:50pm

I wouldn't say it's the norm, but many of the people I know in same-sex relationships tend to have one more masculine and one more feminine. I'm thinking that a child would still get the good and bad from their parents just as kids of straight couples do. And if a single parent can raise kids, then a co-parenting unit can too.

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