(November 18, 2010 at 1:17 am)ib.me.ub Wrote: Against.
In terms of what is good for the child, having gay parents, both being male, or both being female, I don't beleive it would be good for the childs psychology. If I put myself in the childs shoes for just one moment, I would not like to have gay parents. Let alone the ridicule the child would receive at school etc, I also beleive they could have an adverse psychological reaction.
So, thinking of the child (what having children is all about) and putting the other two individuals aside, I am against.
If there are no stigmas against homosexuals then there will be no psychological effects of having gay parents any more than there will be by having parents with rainbow coloured mohawks.
A child is bound to take some notice of any stigmas against their parents, and are likely to be harassed for the fact of their parents sexuality which will in fact cause "psychological harm", but that is also the case for the children of parents with rainbow coloured mohawks.
If the parent has trait x and trait x is disliked by a minority of the population, is it therefore bad for parents with trait x to have children because of the stigma of the population? To me it does not follow that someone else's dislike of x becomes justification for those who like x being able to have children. Most obvious is the fact that it is no fault of the parent that they are gay, nor is it their fault for wanting to have a family as both personality traits are very much natural.
There is also no evidence of homosexuality being harmful to children in and of it's self.
Also, Your whole *putting myself in their shoes* is biased, you are already prejudiced against gays.
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