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Originally Posted by Chris T

I completely respect your right to have a view, and to live your life according to that view. However on the matter of religious people influencing the lives of others, well I'm afraid it comes with the territory. Christianity is an evangelistic religion. It makes claims to absolute truth, i.e. the universe is a certain way, and this requires a certain response from everyone who lives in it, and it places on believers the obligation to share that truth with the whole world. If I could indulge in a little logical reduction myself, if it weren't for Christians trying to influence the lives of others, we would still have a slave trade and children would still be going out to work at the age of five instead of going to school.

But isnt the catholic church (wich this thread has more to do with) responsible for trying to maintain these things?
Dont think that really counters anything you have said but I found it relevant

Originally Posted by NitroNutter

Please enlighten us all on how a gay couple with an adopted child could prepare that child for a hetrosexual adult life, just the mere fact that the child is in a gay family enviroment is without any doubt imo going to influence that childs mind.

In the same way a single parent family could.

Originally Posted by NitroNutter

Carefully avoiding the second part of the question I see!!!

So I will reitterate in a clearer manner, a child brought up in a gay couples home after being there for years and seeing his/her parents as a gay couple will in no way have influenced any enhanced curiosity towards trying that kind of relationship his/her main role models have displayed

Yes because being gay is really a bad and evil thing isnt it? You might not like it but that doesnt mean its bad. I personally find it disgusting that a person who knows they are gay could live either a loneley single life or an unhappy straight life because of how thier straight parents brought them up to believe that being gay is abnormal or evil.
How dare those straight parents give that gay child an enhanced curiosity towards straight sex (im not being serious here, but your point makes about as much sense to me).

Originally Posted by Russ D

A straight child is surely going to be asking questions why they are not attracted to someone of the same sex just like "mummy and mummy"/"daddy and daddy" are? Perhaps they may get confused in to actually trying a same-sex relationship out of feeling compelled to? I base my views on marriage on what my parents did/said.

Only as much as a child with hetro parents could be asking why they might not be attracted to people of the opposite sex.
And whats the harm in trying anyway? If they like it then good for them, if they dont then they are free to move on and try the hetro way, just because they where raised by gays doesnt mean its "the Gay way or the highway" to coin a phrase.

Originally Posted by Salu

How far do you go with legalising/promoting devience?

Originally Posted by Salu

I'm going to have to stop writing this as I am laughing too much

Pitty nobody else is

Originally Posted by Russ D

Then again not everyone believes that and neither should they be derided for doing so. I donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t agree with the genetics deciding your sexuality as you say †“ itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s not cut and dried. There are heterosexual people who may find someone of the same sex attractive but do not feel enough to act on it.

Thats correct, just like there are gay people who may find a person of the opposite sex attractive but still not enough to act on it.

Originally Posted by NitroNutter

Well start with academcally at school, children are the meanest of beings at times and if something is different about the odd child here and there it leads to bullying, verbal and physical.

6 out of 10 have opposite sex parents
3 out of 10 have a single parent
1 out of 10 has same sex parents

That in itself is a disaster waiting to happen

Financially in the future, the bullied child leaves school because they cannot take the bullying any more, on the streets, mix with the wrong groups, get into alcohol and drugs early and become a lout, etc

In the home
Mummy and Daddy sleep in the same bed, they show certain affections towards each other through the day etc seems normal to me

mummy and mummy sleep in the same bed, they show affections to each other through the day would most likely seem normal to the girl adopted

Also with other social interests that a young girl or boy would be served far better by having a parent of each sex than that of same sex.

I was going to pick this appart but I see people have allready done a better job than I could have, I just left this in to register the fact that I couldnt dissagree with you more.

Originally Posted by NitroNutter

Now I suggest you take a visit to the nail bar and get those nice long pink finger nails re done they are looking tattered. Then you can pop along to Gala bingo with your cronies.
Mean while Im of to the snooker club gonna get myself a game or two and then Ill go play some poker.

Do you really think all gays are like the one from little brittain or that annoying little bald thing from big brother last year?