richardhutnik said:
How do kids in homes where the parents have multiple divorces deal with things? I believe the idea of gender roles is seen is irrelevant today. In this discussion, the focus is on people being able to adopt children as the main point. Not sure anyone cares to think about what is best for the children involved. And, on this note, I am getting tempted to start a thread on why a rights based ethics system is insufficient for making sound ethical choices. |
Is your point that gay couples can't socialize their children in a environment where conventional gender roles are in place? Men and women being in their respective roles, or there being two different roles instead of one?
There's so many problems though, especially if this was going to be legislation.
What are the roles each gender have? Do we make sure hetrosexuals adopt those roles, or do we just assume they'll be carried out? Who decides what the gender roles are?
What about single parents, where only one gender role will be present (one mother, one father). Why not two fathers/mothers?
Why not teach children of responsibilities regardless of gender? Boys should clean up too, girls should aspire to become self sufficient?
Why not accept that sexuality is natural, and that that being so, children will end up straight or homosexual regardless of parentage. Homosexuals developed from hetrosexual couples, why can't hetrosexual couples arise from homosexual?
