I LOVE MY MOMMIES!

 There seems to be an issue with some people in regards to gay/lesbian couples raising children.  Apparently, 2 people of the same sex are not capable of raising a child because the child isn't being exposed to the general socially constructed gender roles and norms and inevitably they are going to raise a gay/lesbian child. Right? I mean of course this whole sentiment is absolutely ludicrous, but who am I to say anything against the idea. RIGHT? Hmm, I guess I'm just the typical bi chick, that plans to have kids with a woman. I mean, I honestly do not understand what the big deal is.

A lot of straight people do not understand how many of us there are around here. As in on the planet. And being exposed to our crazy big number is scary. But just because we are gay or queer or whatever we want to call ourselves does not make us any less human, or more importantly, it doesn't make us any less hormonal. We still have that biological clock...WE STILL WANT BABIES! Think about it! Seems like straight people are having less babies, while gay people are having more. But the fact that it's something we want, and our human right to be "allowed" to do (sad how we have to ask for permission isn't it?) is not enough. Adoption agencies (Catholic adoption agencies) refuse to operate because their funding will be cut if they deny adoptions to same-sex couples. Is it really that real? Are you that bitter that you will refuse a child a good loving home JUST BECAUSE you aren't familiar with gay couples and how our parenting REALLY works/operates? Don't punish us and our potential children for YOUR ignorance!


****NOTE: I am using "gay" as a blanket term....listing the alphabet soup gets old***

Is there actually any difference between being raised by a straight couple and a gay couple?  Does the child of a gay couple have all this "screwedupness" about him or her that defends the notion of gay parenting being corrupt and/or corrupting?  I don't think so, but that doesn't stop people from trying to prove the opposite. Apparently there was a new study that paints a negative portrait of gay parenting, suggesting that the children are far more likely to be the victims of unfortunate circumstances during their lives. However, this study did receive a lot of criticism because of how the data was actually collected, and how the methodology was flawed:

Several experts and advocacy groups have taken issue with the study's methodology, saying a comparison of children of a lesbian mother - who herself may have divorced the child's biological father, or may not even identify as a lesbian since the survey only asked if a parent had ever been in a same-sex couple during their childhood - is an unfair, flawed comparison. (From the above link)

According to the article "Why Gay Parents May Be the Best Parents" it definitely seems like being the child of a gay couple has more benefits than naught. In fact, it seems like the only negative to being the child of a gay couple is the reaction of the people outside of the family, the reaction of the outside world to this atrocity known as "gay parenting." I don't think people opposed to gay parenting have any kind of merit. There is not VALID proof suggesting that their claims are accurate.

1. Gay couples are more egalitarian
2. Gay couples are more likely to adopt
3. Gay couples are more likely to adopt children that are more difficult to place with typical families
4. Gay couples are more likely to adopt children with disabilities
5. Gay couples are more likely to adopt children that do not look like them (i.e. a white gay couple is just as likely to adopt a black child as white one)
6. The children of gay couples are more exposed to open-mindedness and acceptance

I mean....I'm seriously trying to see the negatives..but there don't seem to be any.

People who have a problem with gay people just need to get a life, or worry about their own life they have, and move on.