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No, you need a sperm and an ovum (at the moment, anyway, it may well be possible for two women to have a child using two X chromosomes, but it wouldn't work for men with two Y chromosomes)
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Semantics - you need a man and a woman.
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But does your statement mean that anyone who isn't fertile shouldn't be allowed to have children or even adopt them? I don't think so.
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Of course not - a child's upbringing should be kept as close to natural as possible.
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So your only objection appears to be that it's those who can't have children because they're a male/ male or female/ female couple shouldn't be allowed to adopt.
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As above
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What about if one parent is black and the other is white? How do they explain that to their child?
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As above.
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Why not leave that up to the couple who decides to have or adopt children instead of objecting because, seemingly, you would find it difficult?
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If we left it up to the couple to make the decision we'd have a lot of unhappy children, that's why we have agencies to assess the suitablilty of potentional adopters first.