1. *eyeroll* this is archaic. It is like saying that my primary duty as a woman is to bear children. Nonsense.
I think co-operative gay/lesbian parenting could be the way of the future, actually:
Take a lesbian couple who want a child,
and gay male couple who want a child,
draw up a contract with a lawyer,
procreate by in-vitro,
and the two families could live side-by-side as neighbors,
and both kids essentially have four parents, instead of only two.
That's four sets of life experience to draw from, four shoulders to cry on, four rides to soccer practice, four brains to help with math homework, four incomes, four babysitters.
2. It is incorrect to say lesbians are more likely than a straight couple to sexually-communicate HIV.
Lesbians are LESS likely to sexually-communicate HIV that a straight couple.
And what makes gay men more likely to sexually-communicate HIV than a straight couple, is anal sex;
however, lots of gay men do not have anal sex,
and lots of straight couples, do.
3. As to the point about the LGBT being more prone to substance abuse,
I am highly skeptical of that one;
it's like saying the LGBT are more likely to have failed relationships than straight people;
it seems statistically unlikely, given that there are FAR MORE straight people than gay,
so, especially in this day and age, it seems highly likely that straight people have just as much,
if not far more, substance abuse issues than the LGBT.
4. Gays are not proper role models. Right. Gay parents would result in brainwashed gay kids, right?
Allow me to remind everyone that every single gay person out there,
was born to STRAIGHT PARENTS.
Ultimately, I think Mr. Wizard's reply was spot-on:
NONE of these things are justification for banning two consenting adults from getting married.
It's irrelevant.
I think co-operative gay/lesbian parenting could be the way of the future, actually:
Take a lesbian couple who want a child,
and gay male couple who want a child,
draw up a contract with a lawyer,
procreate by in-vitro,
and the two families could live side-by-side as neighbors,
and both kids essentially have four parents, instead of only two.
That's four sets of life experience to draw from, four shoulders to cry on, four rides to soccer practice, four brains to help with math homework, four incomes, four babysitters.
2. It is incorrect to say lesbians are more likely than a straight couple to sexually-communicate HIV.
Lesbians are LESS likely to sexually-communicate HIV that a straight couple.
And what makes gay men more likely to sexually-communicate HIV than a straight couple, is anal sex;
however, lots of gay men do not have anal sex,
and lots of straight couples, do.
3. As to the point about the LGBT being more prone to substance abuse,
I am highly skeptical of that one;
it's like saying the LGBT are more likely to have failed relationships than straight people;
it seems statistically unlikely, given that there are FAR MORE straight people than gay,
so, especially in this day and age, it seems highly likely that straight people have just as much,
if not far more, substance abuse issues than the LGBT.
4. Gays are not proper role models. Right. Gay parents would result in brainwashed gay kids, right?
Allow me to remind everyone that every single gay person out there,
was born to STRAIGHT PARENTS.
Ultimately, I think Mr. Wizard's reply was spot-on:
NONE of these things are justification for banning two consenting adults from getting married.
It's irrelevant.
