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I am a conservative Republican and I tend to disagree with gay marrige. I believe a marrige is between a man and a woman. However, I am tolerant of gays. I am fine with a relationship between gays and I do not believe that homosexuals should be persecuted, I just do not believe that gay marrige should be recognized by the state. My opinion on homosexuals adopting children is a bit more intense, though. I believe that if a child is raised by any two couple that do not consist of a single man and a single woman then they will not develop the emotions or skills that they would with heterosexual parents. Our moms give us emotions and our dads teach us toughness. Without a mom and a dad these things are missing. Side: Disagree
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Well, I hate to break it to you but your "opinion" has been proven incorrect by numerous studies, including this one: http://www.allacademic.com/meta/ What you said was also borderline sexist, but I'll ignore that part and focus on your overall point that homosexual parents are somehow less capable at raising a child. My first question to you is, why do you think this? Have you met people raised by homosexuals and thought "those people don't seem right to me"? Have you seen studies? Are you just making shit up? Secondly, let's think about adoption in general. Do you think a child would rather be kept in an orphanage than have parents, even if those parents are of the same gender? Would you be willing to deny an orphan a home because of this belief. Finally, as someone who actually knows people with homosexual parents, let me tell you, there is nothing emotionally or otherwise wrong with them because of how they were raised. It's more than a little offensive that anyone would think otherwise. Side: AGREE WITH IT
I'm not saying you don't truly believe that you're standing on some moral high ground. I'm not saying you by any means are a bad person, let me make that very clear. You are very mislead though if you believe that treating a gay couple any differently than a straight couple is not plainly bigotry. This includes adoption. And soccer linked a good article. There's no reason a child cannot learn the traits you mentioned from a gay couple, or a single parent, straight or gay. If it were the case, that somehow being raised by gay parents lead to a terrible life, okay. This clearly is not the case though. This idea is not based on any facts. It comes from fear. Your adjective "intense" is a perfect description for you to have used, because the opinion isn't based on any fact, but the weirdness of the idea to you. You find it, "intense." That does not mean it's wrong however. Side: AGREE WITH IT
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Here's more info on the topic. http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/How_can_gay_marriage_hurt_any_one Side: AGREE WITH IT
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Hey there MrsNoosh! Tough to read when it's all CAPS with no punctuation but I got your drift and I feel for ya! But...you've got to drop those Caps because it feels like you're screaming at us. Take a look at the debates Joe C listed...they're all good and pretty recent but if you want to begin anew, I can tell you this. As much as has been written about it, in principle, I agree with Gay Marriage. It is a very HOT topic here at the moment but I think the best we can hope for is that we, as Gay people, can enjoy all the benefits that straight couples do. Perhaps, one day, that will include Marriage and we're getting closer but it's still too much for many people to accept. We cannot give up the fight and we must forge ahead so that little by little we win the smaller victories. You're right, we're all the same...we're just people who must fight for what everyone else has and takes for granted. We're getting there so don't give up but try and understand the other side and what you'll be fighting. Side: AGREE WITH IT
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