Michael,
You are taking a culture and comparing a culture. This is a non-sequitor and has no basis in the discussion of Homosexuals and Male/Female He created them…
Hello CC,
The point was that you extrapolated from a group to individuals when you said “So, what you want to do is expose children to parenting by people that have a higher rate of depression, substance abuse and suicide…what is going on with these people? You want them to have more children to parent?”.
There are plenty of gay people who aren’t depressed (not that I would rule out ever giving a child to people who suffered depression; people who suffer from MH issues can often be loving and capable parents), don’t abuse substances, and don’t commit suicide.
Like I said, I wouldn’t say “you can’t adopt because you’re an American, and Americans as a group have high gun crime and I don’t want to give a child to a person who is reckless with a gun”. I wouldn’t extrapolate from a group to every individual in that group.
What matters to me is what the people are like themselves; I think we need to be wary of looking at people as stereotypes, be they gay, American, Baptist, Catholic, Jews.
Over time we need to better understand how children fair being looked after by same-sex couples, so we can make decisions informed by empirical data rather than by theories and, possibly, prejudices. In general though, I am in favour of putting children in an environment that is sympathetic to their cultural background.
Anyway, as I say, I understand that people hold quite different opinions, and often quite strongly on this issue, and I respect everybody’s right to hold to their conscience on this issue, whatever their stance.
God bless you CC +e
