Children, Same Sex [Civil] Marriage, and Families

[ThinkingSapien]

Aside from that, a boy with a female mother learns how to relate to other females, and vice versa. This stuff is so basic that I don’t even know why we are talking about it.

The questions are basic, but not everyone operates from the same premises and if the basic questions are not asked that might never be discovered. Having also asked some of these questions to people outside the forums I’ve come across some rather different views. Some questions that I ask are to reduce the potential for having misunderstood someone’s position and view.

All of these issues are too complex to give a simple, quantifiable answer.

I expect that many answers given in forums (not just this one) are necessarily incomplete and/or are summaries.

You used the phrase “better off,” but before we can decide whether a child is better off, we have to agree on what “better off” means before even starting the conversation. I don’t think we can agree on that definition.

Agreement might not be necessary. We might continue to have different responses to if one state is better off than another. But if one of us knows a bit about why the other sees a situation as “better off” there can be understanding even if evaluations disagree.

I was raised by a single mother, and I could tell you about the concrete consequences I faced and face because of not having a father in my life, but you would probably respond with, “well, your situation is unique to you, and doesn’t apply to all of humanity.”

It might apply to all of humanity, but it may apply to some and contributes a role in explaining and justifying a perspective.

 

[CHRISTINE77]

The questions are basic, but not everyone operates from the same premises and if the basic questions are not asked that might never be discovered. Having also asked some of these questions to people outside the forums I’ve come across some rather different views. Some questions that I ask are to reduce the potential for having misunderstood someone’s position and view.

I expect that many answers given in forums (not just this one) are necessarily incomplete and/or are summaries.

Agreement might not be necessary. We might continue to have different responses to if one state is better off than another. But if one of us knows a bit about why the other sees a situation as “better off” there can be understanding even if evaluations disagree.

It might apply to all of humanity, but it may apply to some and contributes a role in explaining and justifying a perspective.

What is your point?

 

[ThinkingSapien]

What is your point?

My primary motivation here is to explore the views of others, not to assert m own view. My previous message to you was in response to your statement on basic questions in case you wanted to know why basic questions were asked.

 

[CHRISTINE77]

My primary motivation here is to explore the views of others, not to assert m own view. My previous message to you was in response to your statement on basic questions in case you wanted to know why basic questions were asked.

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