From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 08:39 AM 2/28/2004 -0700 Michael Harney wrote: > >"that child's reasonable expectations for a mother and a father" > > > >How many children have you questioned regarding this, particularly, how many > >orphans or other children put up for adoption or are in foster care? I > >think it's far more important to provide a stable family than to be picky > >about the sex of the adoptive parents, but maybe that's just me... > > Given that every child is produced by a mother and a father, that is surely > a reasonable expectation of that child. Children don't know where children come from until they are told, therefore, it is not the child's expectation, but yours. > Are stable homosexual parents better than abusive parents? Of course. > > But ceteris paribis, every child can reasonable expect to have a mother and > a father, and we should do our best to meet that expectation. Should we try to provide every child with a mother and father? Maybe, but should that effort neccessarily exclude the possibility of same sex parents when a good set of parents in with both genders is not available. Should we deny a child a good family simply because that family isn't everything that you think the child expects? The way you have stated your case, you have made it seem that no same sex couples should be able to adopt, ever. You certainly argued that same sex couples have no child-bearing and no child raising potential. Am I wrong in interpriting your possition in that way? Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
