[burt b]

If one assumes that homosexuality is 30% genetic and 70% environmental, then the displayed sexuality of the parents is important to the child's development. I pose ancient Greece where 80% of the men were interested in same sex pleasure, as the proof case.__Therefore: It is very important for children to have a male and a female role model. In the ideal case (two well adjusted parents of different sex vs. two well adjusted parents of the same sex), the traditional couple has an advantage in raising well adjusted children who can relate to both males and females well. Society has an obligation to promote an ideal, even if some people fall short. The great portion of personal growth that the parents do is because of the inherent conflict of two different sexes working out their different needs.__I have seen the argument that gays should be allowed to adopt because there are so many unadopted kids. This is silly, because there are many more straight couples that are not allowed to adopt for a number of reasons; including being of a different race from the child and the chance that the drug affected mother might one day kick the habit and be able to raise her child herself. These are the saddest cases; The drug case where the child yo-yos between foster care and the mother every other year, and the racial case where the child yo-yos between foster care families every 4 years to prevent 'attachment'. That activists would use this argument is either naive or shows that any means are acceptable to achieve their goals.__I have seen some studies that claim there is no effect on children adopted by gays, but these studies stop after too young an age. Working thru parent caused trauma can take years and may not even be discovered until after adulthood. __One of the studies sited on the gay and lesbian page of the post below {Rees (1979)} sited in an ironic twist, that 'children of lesbian mothers reported greater psychological femininity ...This result would seem to run counter to expectations based on stereotypes of lesbians as lacking in femininity'. This misses the basic point that without role models of each sex, child development is effected. _._Where did that one post get the idea that gay women let their ex-husbands visit the children more often? These are some of the most contentious divorces and the animosity is usually taken out on the kids!

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Name : burt b, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 40, City : la, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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