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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
Look at it from the other side, in this world of intolerence is it fair to adopt a child if you are a gay couple knowing the treatment that child will receive at school. Bullying is a problem for most children, the children certainly dont need more "ammunition" to taunt their pray with.
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And how, exactly , do you propose to reduce or eliminate that "intolerance" if children are *not* taught that it is acceptable and *should* be tolerated?
Not that long ago it would have been unconscionable, if not illegal in some places for a mixed-race couple to form a relationship. However people have stood up and *fought* against that sort of bigotry and prejudice and now (in most places) these couples can walk down the street openly.
Gay relationships *are* becoming tolerated, but only because children are learning more and more that they're perfectly acceptable and reasonable, despite a bigotted minority who want to perpetuate old hatreds.
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I personally dont think that this incident (of pupils reading a book about same sex couples faling in love) was appropriate, at 9 years old I dont even think teaching about hetrosexual relationships is appreopriate.
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But is that just *your* prejudices showing???