I dont have anything against gay people, or gay parents raising a child.
However, there are usually two kinds of gays: gays of whom you dont notice a thing, and gays who are all up in your face about their sexuality.
It is the latter that gives the former a bad impression.
Now, i have once seen a gay couple walk on the street with a child at their hand, and while this would be fine otherwise imo, one of them was dressed as a woman, but didnt even bother to shave.
That is something that i couldnt help but feel weirded out about, and i wondered what kind of impact that would have on the child.
Truth is, i dont know, but i would guess that it could distort the child's vision for better or worse.
That is something to be watched out for, because imo gays who are all up in your face and all 'look at me, i'm gay!' are just immature and thus emotionally not responsible to raise a child.
Children will often imitate their parents ("When i grow up, i want to be just like daddy!" and having a gay father who acts all girly just isnt right imo.
It is something that will be taught to the child, consciously or unconsciously, and not something that the child will experience from within, it will become a learned behaviour instead of a naturally formed behaviour from its own conscious mind.
That being said, i'm an open-minded individual and i take care not to be prejudiced, even though it is natural to be prejudiced. It's a base instict to be that way, still lingering from a more primitive and dangerous world where split decisions about life and death had to be made based on a first gut feeling when encountering something new.
However, i think it's people personal responsibility to fight this urge to prejudice, and keep an open mind and accept each and every individual the way he is.
But when certain responsibilities come into play (in this case parenting) there is a right to be concerned about which people should be allowed to adopt (or naturally conceive) children.
At the same time i'm very much against the idea of any other person having power to stop anybody else from doing something.
But the truth is, sometimes that is needed.
The problem is this: a straight couple who conceive a child the natural way are not necessarily fit to have a child.
There is nothing about being gay that stops you from being a good, responsible parent, yet somehow other people feel the need to restrict them from having a child either by adoption or another way.
In a society that prides itself on freedom, that is a HUGE contradiction and is completely unfounded. Why is it that a gay couple can be stopped from raising children while a straight couple who might be less responsible have no such issue?
