At 09:34 AM 2/28/2004 -0700 Michael Harney wrote:
>Children don't know where children come from until they are told, therefore,
>it is not the child's expectation, but yours.
Nevertheless, we can reasonable deduce what a child capable of rational
thought would reasonably expect. After all, every child is produced by a
mother and a father.
>> 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.
As I have said previously, no, that possibility should be excluded.
All I am arguing is that ceteris paribis, we should attempt to meet that
reasonable expectation of the child - and that attempt should guide the
incentives implemented by society.
>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.
Again, I have previously rejected that in my post entitled "Federal
Marriage Amendment."
JDG
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