Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage and Adoption, 1st country in Latin America

[dunno001]

FootballFan said:

highwaystar101 said:

Why not? I'm pro-gay marriage and in favour of polygamy, I don't really see the taboo. And whilst I personally find the idea of incest repulsive, I'm not going to demand that these people have less right to be together than any other two people, because like everyone else they should have the right to love whoever they want.

Mind you, in my opinion all relationships akin to marriage should be a civil union, and a marriage should only be recognised by the institution that grants it. This way a marriage holds no more rights than a civil union, it is is only a recognition of  relationship by an independent group.

If Islam, christianity and other religions want to be bogged down by millennia old dogmas about homosexuality and not recognise the relationships, then so be it. Just as long as they don't affect the rights of the homosexuals to love who they want.

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And as brought up already, the right for gay couples to adopt will become more accepted as it becomes more normal. As with anything controversial it's not going to be accepted straight away by the masses, but in time it will be accepted as the norm.

Besides I know of a few people who's parents have come out as homosexual after they born, and they live with either two mothers or two fathers. By that reasoning should we deem those parents who already have children, but have realised their sexual preference, as less capable parents as those who are heterosexual? Going to the extreme, should we take their children off them for being homosexual and give them to heterosexual couples? Of course not.

If you were young and going to be adopted would you choose a gay couple over a straight couple? No. I am for the introduction but I think it would be such a burden upon families that it could beceom unbearable for the child. The last thing someone wants is to stand out in that way...

I'm not so sure about this. Some of the kids are too young to really know the difference; they'll know it's weird to have 2 mommies or 2 daddies, but that's it. By the time they're old enough to know and care, it's no longer a matter of adoption by a gay couple versus a straight one; the burden in the system would make it closer to a gay couple versus not being adopted. And at that point, it's considerably less clear which route the child will choose. Presumably, the child will be able to talk and express their preference also; I can't see a gay couple wanting to adopt someone who's completely against the idea.

And for the family burden, I maintain that it's not as much a burden as you think. Working with kids in my job, I can say that yes, there is an increased chance of the kid being picked on in school, but there are so many categories there, as mentioned in other posts. And, it seems as though some of the kids do it as the "in" thing, but there are also quite a few who do it because they don't know anyone who is gay. I've seen some of the ones who used to pick on being gay, not to an individual, but in a general sense, stop when they find out one of their friends is. Of course, this is a limited case; not all of them stop, but again, I think things will all work out in the end.