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Dolores49
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I am an adult child of a “lesbian” mother, my natural mother, a former Catholic, now deceased (1998). I am 100% against homosexuals adopting children. But don’t just take it from me. Read the Zenit interview which follows my message.
Thanks to the burdens I suffered growing up under the influence of alternative bi-sexual parents (her boyfriend married her when I was 11 years old), I am a now a happy conservative Catholic, married 34 years to one man, and a protective mother to a teenager who attends a new, small private school in the Catholic classic tradition. (A miracle!!)
I can speak with confidence to anyone, anywhere: Do not allow homosexuals to take advantage of your good and tolerant nature.
I have a big place in my heart for my mother. But I grew up around lesbians who disliked or hated men. This isolated us from my friends and their families and our own family. She did her own thing until, after high school, I ended up living in a psychiatric ward, diagnosed with Dissociative Disorder (I’m not really here, out of body), Depression, followed by years of hypochondria - I was seeking a father figure in those male doctors, I believe.
THE EVIDENCE - I will post links or writings here as long as the Catholic Answers team will alow me.
Zenit ran a well-written piece, “DANGERS OF HOMOSEXUALS ADOPTING CHILDREN” November 4 & 5, 2004. The articles are still available. They are too long for cutting & pasting here.
Instruction for finding the articles: Zenit has “frames” so there is no reliable URL. But you can Search for it.
Visit - www.zenit.org/english - from the Left Column, select “Archive”; select “As of August 1, 2001”; a calendar page opens - change the fill-in box to “2004, 11”; then on the calendar displayed, select the hyperlink for the dates, “4” and “5”.
It’s too long to reproduce here. But here is an excerpt:
“Dangers of Same-Sex Couples Adopting Children (Part 1)
INTERVIEW WITH CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RESEARCHER, Dale O’Leary on the Risks”
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, NOV. 4, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Despite the large number of securely married people waiting to adopt children, same-sex couples are often regarded as desirable adoptive parents with equal qualifications.
So says Dale O’Leary, a writer and researcher for the Catholic Medical Association.
She shared with ZENIT how adoption agencies have disregarded evidence that persons with same-sex attractions are far more likely to suffer from psychological disorders than the general public, and how those risk factors can negatively affect children.
Q: What is the growth trend of children being adopted by same-sex couples or individuals with same-sex attractions?
O’Leary: I do not have any research showing this, but the anecdotal evidence suggests a dramatic increase in such adoptions.
Recently, I spoke with a woman who has adopted a number of special needs children and is extremely active in the adoption movement. She said that she has observed a dramatic increase in adoptions by same-sex couples.
She believes that the social workers in the adoption field are disproportionately homosexual themselves or are extremely sympathetic to homosexual adoptions and are directing children to same-sex couples, when there are married heterosexual couples available. She is extremely concerned about this trend.
This, of course, is only anecdotal evidence, but well-designed studies that compare persons with same-sex attractions with the general public have found that persons with same-sex attractions are far more likely to suffer from psychological disorders.
A same-sex couple has, by definition, two persons at high risk for psychological disorders. The studies published in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that persons self-identified as homosexual in comparison to the general public had almost double the rate of suicidal ideation or attempts, substance abuse problems and psychological disorders. One of the studies found that 78.6% of the gay, lesbian or bisexual group suffered from multiple disorders.
And there are other problems: Domestic violence is more common among same-sex couples. Men with same-sex attractions are more likely to become infected with a STD, including HIV, hepatitis or HPV, which can lead to cancer. Thus, several studies suggest that 50% of men who have sex with men will become HIV positive before age 50.
Any of these problems would negatively affect an adopted child. When dealing with married heterosexual couples, agencies have been extremely strict in ruling out couples with risk factors, yet seem to be ignoring real risk when evaluating same-sex couples who want to adopt.
END OF EXCERPT
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Thanks to the burdens I suffered growing up under the influence of alternative bi-sexual parents (her boyfriend married her when I was 11 years old), I am a now a happy conservative Catholic, married 34 years to one man, and a protective mother to a teenager who attends a new, small private school in the Catholic classic tradition. (A miracle!!)
I can speak with confidence to anyone, anywhere: Do not allow homosexuals to take advantage of your good and tolerant nature.
I have a big place in my heart for my mother. But I grew up around lesbians who disliked or hated men. This isolated us from my friends and their families and our own family. She did her own thing until, after high school, I ended up living in a psychiatric ward, diagnosed with Dissociative Disorder (I’m not really here, out of body), Depression, followed by years of hypochondria - I was seeking a father figure in those male doctors, I believe.
THE EVIDENCE - I will post links or writings here as long as the Catholic Answers team will alow me.
Zenit ran a well-written piece, “DANGERS OF HOMOSEXUALS ADOPTING CHILDREN” November 4 & 5, 2004. The articles are still available. They are too long for cutting & pasting here.
Instruction for finding the articles: Zenit has “frames” so there is no reliable URL. But you can Search for it.
Visit - www.zenit.org/english - from the Left Column, select “Archive”; select “As of August 1, 2001”; a calendar page opens - change the fill-in box to “2004, 11”; then on the calendar displayed, select the hyperlink for the dates, “4” and “5”.
It’s too long to reproduce here. But here is an excerpt:
“Dangers of Same-Sex Couples Adopting Children (Part 1)
INTERVIEW WITH CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RESEARCHER, Dale O’Leary on the Risks”
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, NOV. 4, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Despite the large number of securely married people waiting to adopt children, same-sex couples are often regarded as desirable adoptive parents with equal qualifications.
So says Dale O’Leary, a writer and researcher for the Catholic Medical Association.
She shared with ZENIT how adoption agencies have disregarded evidence that persons with same-sex attractions are far more likely to suffer from psychological disorders than the general public, and how those risk factors can negatively affect children.
Q: What is the growth trend of children being adopted by same-sex couples or individuals with same-sex attractions?
O’Leary: I do not have any research showing this, but the anecdotal evidence suggests a dramatic increase in such adoptions.
Recently, I spoke with a woman who has adopted a number of special needs children and is extremely active in the adoption movement. She said that she has observed a dramatic increase in adoptions by same-sex couples.
She believes that the social workers in the adoption field are disproportionately homosexual themselves or are extremely sympathetic to homosexual adoptions and are directing children to same-sex couples, when there are married heterosexual couples available. She is extremely concerned about this trend.
This, of course, is only anecdotal evidence, but well-designed studies that compare persons with same-sex attractions with the general public have found that persons with same-sex attractions are far more likely to suffer from psychological disorders.
A same-sex couple has, by definition, two persons at high risk for psychological disorders. The studies published in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that persons self-identified as homosexual in comparison to the general public had almost double the rate of suicidal ideation or attempts, substance abuse problems and psychological disorders. One of the studies found that 78.6% of the gay, lesbian or bisexual group suffered from multiple disorders.
And there are other problems: Domestic violence is more common among same-sex couples. Men with same-sex attractions are more likely to become infected with a STD, including HIV, hepatitis or HPV, which can lead to cancer. Thus, several studies suggest that 50% of men who have sex with men will become HIV positive before age 50.
Any of these problems would negatively affect an adopted child. When dealing with married heterosexual couples, agencies have been extremely strict in ruling out couples with risk factors, yet seem to be ignoring real risk when evaluating same-sex couples who want to adopt.
END OF EXCERPT
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