I do not oppose your perspective, Sir, but reality intrudes. Too many couples stayed married because it was religiously or socially 'unacceptable' to divorce. My Dad (RIP) and Mom (RIP) put up with a lot of stuff as children that no one knows about, because at the time it was hidden. Mom and Dad didn't go out in packs and beat other teens, because they were severely beaten or otherwise abused at home. My Dad's dad was a miserable SOB that beat his wife and kids. It never made the news, because that's "just how it was". Grampa committed suicide at age 44; he shot himself in the chest with a shotgun. He couldn't shoot his face because he was too good looking (vanity into death, I guess).
Unless if I just happen to be some particularly miserable case, I think that my family's experience is more the rule than the exception. Dad and Mom thankfully broke the abuse cycle with their 8 kids, but I saw Dad's anger and Mom's psychological damage.
I don't think that two homos raising a kid will make that kid a homo. Quite a long way from my original post, but I think that dogs should wear sweaters when they're cold, too.
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
RR:
I disagree.
When I was growing up, it was extremely rare for a child not to have two married parents of differing genders.
Now that is the exception rather than the norm. There is no shame in siring or birthing children out of a committed relationship, and without a long-term intent to raise them as parents. How many kids have little contact with their fathers, and in many cases their mothers as well?
This results in kids with few, if any parental figures, role models, mentors, or discipline. Most are shielded from reality checks, accountability for their actions, or responsibility, having no parents present who understood the concepts.
Welcome to the Nanny State, where the socialist village can raise your unwanted children, at no cost or penalty to you.
TR
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