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SusanofO -> RE: Drug addicts, child abusers, prostitutes, satanists, adulterers, and homosexuals need not apply. (7/28/2007 3:20:25 PM)
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seeksfemslave: With all due respect (and I mean that, you have a right to your opinion) -
Even if that were true, how fair is it to order a dyed-in-the-wool, bona-fide lesbian to dump her partner, and get together with a man, in order to keep her children? In these kinds of situations, I usually think it's enlightening to wonder how one would react if the "shoe were on the other foot".
Suppose heterosexuality was considered "sick" by a majority of people? (or even a minority with power, as is the case here, IMO). What if a judge ordered you to leave your wife (I dunno if you're married or not, but imagine it anyway) and find a man to be your partner, in order to keep your children with you?
How would that feel to you? Well, I presume it feels the same way for this woman. It's just plain weird, IMO. And it is patently unfair to the woman.
I'd have no problem with this ruling if the woman was a drug-addicted burgler, say, or a member of the Mafia. But she's not. She's just a homosexual.
My childhood was pretty good, but if someone looked hard enough I am sure they could find things my parents did that could have caased me to turn out to be a less-than-stellar person (even though I think I turned out to be a good person anyway).
For one thing, my mother smoked cigarettes. Over a pack a day. She died from lung cancer four years ago. Some parenting groups probably would say she was setting a bad example for me. But I loved her anyway. Etc, etc, etc. - many similar examples can be found in everyday life, n anyone's family, I am guessing.
I know smoking might not be considered by some the same way homosexuality is, but my point is that anyone could choose any trait and say it's "bad" for a parent to have that trait or behavior.
There are some traits (like being a drug-addicted burgler) most people would agree don't make one a great parent. But hey - even then - if the majority (or a minority with some power to make decisions like this) decides tommorrow that drug-addicted burglars make superb parents - would we all then just hop on the bandwagon and say it's okay to be one? I won't.
Because if everyone was a drug-addicted burgler, society would be in shambles. I'd say the same is true for homosexuality (due to the fact if everyrone was a homosexual, procreation might come to a stand-still, and there woudln't be any society left at all) - except for one little thing. Homosexuality isn't really "just" a "behavior" - it's an in-born, biological sexual orientation that people have no control over - at all.
I really believe that to be true. And even if homosexuals don't pro-create - so what? The planet is over-populated to begin with - at least there are too many staving people in the world - and it's rank with poverty in many places. Do we really need more and more and more people, to be producing more and more children every single minute? No. I think it's fine people have children - as long as they can care for them.
I just think this judge's ruling sucks.
- Susan
- Susan
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