tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post114369637479686828..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Homosexual AdoptionAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-84841824610195266512008-10-23T02:51:00.000-06:002008-10-23T02:51:00.000-06:00RC - I would disagree with one of your premises.I ...RC - I would disagree with one of your premises.<BR/><BR/>I agree that there are qualities only a "father" or a "mother" figure can provide, however, I believe this the result of gender-roles, not biology per se. If a person chooses to (choice in terms of the psychological unconscious choice - I am not saying that being gay is a conscious choice) then I believe that person can provide the necessary parenting skills. Our bodies are not hardwired as male or female. Society most often the rigid one.<BR/>Also, the number of single parents are increasing in the US, but there is no similar explosion in crime rates. Statistics show that crime rates are more often determined by social-economic factors, i.e. education, opportunities, acquaintances, etc.<BR/>By the way my mother was the dominant parental figure when it comes to discipline when I was growing up.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you in the fact that being adopted in a homosexual family would put a child in a socially awkward position, however, by definition this is due to society's fault. Discriminating against homosexual couples can only serve to perpetuate the situation. The loop has to be broken somewhere...<BR/>On the other hand, if raised properly, a child in these homes would most likely grow up to be more educated, mature and tolerant of others.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I don't think your opinions are bigoted at all. Bigots are those who hold beliefs without logic or reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1144015721869924762006-04-02T16:08:00.000-06:002006-04-02T16:08:00.000-06:00good analysis...but I don't like your conclusion.....good analysis...but I don't like your conclusion...<BR/><BR/>if i were adopted i would not like to be adopted into a homosexual family, I think that it really puts a child in a socially insecure social position among peers and others.<BR/><BR/>Also, I think that there are certain parenting qualities that fathers bring that a woman can't bring and certain parenting qualities a mother brings that a man can not bring.<BR/><BR/>I think the lack of good fathers is the result of many of our social ills and to put a child into a 2 mother family I feel would only add to that problem.<BR/><BR/>I know you disagree, but I hope you don't mind me sharing my comments (even if you consider them bigotted).<BR/><BR/>--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.comRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143853770081520182006-03-31T18:09:00.000-07:002006-03-31T18:09:00.000-07:00My standard policy when it comes to writing has al...My standard policy when it comes to writing has always been this.<BR/><BR/>I imagine a field. There are people with me on my side of the field, people on the other side, and people on the fence.<BR/><BR/>I write for the sake of those who are on or near the fence. My objective is to show those on the fence why they should climb down from the fence on my side. I also aim to explain those who stand on the other side but near the fence why they should climb on.<BR/><BR/>I do not waste my time talking to those who are so far away from the fence that, even if I were to shout, they are not likely to hear me. I only hope to leave them isolated and alone.<BR/><BR/>However, allow me to have just a slight bit of fun.<BR/><BR/>If God created people with different skin color and language because he did not want them to mix, then maybe he created people of different gender because he did not want them to mix either. Those who mix with people of a different gender would then be like those who mix with people of a different skin color and language -- people who simply do not understand God's plan.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143843546371616512006-03-31T15:19:00.000-07:002006-03-31T15:19:00.000-07:00...snicker... You really don't think that we can ......snicker... You really don't think that we can take anyone seriously who posts drivel like that...and signs it anomymously. I am only glad that your type of xenophobic bigotry is slowly being eliminated from the gene pool. Not fast enough for my liking, mind you. It'll probably take several more generations before your kind is naturally de-selected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143842594053983742006-03-31T15:03:00.000-07:002006-03-31T15:03:00.000-07:00I just have to disagree. Why anyone in their right...I just have to disagree. Why anyone in their right mind would put children in homes of practising homosexuals has got to be out of their mind. <BR/>These people have sexual urges that are not natural because they prefer same sex relationships. God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Frank or Eve and Lisa. Its just not natural and anyone who would put a male child with two gay men or a female child with two lesbians is beyond me. That is what is wrong with this world. God created women for men and he changed everyones skin color and language to set up boundaries. You dont mix what God intended. He wouldnt have created the woman for the man if He wanted men to be intimate with each other or women to be intimate for each other. He also wouldnt have changed everyones skin color and languages if he would have wanted them to mix. <BR/>Why would you want anyone who defied these preodained intendencies to be able to be an influence on the children of our futures lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143755756228715422006-03-30T14:55:00.001-07:002006-03-30T14:55:00.001-07:00Hmmm didn't want that to be anomymous.Hmmm didn't want that to be anomymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143755732759787952006-03-30T14:55:00.000-07:002006-03-30T14:55:00.000-07:00Allow me to add that I really enjoy reading your p...Allow me to add that I really enjoy reading your pieces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143747570403427962006-03-30T12:39:00.000-07:002006-03-30T12:39:00.000-07:00As the reader who asked the question, I have to th...As the reader who asked the question, I have to thank you for your clear thinking. I can see both sides on this issue, but as the Supreme Court recently said about recruiters on law-school campuses, if you take the government's money, you have to take the government's strings.<BR/><BR/>Since this issue is not about money, but about licensing, I can see the difference, and can say that I agree with your logic and your conclusion. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143724923314863072006-03-30T06:22:00.000-07:002006-03-30T06:22:00.000-07:00think_4yourselfI am sorry about the unfavorable co...<B>think_4yourself</B><BR/><BR/>I am sorry about the unfavorable conclusion of this argument.<BR/><BR/>However, the argument concerning what the state should license in terms of adoption agencies yields a similar conclusion when discussing what the state should license in terms of marriage.<BR/><BR/>These people are not only bigots, but hypocrites, when they insist that the state uses one set of principles (liberty) when handing out licenses to adoption agencies, while insisting on a different sent of principles (hate-based bigotry) when handing out licences for marriage.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1143701162408295362006-03-29T23:46:00.000-07:002006-03-29T23:46:00.000-07:00I have to say that, after my knee jerk reaction th...I have to say that, after my knee jerk reaction that Mitt Romney should be run over by a truck (a daily feeling) and that the Catholic agency should be shut down, I have to agree with your logic in the end. Any good "American" worth their salt should value free speech and fight for it with everything in them...I also can use said free speech to stand outside the Catholic agency's buildings with friends holding signs of protest at their bigotry and ignorance...but I wouldn't lobby for their (non-State funded) license to be taken away.<BR/><BR/>~Elle (who, yes, is gay, by the way)think_4yourselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273966223563741299noreply@blogger.com