Homosexuals make great parents

I will now address your arguments 1 by 1"Homosexually-behaving adults inherently suffer significantly and substantially higher rates of partner relationship breakups, psychological disorder, suicidal ideation, suicidal attempt, completed suicide, conduct disorder, and substance abuse; therefore, as a group, households with a resident homosexually-behaving adult are substantially less capable of providing the best psychologically stable and secure home environments needed by foster children."(1)(2)Thats odd you say that because a study done by Melbourne's researchers has collected data from over 500 children, and 315 lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents, to monitor key indicators of health. What the Australian Study of Child Health found is that there's no difference between the children in same-sex-parented families and those with heterosexual parents when it comes to issues of self-esteem, emotional behaviour, and the amount of quality time spent with their parents. However, when it came to overall health and the strength of the relationship they had with their parents, kids raised by gay parents scored higher than the national average.No study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents.Ellen C. Perrin, MD, professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston stated that studies show that children of same sex parents do as well as children whose parents are heterosexual in every way. She also shared that children of same sex parents actually may have advantages over other structured families.Study done by the American academy of child adolescent found the following.Children of same sex parents are not more likely to be gay than children with heterosexual parents.Children of same sex parents are not more likely to be sexually abused.Children of same sex parents do not show differences in whether they think of themselves as male or female (gender identity).Children of same sex parents do not show differences in their male and female behaviors (gender role behavior)."The presence of a father reduces the chances that the child will participate in criminal activities and reduces the chances the child will take drugs.Lesbian mothers make children more sexually active. Fathers help the child stay chaste."""Boys need fathers to help form sexual identities, and need mothers in order to interact with the opposite sex."People have the best sex lives when raised by heterosexual parents.Fathers help children with interaction among other people.When going through puberty, the father teaches the son """how to be assertive and how to be a """man"."Well few months ago the very reputable American Academy of Pediatrics released a paper that draws on 30 years of research to conclude, among other things, that "many studies have demonstrated that children's well-being is affected much more by their relationships with their parents, their parents' sense of competence and security, and the presence of social and economic support for the family than by the gender or the sexual orientation of their parents. That statement basically says it all. It's not about the gender or sexual orientation. A women can easily teach those things a father teaches and vice versa. A financially stabbled home with care and love determines if the child will have these problems not gender.For example a 33-year-old man with lesbian mothers told Goldberg "I feel I'm a more open, well-rounded person for having been raised in a nontraditional family, and I think those that know me would agree. My mom opened me up to the positive impact of differences in people." I'm not sure if you have heard about zach wahls. A another young man raised by lesbian parents. He has grown to be a great young man that has now started his own small business, Iowa City Learns, that offers tutoring services to junior and high school students. He also studied for a time in India. Also a lot of young boys in heterosexual households feel pressured to act in a masculine way because of society. This why a lot of men commit violent crimes as they get older. Boys of lesbian parents don't have this problem because they are free to express them selves and they don't have people constantly telling them no that's a girls thing or not that's a boy thing.Don't you think the whole comment about kids raised by hetero parents having better sex lives is a little far fetched."violence among homosexual partners is two to three times more common than among married heterosexual couples, and homosexual partnerships are significantly more prone to dissolution than heterosexual marriages". (2) Same sex violence isn't more common than heterosexual violence. Studies have shown that there both around the same area. Neither are higher or lower than each other I also wanna throw in that divorce rates amoung heterosexual couples have rised. Around 50% of married couples in the us today are divorced. So if anyone is having relationship resolving issues, its definitely heterosexual couples."The argument my opponent has presented should be disregarded because homosexual couples will not always inherently raise their children to be more open and tolerant of others. Basically, my opponent"s argument only stands under the situation where homosexuals are discriminated against. However, once homosexuality becomes part of the social norm (Much like how African Americans were once heavily discriminated against, but are not part of the social norm) then there is no argument for your case."But homosexuality won't be apart of the social norm because we will all ways have those right wing conservatives who fight to keep homosexuality out of the social norm so you comment is irrelevent."However, if according to my arguments homosexual couples do not put children in a suitable environment under a general case, you"ll find that it really doesn"t matter whether homosexual couples are committed and motivated to raise that child with love and care."It does matter. You can't have a home without a loving and commited environment. I have encountered many situations were the child was raised in a financially stabbled heterosexual household where the parents never showed that they were commited to spending time with ther kids and giving them the love and care they need. Most kids raised in those types of familes don't turn out well. I know because I work with a lot of kids with familes like this."Although the things my opponent stated aren"t necessarily bad, not at all in fact, but I would like to note that gender roles are healthy for the overall efficiency of the society. To be raised in an environment that doesn"t support gender roles isn"t bad, but it does take away from societal norms and overall efficiency that gender roles bring"Gender rolls may be good in some cases but in other cases it can be harmful to your child's self worth. I will give you a short example on how it can effect your child negatively.imagine that you are the parent of a 2 year old twins a boy, and a girl. He picks up a big rock while playing outside and you comment on what a big strong boy he is. His sister picks up the same rock and looks to you for praise and compliment mimicking her brother and instead receives a be careful warning because she might get hurt. This child has just learned two valuable lessons, one, she is too weak to do thing that her brother can, more damaging is the second, more subtle lesson which says, because you aren't strong enough to pick up the rock you don't deserve my love and praise. You are bad because you are weak, and you are weak because you are female, and that is something you can't change about yourself. Are you beginning to see how something as subtle as what happened in this play interaction can send a strong (often subconcious) message to children?What it all comes down to is love, care and a stable house hold to raise a child not the gender of the parent.(1)http://www.livescience.com...(2)http://www.webmd.com...(3)http://www.aacap.org...(4)http://www.autostraddle.com...