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gopunk

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Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: bunker
you could make the same argument for infertile couples...
Very true, but they could be infertile for reasons other than natural ones so that may not always apply. It's beside the point anyway, he wanted to know the reason gay couples can't have their own children.
well, i think what he was getting at was the reason why that reason would lead to them not being allowed to adopt.

Butt-sex doesn't produce children. Fuzz-bumping doesn't produce children. It's not <EM>natural</EM>, and that's what the gentleman is trying to get across. It ain't natural. The human mind wasn't made to be raised with an anti-heterosexual view. Gay folks are broken hetero's.

nik

yes, well sex with an infertile partner doesn't produce children either. and homo doesn't equal anti-hetero.
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
No. Sooner or later, someone will find out. Can you imagine the ridicule the kid will get in school when everyone finds out that he/she has 2 dads/2 moms and no mom/dad?

so where does the problem lie?
 

pulse8

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I've seen more happy gay couples than I have hetero couples.

I think they should be allowed to adopt just like anyone else. They'd probably make better parents than most hetero couples.

Not even. It's just that using "homo" instead of homosexual is considered derogatory, and there is no reason to do that.
Homo is only as derogatory as the context it's in. Just like any other word.
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: pulse8
I've seen more happy gay couples than I have hetero couples.

I think they should be allowed to adopt just like anyone else. They'd probably make better parents than most hetero couples.

exactly. parenting should be based on ability... i can think of quite a few people that i would rather stop from parenting before most gay couples that want to adopt.
 

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
Aug 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: bunker
you could make the same argument for infertile couples...
Very true, but they could be infertile for reasons other than natural ones so that may not always apply. It's beside the point anyway, he wanted to know the reason gay couples can't have their own children.
well, i think what he was getting at was the reason why that reason would lead to them not being allowed to adopt.
Butt-sex doesn't produce children. Fuzz-bumping doesn't produce children. It's not natural, and that's what the gentleman is trying to get across. It ain't natural. The human mind wasn't made to be raised with an anti-heterosexual view. Gay folks are broken hetero's. nik
yes, well sex with an infertile partner doesn't produce children either. and homo doesn't equal anti-hetero.

Right. Infertile couples have already been established as not being able to have kids.
rolleye.gif
But it's natural for a heterosexual couple to have sexual relations and fail at having children because of a physical defect on either side. Being a homosexual isn't a physical defect, it's a mindset. Along with that mindset comes values and ethics that I sure as hell wouldn't want a child to be subjected to without first being brought up in a natural and proper environment after which he can decide for himself whether homosexuality is a crock of crap or buy into the bullsh!t about it being genetic.

There's a certain psychological standpoint that a child grows up with if raised by a homosexual couple, and it's not healthy. It's not real.

nik
 

Jmmsbnd007

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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
No. Sooner or later, someone will find out. Can you imagine the ridicule the kid will get in school when everyone finds out that he/she has 2 dads/2 moms and no mom/dad?

so where does the problem lie?
I myself would be worried about the child and his/her future rather than if the parents can adopt. Think about it. A lot of "normal" people in schools are already the victims of racism, violence, etc. Can you imagine what would happen if someone would find out that little Timmy has 2 dads and no moms? Bullying. Discrimination. Everything black people faced in the 40's and 50's and more.
 

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
Aug 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Butt-sex doesn't produce children. Fuzz-bumping doesn't produce children. It's not natural, and that's what the gentleman is trying to get across. It ain't natural. The human mind wasn't made to be raised with an anti-heterosexual view. Gay folks are broken hetero's.
So they have sex different. Whoopdeefuggindoo. How does that prevent them from being good parents if they meet all the critera (once again, outside of sexual orientation) that a heterosexual couple does? I can't believe that you can honestly look a child in the eye that is in a foster home against their will, or in a ward of the state, and tell them that they are better off there than they are in a loving home of two homosexual people.

Oh hell yes, you bet I would!

nik
 

vi edit

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Oh hell yes, you bet I would!

And your views on this will prove to be far more harmful to a child than the alternative.

 

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Oh hell yes, you bet I would!
And your views on this will prove to be far more harmful to a child than the alternative.

So... homosexuality is better than heterosexuality? :Q Wow... I never knew I was so messed up... But... I WAS BORN WITH IT!
rolleye.gif


nik
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: bunker
you could make the same argument for infertile couples...
Very true, but they could be infertile for reasons other than natural ones so that may not always apply. It's beside the point anyway, he wanted to know the reason gay couples can't have their own children.
well, i think what he was getting at was the reason why that reason would lead to them not being allowed to adopt.
Butt-sex doesn't produce children. Fuzz-bumping doesn't produce children. It's not <EM>natural</EM>, and that's what the gentleman is trying to get across. It ain't natural. The human mind wasn't made to be raised with an anti-heterosexual view. Gay folks are broken hetero's. nik
yes, well sex with an infertile partner doesn't produce children either. and homo doesn't equal anti-hetero.

Right. Infertile couples have already been established as not being able to have kids.
rolleye.gif
But it's <EM>natural</EM> for a heterosexual couple to have sexual relations and fail at having children because of a physical defect on either side. Being a homosexual isn't a physical defect, it's a mindset. Along with that mindset comes values and ethics that I sure as hell wouldn't want a child to be subjected to without first being brought up in a natural and proper environment after which he can decide for himself whether homosexuality is a crock of crap or buy into the bullsh!t about it being genetic.

There's a certain psychological standpoint that a child grows up with if raised by a homosexual couple, and it's not healthy. It's not real.

nik

do you make a habit out of talking as if your own opinions are truth?

oh and can you enlighten us as to what these values and ethics are?
 
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Originally posted by: bunker
you could make the same argument for infertile couples...
Very true, but they could be infertile for reasons other than natural ones so that may not always apply.

It's beside the point anyway, he wanted to know the reason gay couples can't have their own children.

I think we all know the basics to human sexuality. You're entitled to your opinion of course, but its a pretty lame reasoning.

Why don't you tell us the real reasons you seem to think that any homosexual couple is un-worthy to raise a child.

I have a child, and I know of homosexuals(single and with life partners) that I would trust raising and caring for my son. There are also heterosexual persons (people in my own family in fact) that I wouldn't ever want raising my son.

 

pulse8

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Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Oh hell yes, you bet I would!
And your views on this will prove to be far more harmful to a child than the alternative.

So... homosexuality is better than heterosexuality? :Q Wow... I never knew I was so messed up... But... I WAS BORN WITH IT!
rolleye.gif


nik

For all you know, so were they.
 

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
Aug 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: bunker
you could make the same argument for infertile couples...
Very true, but they could be infertile for reasons other than natural ones so that may not always apply. It's beside the point anyway, he wanted to know the reason gay couples can't have their own children.
well, i think what he was getting at was the reason why that reason would lead to them not being allowed to adopt.
Butt-sex doesn't produce children. Fuzz-bumping doesn't produce children. It's not natural, and that's what the gentleman is trying to get across. It ain't natural. The human mind wasn't made to be raised with an anti-heterosexual view. Gay folks are broken hetero's. nik
yes, well sex with an infertile partner doesn't produce children either. and homo doesn't equal anti-hetero.
Right. Infertile couples have already been established as not being able to have kids.
rolleye.gif
But it's natural for a heterosexual couple to have sexual relations and fail at having children because of a physical defect on either side. Being a homosexual isn't a physical defect, it's a mindset. Along with that mindset comes values and ethics that I sure as hell wouldn't want a child to be subjected to without first being brought up in a natural and proper environment after which he can decide for himself whether homosexuality is a crock of crap or buy into the bullsh!t about it being genetic. There's a certain psychological standpoint that a child grows up with if raised by a homosexual couple, and it's not healthy. It's not real. nik
do you make a habit out of talking as if your own opinions are truth?

You're asking me this!? ;)
 

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
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Originally posted by: pulse8
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Oh hell yes, you bet I would!
And your views on this will prove to be far more harmful to a child than the alternative.
So... homosexuality is better than heterosexuality? :Q Wow... I never knew I was so messed up... But... I WAS BORN WITH IT!
rolleye.gif
nik
For all you know, so were they.

Haha - it's never been proven, and it never will be. :)
 

vi edit

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So... homosexuality is better than heterosexuality? :Q Wow... I never knew I was so messed up... But... I WAS BORN WITH IT!
rolleye.gif

I didn't say that.

I AM saying that puting a child in a loving, and solid home is better than bouncing them around from home to home every couple months to a year.

There is a "surplus" (terrible word to use) of children who need to be adopted. If a homosexual couple want to take on that responsibility and can do it as well, if not better than a heterosexual couple, more power to them and the child!

 

gopunk

Lifer
Jul 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
No. Sooner or later, someone will find out. Can you imagine the ridicule the kid will get in school when everyone finds out that he/she has 2 dads/2 moms and no mom/dad?

so where does the problem lie?
I myself would be worried about the child and his/her future rather than if the parents can adopt. Think about it. A lot of "normal" people in schools are already the victims of racism, violence, etc. Can you imagine what would happen if someone would find out that little Timmy has 2 dads and no moms? Bullying. Discrimination. Everything black people faced in the 40's and 50's and more.

so would you have advocated that black people not have children, for the same reasons?
 

gopunk

Lifer
Jul 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: bunker
you could make the same argument for infertile couples...
Very true, but they could be infertile for reasons other than natural ones so that may not always apply. It's beside the point anyway, he wanted to know the reason gay couples can't have their own children.
well, i think what he was getting at was the reason why that reason would lead to them not being allowed to adopt.
Butt-sex doesn't produce children. Fuzz-bumping doesn't produce children. It's not <EM>natural</EM>, and that's what the gentleman is trying to get across. It ain't natural. The human mind wasn't made to be raised with an anti-heterosexual view. Gay folks are broken hetero's. nik
yes, well sex with an infertile partner doesn't produce children either. and homo doesn't equal anti-hetero.
Right. Infertile couples have already been established as not being able to have kids.
rolleye.gif
But it's <EM>natural</EM> for a heterosexual couple to have sexual relations and fail at having children because of a physical defect on either side. Being a homosexual isn't a physical defect, it's a mindset. Along with that mindset comes values and ethics that I sure as hell wouldn't want a child to be subjected to without first being brought up in a natural and proper environment after which he can decide for himself whether homosexuality is a crock of crap or buy into the bullsh!t about it being genetic. There's a certain psychological standpoint that a child grows up with if raised by a homosexual couple, and it's not healthy. It's not real. nik
do you make a habit out of talking as if your own opinions are truth?

You're asking <EM>me</EM> this!? ;)

seriously though, what values and ethics are you referring to?
 

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
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Originally posted by: pulse8
Haha - it's never been proven, and it never will be.
It's never been proven that it's not. :)

It's not possible to prove that it can't possibly be a physical thing - modern science does not fully understand human genes. But, it's not something that can be proven, either, IMNSHO. It's a dirty and unnatural lifestyle that someone who's mind is being molded doesn't need to be molded to!!!

nik
 

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
Aug 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: bunker
you could make the same argument for infertile couples...
Very true, but they could be infertile for reasons other than natural ones so that may not always apply. It's beside the point anyway, he wanted to know the reason gay couples can't have their own children.
well, i think what he was getting at was the reason why that reason would lead to them not being allowed to adopt.
Butt-sex doesn't produce children. Fuzz-bumping doesn't produce children. It's not natural, and that's what the gentleman is trying to get across. It ain't natural. The human mind wasn't made to be raised with an anti-heterosexual view. Gay folks are broken hetero's. nik
yes, well sex with an infertile partner doesn't produce children either. and homo doesn't equal anti-hetero.
Right. Infertile couples have already been established as not being able to have kids.
rolleye.gif
But it's natural for a heterosexual couple to have sexual relations and fail at having children because of a physical defect on either side. Being a homosexual isn't a physical defect, it's a mindset. Along with that mindset comes values and ethics that I sure as hell wouldn't want a child to be subjected to without first being brought up in a natural and proper environment after which he can decide for himself whether homosexuality is a crock of crap or buy into the bullsh!t about it being genetic. There's a certain psychological standpoint that a child grows up with if raised by a homosexual couple, and it's not healthy. It's not real. nik
do you make a habit out of talking as if your own opinions are truth?
You're asking me this!? ;)
seriously though, what values and ethics are you referring to?

That being sexually interested in a man is okay. That being with a man is okay. That whatever you feel is the right thing to do. That right-and-wrong doesn't apply when it comes to sexuality. I could go on, but I have to run. My lunch is over with and it's back to training for today. :frown: I'll let you guys get back a "logical" conversation now :p

nik
 

Jmmsbnd007

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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
No. Sooner or later, someone will find out. Can you imagine the ridicule the kid will get in school when everyone finds out that he/she has 2 dads/2 moms and no mom/dad?

so where does the problem lie?
I myself would be worried about the child and his/her future rather than if the parents can adopt. Think about it. A lot of "normal" people in schools are already the victims of racism, violence, etc. Can you imagine what would happen if someone would find out that little Timmy has 2 dads and no moms? Bullying. Discrimination. Everything black people faced in the 40's and 50's and more.

so would you have advocated that black people not have children, for the same reasons?
No. I'm just saying that they would be the victims of descrimination as black kids had in schools in the 40's and 50's.
 

pulse8

Lifer
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It's a dirty and unnatural lifestyle that someone who's mind is being molded doesn't need to be molded to!!!
Do you actually know any gay men? What's this lifestyle you think they live? Do they all just have big unprotected orgys? Spreading disease around our nation? Where have you gotten your gay lifestyle information from? Have you ever been to a gay bar? Have you ever hung out with gay people?
 

Lucky

Lifer
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It's a dirty and unnatural lifestyle that someone who's mind is being molded doesn't need to be molded to!!!



Homosexuality occurs in animals other than humans. Im not sure what you use to define "unnatural" but its not exclusive to humans who have free-will. As to dirty? I think thats quite subjective.