Should gay couples be allowed to have children?

i think no because the child will get bullied etc. what do you think?Should gay couples be allowed to have children?
Why shouldnt they be allowed to have children. The child will be loved and cherished just as much as a hetrosexual couple would.Should gay couples be allowed to have children?
yes they should, children get bullied for a lot of reasons, so that's no excuse not to let gay couples have kids. they can make the best parents.
I wonder sometimes if some heterosexuals should be allowed to have children
yes they should!!!! and no they might not!!! but i don't think they will it all depends
Why not.





Are they bullied more than any other child? No.


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Of course they should.


Bullying as reasoning? So you shouldn't buy a car because you'll just wreck it or it will be stolen is ridiculous and even more so when similar thinking is used when considering children.


Simply because others can't teach their children to behave as though they are civilized is no reason that someone else shouldn't have a child should they desire to do so.


Actual studies have shown that same-sex parents raise children that are just as well-adjusted as those raised by heterosexual parents.
The thing is in this day and age its more likely (within young children groups) that the bully would be shut down. Majority of parents now teach theyre children to be open minded and accepting of other people so bullying would be no more of a problem then it would for every child going through school. I have a couple who live behind me who are freaks they dress they're little boy in girls clothes they say its his chose but puh lease thats opening him up to bullying (they're lesbians) On a different note my best friend is gay and her and her partner are in my will to recieve full custody of my daughter in case of my death. They already have a little girl and they are the best parents out. They love their daughter and shes well adjusted lovely little girl. I think if gay people shouldn't be allowed to have kids then straight people should be monitered too. I worked in the community service field and saw some really messed up cases of child abuse. All caused by dual parent families.
Yes, I think so.
yes.
Well my parents were straight and I was bullied at school.


But there is nothing wrong with me I still turned out a normal gay lad. So yes if it means that the child will be loved and cared for, instead of being in some orphanage and not having a real chance in life that kids with parents have.
The Netherlands did it and they're doing just fine.
Why not? You don't seriously think that all the children bullied in schools have gay parents do you??





Children as we know can be very curel but having gay parents is nothing to be ashamed of. The priority is the child, if the child is well loved and looked after then I don't see a problem.





Sometimes I look at some straight couples and how they treat their children and I think all this bother of gays bringing up children when straights can't even do a good job.
Yes. There's no permission from anybody needed, thankyou.





Good luck! Rob
I think that they should have that right given that their home is a stable and a loving one. Children are always finding various reasons for bullying other children in spite of their parents being gay. As long as the home is one of love, honor, and trust. There are so many children in the world today who needs fit parents. If couples meet the criteria for adoption, why not?
THEY ARE JUST AS LOVING AS SO CALLED ';STRAIGHTS'; SOME WHO ABUSE KILL AND MISTREAT THEIR CHILDEN - THE LITTLE ONES NEED LOVE AND LOTS OF IT - IT DOESN'T BLOODY MATTER FROM WHO - THEY NEED LOVE AND LOTS AND LOTS OF CARE AND SUPPORT!!!!
If that's the case then no interracial couples should have children, no poor couples should have children, no older couples should have children, no couples who are ugly should have children, no couples who are movie stars should have children, in fact, NO ONE should have children! There is always going to be a reason why children will bully other children, and the parents' sexual orientation doesn't have any more to do with it than anything else.
I think yes because a child will be bullied anyway for any number of reasons.
no.


the disadvantages outweigh the benefits.
I think a child will get bullied no matter what. It's how they deal with the bullying that makes them or breaks them. For example if you get your child karate lessons, chances are no bully will bother with them. If you fill your child with inner strength then the child will be able to repel any verbal bullying. And if you make a child that knows themself, and accepts that fully, and is good and kind, then the world will be on their side, regardless of their parents.





And seriously, how are you going to enforce this? Abortions for gays?





GLBT parents are no worse than regular parents. We don't change our children magically. They grow up as normal as any other. Here's a link for you that backs up my points.





http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/鈥?/a>





Just because I am gay, does not mean you can infer anything about my personality. The only thing it tells you is I'm attracted to men, nothing more. It doesn't magically define me, or define my parenting skills.





Lots of heterosexual people in the world treat their kids like crap, their kids get bullied, heck some get bullied to the point of suicide, but we don't blame them for being heterosexual.





Focus on how to parent, not the circumstances of that parent. I can raise a child just as well as any heterosexual, I can love them just the same, and they can grow up just as healthy. My sexuality doesn't define my parenting ability at all.
why not?just because the parents are gay doesnt make them bad people,or bad parents.I think a child raised by gay or lesbian parents will actually grow up to become better people because they will be more open minded
Please refer to other hundred million times it has been asked!
Of course they should and there would be no shortage of children for them to adopt, if someone would just gather up all the kids that are being abused, ignored and starved by heterosexual 2 gender parents.


The only way they may be bullied is by the offspring of homophobic parents who have taught them to hate. I often think that when hate crimes and bullying are committed against gays by other kids, the parents of the guilty offenders should be charged as well as the offenders, for passing on their homophobic values.
no. the world is so f/cked up right now to the point people do what they wanna anyway. even if GOD doesn't allow it. so gay people live ur damn life, but in the end.....u'll see.
yes i think so
Yes. And people who say that a child should be raised in a straight family should realize that the great majority of gays were raised in a straight family.





It would be nice if all children could be raised so that they have two different gender models, but with the huge number of single mothers/fathers out there, that doesn't even happen with straights, so why restrict a couple who happen to be of the same sex. And many long time studies have shown that children raised in gay families don't have any more problems than children raised by straights.
I am not gay and don't have a problem with those who are, each to their own !!





But every child has a right to a good upbringing and I know a lot of married couples who should have their children taken off them and put into care.





What I am saying is you don't have to be rich to be a good parent, you could live hand to mouth and whether you be straight single gay or what ever else there is to be, all children should have a stable home and be well cared for and loved, and i know that gay couples are just as capable of providing that as any straight couple.
Well this is an important question because sometimes i say to myself that I have absolutely nothing against anyone and believe in equality for all, regardless of race, sex, religion, etc. However, when it comes to bringing up children, I value family values. A child, I believe, needs a mother and a father. A stable relationship is never a foregone conclusion. But a child needs both a mother and father relationship. It is hard enough explaining to children where they come from in loving heterosexual relationships. But to try and explain this to children in same sex relationships must be not only difficult for the child concerned, but also for the lesbians/homosexuals who are trying to bring up that child to the best of their ability.





And then i come to think that Gay people, heterosexual people, anyone should be allowed to adopt. It is not, in my regard, a question of sexual orientation, but rather a question of education. Some people have it, some don't. As long as the people interested have the means and the financial/emotional stability to be able to support for a child, then yes, they should be allowed to adopt. Too many innocent children are suffering simply because some people are unable to look beyond their narrow minded vision of the world.
I think no. But I think no because nature shows us that for a normal, proper up-bringing a child needs both a mother figure and a father figure. This couldn't happen in a gay relationship. I would feel cheated and really upset if my parent had a gay partner instead of a parent of the opposite sex.





PS: I'm not Christian so nobody here can say I'm a Bible-nut with a vendetta against gays.
its not just the bullying thing, you have to think in terms of norms and values. fair enough they can be taught values but the norm for the children will always be same sex parents, and anything other then becomes wierd to them. the defence is that gays are human beings with rights and that is correct but having a child isnt a right and they sort of forfiet it i think if you get with someone who cant bear a child with you naturally.
No, the world is messed up enough as it is.
no it is morally,corrupt wrong,oh by they male and female are needed to procreate