Reply #48: It is opinion

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

And no, it's not based on scientific evidence, though I haven't found compelling evidence to the contrary either. What I do know, however, is that based on my own life experiences, I can easily see how hard it would be for a child to have gay parents. For one, it injects the sex discussion far too early in the development of a child. I don't think it's possible for a child not to realize there's something drastically different once they start playing with other kids. I don't feel that children should be thinking about sexuality at an age like 4 or 5. And speaking of other kids, I can say with a relatively high amount of certainty that, like it or not, a kid with gay parents is going to be harassed at school. That's definitely not fair, but that's a reality, and forcing a child to go through that unnecessarily is even less fair. Then we get to puberty... as if that's not a confusing enough time for EVERYONE as it is.

I don't think I need a lot of scientific evidence there... those are just some simple leaps of the imagination as to how difficult it would be for a child. And really, that's just the tip of the iceberg. A lot of those things might not be fair, but unfortunately, that's the world we live in. Unless there is no other way, meaning, no other potential parents for the child, I don't see the good in putting a child unnecessarily into harm's way. Again, none of this has to do with the gay parents themselves. I'm sure there are just as many good gay parents as there are straight ones. But these are circumstances well outside the control of just about anyone, and unless there's a true revolution as to our attitudes towards homosexuality in this country, I don't like the idea of taking that risk unnecessarily.