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Originally Posted by NitroNutter
How about which is better between a loving hetro set of parents and a gay loving parent set or a loving hetro parent set and a volotile gay couple ?
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In the context of adoption (which is what we were talking about) volatile couples would definitely not be suitable adoptive parents, straight *or* gay. Loving couples, however, should be judged equally.
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Also one argument that has been applied by the fors and the live and let lives is how gay parents lifestyle would have no relevance on any sexuality influences on the child, but these people also say, that the reason for any homophobia by other children is by hetro parents and their lifestyle passing on a biggoted attitude on to their offspring against gay deviance.
Well here we are again with them wanting it both ways and expecting it to be accepted by anyone against the idea.
Either parents do have influence by the lifestyles lived and the way they rear their children or they dont.
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You again miss the point. There is a difference between, on the one hand, a couple just getting on with their lives and bringing up the child in a loving environment and on the other, one bringing them up teaching them that gays/ blacks/ muslims/ whatever are deviants/ sub-human/ all terrorists etc.
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And to answer your Q quickly Graham im sure that woman you keep pressuring me with would really rather a slap from me than come up against my mrs. 
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Ah, a cop out.
Now imagine you were single and try answering the question again. This time sensibly.
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Originally Posted by scastle
Parents can influence their children's lives. They CANNOT (IMO) influence their children's sexuality. As I understand it, this is set at birth, much like any physical attribute.
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I'm not so sure.
I think they can influence it, but only *negatively* by teaching and telling them repeatedly that being gay is wrong/ a sin/ deviant etc meaning that if the child *is* gay they're going to end up with a massive guilt complex when they experience those feelings and be more inclined to end up in an unhappy straight relationship than a happy gay one.