The 2000 Census revealed that out of 5.5 million cohabiting couples, about 11 percent were
same-sex couples—with slightly more male couples than female. One-third of female same-sex
households and 22 percent of male households, or about 163,000 same-sex households in total,
lived with children under 18 years old.40 (This compares with about 25 million married-couple
households with children under 18.)
Although the research on these families has limitations, the findings are consistent: children
raised by same-sex parents are no more likely to exhibit poor outcomes than children raised by
divorced heterosexual parents.41 Since many children raised by gay or lesbian parents have
undergone the divorce of their parents, researchers have considered the most appropriate
comparison group to be children of heterosexual divorced parents.42 Children of gay or lesbian
parents do not look different from their counterparts raised in heterosexual divorced families
regarding school performance, behavior problems, emotional problems, early pregnancy, or
difficulties finding employment.43 However, as previously indicated, children of divorce are at
higher risk for many of these problems than children of married parents.
That article right there is stating that children of same sex parents pretty much is equivalent to a child of a divorced couple as far as psychological impacts. Proof of otherwise?
there’s a lot of people who go to church that “sin”. You have people that are commiting adultry, theives, liars, etc…but doesn’t mean you’ll see the church condone or approve of the behavior. In the eyes of the church…a sin is a sin. In society…we assign different punishments based on the magnitude of the sin (i.e. prison, death, fine, nothing)
The church will never support a “sin”, but you’ll always see a church welcome these people.
I can see people wanting to get married from a religious point of view. What I don’t understand is why people would wanna get married that aren’t spiritual. Do you really need a piece of paper to tell you that you wanna be with the other person for life? If your not religious its more of a hassle legal wise if shit don’t work out so why do it. Or is there a monetary gain from it as well?
going to church is not corelated to getting married. People go to church to practice their faith and try to better their lifes spiritually. If you wanna get married in a church you have to be part of that church to show you are commited to the faith and to one another. This is where the whole controversy is coming in. People see the term marriage as being a more sacred term then going to city hall and getting a piece of paper which I agree should be termed more appropriately. It really is a discrepancy of the whole “seperation of church and state”
Our culture is founded on many different beliefs and cultures, yet we still discriminate. It’s the American way, yes, but seriously besides the whole “religion” thing (which I find is annoying and retarded) what would be so bad about gays marrying?
I can’t see your pics…but are they pictures of retarded looking straight people in a straight pride parade trying to make everybody aware that staright people exist?
edit: copied/pasted the link. REALLY WALTER? publically concealed dominatrics pictures are your argument as a comparison to a gay pride parade that marches throught the open streets of a city that apparently carries no message other then “we are gay and we exist”… or should i say “We’re here and we’re queer!”?
Marital benefits for insurance, right to the estate if their partner is deceased (if no will was provided), governmental benefits for married couples, marital benefits given to spouses by the armed services, the list goes on…
In the past gay pride parades served a purpose, but now they seem superlative. It’s part of a subculture that many gay people don’t choose to participate in, but they represent the entire group when they parade. I don’t really mind as it doesn’t really affect me - my strong and charming personality is all I need.
Anyway, why would somebody who is secure with their sexuality actually care?
I just do not understand why some people take it so personally what others do with their lives. I feel terrible that people can truly love each other but society denies them the ability to have their commitment recognized.
Just because you don’t particularly care to see a man in a bikini, doesn’t mean that it is any more offensive than a woman in a bikini. I’m sure at any given time there are more scantily clad women than gay men out on the streets.
And what I did really wasn’t all that different than what you did. You took a picture that represents a small percentage of the people at a pride parade and used it to categorize the whole event :shrug: Heck, most of the people in the pride parades I’ve been too were straight.
