Texas bans homosexual and bisexual foster parents

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

My word - I think we have another optimist Nice to have you on board my train




There is no correlation between sexuality and sexual abuse of one's own children or any children for that matter, and a true pedophile a sort of independant sexuality that is interested only in pre pubescant children, the control and domination of which is the attraction not the sex ( http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/stats.htm ) - Moreover, if the standard, which is suggested, for placing children is no deviating from anything other than sex for the sole purpose of procreation (no fellatio, no cunnilingus, no masterbation, etc. ) - then almost all humans would be prevented from adopting children. When this is pointed out, the religious right gets indignant and then instead of addressing that issue, it spins it and screams Leviticus says God hates homosexuality and, therefore, so should the state and everyone else. Most people then let their prejudice learned essentially from age 10 against homosexuals take over. Most are taught oir have abserved that society considers any gay act as horrid. So, it is easier to listen to that gut reaction than to say, "ya know - I am just as sexually deviant (their word) in a heterosexual manner so what is the big deal." I think it is rank hypocrisy.

I also think that the standard for adopting or fostering a child should be the ability to provide food, clothing, shelter, education, and love - all of which are not in any way limited to heterosexuality - in fact, many heterosexuals with their own children are incapable of providing that in any satisfactory manner. Yet all heterosexuals get the presumption that because their sex is cleaner than homosexual sex, they will be better parents.

It also does not help that the Roman Catholic Church and many others have equated child molesters to gay people, which is wrong because men, who are the vast majority of all abusers, molest both girls and boys. Yet, unlike homosexuality, all of heterosexuality is not shunned when a man molests a little girl. So, we see the hypocrisy again.

Finally, people say public actions of gay people lead to their aborrence. I think the same could be said for many heterosexual public acts. I mean look at "Girls Gone Wild" and just about any music video these days. All of that contains blatant sexuality and nudity. Look at the way teenage girls dress these days. It is just as provocative as some shirtless gay gay walking down the street. Yet, heterosexuals are not shunned for it the way homosexuals are when some guy wears leather in public, which BTW heterosexuals do as well.

In the end, people may say they tolerate, like, etc. homosexuals, but in the end, they are not willing to put up with them on any socially relevant level as witnessed by the 70+ % public denial of the right to marry and therefore get the benefits automatically provided to heterosexual couples.

Sad - very true.

It is and I totally agree with the whole thing, especially that of being able to provide shelter. I come from a generally disadvantaged community (I am thankfully not as such) and so I have seen people around who realistically would have been better off with any form of love.

Unfortunately Double Standards always seem to rule, there is such little justification for prejudice against homosexuals it scares me people could be so naive and stupid, because it leads to worse, it leads to crime and hurt.