JDG wrote: > My position is based on the fact that I firmly believe that women and men > are fundamentally different. I consider this differences to be effects of > both fundamental biology, and, of course, differences in cultural roles.
Well, duuuuuuuh! Differences in biology do not, hoever, equate to differences in ability to fill cultural niches. > While we clearly know that a man and a woman are not *required* for raising > children, each unborn child has a reasonable expectation of having both a > mother and father, since each was necessary for the creation of that child. An unborn child has no expectations save that it be fed and cared for - differentiating between males and femals happens much later, developmentally. > Since society's role in assigning adoptions should entirely give > consdieration to the needs and rights of the child - not to the desires of > the adopters, I think that society should try and meet the reasonable > expectations of the child whenever possible, since of course, there is no > way of determining any contrary desire of the child. So, society should see to it that children are fed and cared for? I'm down with that, man. Gotta warn you, though - you're sounding dangerously like a socialist... Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read the blog. Love the blog. http://aclipscomb.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
