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[memnus]

That constitutional amendment that was once an internet hoax? Not anymore.

Musgrave would ban gay unions

Bloody hell.

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[sillygoosegirl.livejournal.com]

I can see how 2 men or 2 women would not (on average) be as good of parents as a pair with one of each. Honestly, I really appreciate having a parent of my gender and a parent of the other. However, I think that two parents of the same gender would be far superior to only one parent (of only one gender--duh). Also reproductive freedom seems to be generally considered a basic human right or so I've heard. I don't agree, but that's beside the point. The point is, you can't stop a pair of homosexual women from having a baby (or 2) unless you have the cooperation of all the men in the world, so the whole thing seems like a rather uninteresting political question to me.

I would think the parenting issue is entirely separate from the marriage issue (I think adoption is mostly in the private sector). I don't think the presence of absences of a real marriage is going to stop people from having children. Tell me, which is a greater threat to our "foundation of society": married homosexuals with children or unmarried homosexuals with children? I would think even the religious right would be able to figure out this one. I would think so, and I would be wrong. That's why I call things like "family values" buzz words that most people don't understand.

Okay, so that was a convoluted ramble. I apologize in advance.

[memnus.livejournal.com]

Adoption as far as I know is regulated enough that you have to prove you can care for the child well, which most interpret as being two parents in case something happens to one. And while lesbians can certainly have children, what they can't do is be legally responsible for their partner's child if something happens to the natural mother.

Here's something to ponder: which child will be more emotionally balanced, the one raised by two fathers who genuinely love each other, or one raised by a father and mother who resent the relationship they've been forced into?

(If this will start an emotionally heated argument that will hurt people, I apologize. You don't have to answer.)

[jeffspender.livejournal.com]

I would go further to say that aside from having people of different genders involved with the raising of a child, it is also beneficial to have multiple generations and extended family involved in their lives. I've thought a lot about the possibility of having kids, and it's definitely something I'm interested in down the line. If I do, I'd want to live with my husband somewhere reasonably close to either my family or his, the idea being that having a strong grandmother or aunt influence in their lives will help keep things balanced out.

[solkanar512.livejournal.com]

That's easy: the unmarried couple. The unmarried couple has none of the rights a maried couple does. Such things as counting as next of kin if something horrible happens, rights to keep your children, to be covered by insurance, etc etc. These rights help guarantee that certian unstabling events won't happen. It prevents homophobic friends and family from interfering with life decisions a couple has decided to make. To me, this adds to the stability of a situation.