(March 1, 2013 at 4:05 am)Aractus Wrote: Adoption. Children need both a mother and father, this has been proven again and again. Children can be raised without a mother or without a father, but the best possible environment is with both a male father and a female mother. Just like you can cut off their right arm from birth and they'll still live and develop "normally", a child is supposed to have both their arms.
You have very deceitfully cited single parenthood as an argument against homosexual parents.
Quote:Allowing children to be adopted by single people or by homosexual couples denies them the best possible start in life, and intentionally denies them either a mother or a father. Adoption is, after all, concerned with the best interests of the child first and foremost and not the "rights" or "interests" of adults.
There are no independent studies which show, conclusively, a significant benefit to children who have a mother and a father compared to those who have same-sex parents. Because, of course, that's total bullshit. Children need loving parents, and two loving, devoted homosexual parents are undeniably better for any child than heterosexual parents who are neglectful and/or abusive, as many are.
Children of caring homosexual parents are undoubtedly more suited to the task than a great many devoutly religious heterosexual parents.
When I see young people denying evolution, expressing homophobia, or being forced to attend many kinds of sinister religious services (especially Catholic and evangelical Christian), I see child abuse, because these are kids who are being intentionally denied their best interests and must succeed at life in spite of this.
As I said in my first response to you, there is not a single secular argument against homosexuals marrying and adopting which does not apply (and much more strongly, arguably) to religious heterosexuals.
