Classmate Response, Stage 8

While sifting through my classmate’s blogs I came across one in particular that piqued my interest. On Donkey vs. elephant’s blog was an article about gay marriage, and my classmate’s view on the subject. There are several points brought up regarding gay marriage and more specifically gay couples raising children that I don’t really agree with.

The first point that I disagree with is that children raised by gay parents will face hardships that children with heterosexual parents won’t. Yes I agree that children with homosexual parents could potentially face ridicule by other children, however I do not think there is a single child who hasn’t been made fun of at least once in their life. Another element to your argument that I disagree with is that “children need both a maternal and paternal influence to be healthy.” Many children, for whatever reason, are raise every year that have only one parent and therefore lack either a fatherly or motherly figure in their lives. I think I would be safe to say that many of these children live fairly “healthy” lives. President elect Barack Obama was raise by his single mother and grandmother, two individuals of the same sex, and he seems to have turned out rather “healthy.”

All in all I do not see any legitimate reason why a gay couple should not be allowed to be married. I believe the issue you brought up of gay couples raising children holds no ground. It is my view that any child raised in a loving, caring, and structured environment will be of sound mind and behavior regardless of whether a single parent, heterosexual couple, or homosexual couple, cares for them.