Homosexual characters should be on Children's TV shows

In regard to your question, the font style can be found in the basic editing manager of your text. Outline: 1) Response to my Opponents Rebuttals 2) Rebuttal to my Opponents Points 3) The Effects of Television on Children 4) Sources Response to my Opponents Rebuttal(s) “That has been disproven many times[2][3]. Children aren't as dull as you think. They can understand the concept just like any other.” As evidence for this point, you’ve linked two youtube videos. In the first one several kids were questioned about homosexuality. Only three out of the eight children could properly define what it meant to be gay. This is a 37.5% success rate, or an F. In the second video from FBE, 13 children were interviewed. Eight of the children interviewed were ten or older, and of these eight the three children below the age of twelve were female. Therefore, eight out of the thirteen children interviewed had reached the statistical point of puberty. Of the five children under the age of ten, only one (Dash) seemed to have a somewhat accurate view of sexuality, evidenced by the Q&A section of the video. One out of five children is 20%, or an F. It is observable that children do not begin to grasp their sexuality until the age of 10-12. (1.5) “Except they wouldn't need help if they hadn't been bullied in the first place. The way to help the future generations is just to treat homosexuality as anything else, normal. Even if one or two people have a problem with that everyone else in the class would tell them not to be rude. That would be what actually helps these kids.” The problem with this statement is the suggestion that incorporating homosexual couples into television, and treating something as normal will convince the world. This is simply untrue. Research suggests that there are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. (23.4% of the world) (1.1) This number is expected to be increased to 2.76 billion by 2050. (30% of the world) (1.3) The Muslim opposition to homosexuality it blatant. Muslims are one of the few groups of people who are willing to punish homosexuality by death. Most of the Muslim population believes homosexuality should indeed be illegal. (1.4) This is but one example of many that could be provided of organizations who have a direct opposition to homosexuality. “Most five-year olds don't even know they're gay. Most five-year olds wouldn't be watching an Anderson Copper movie. I'm 15 and I don't even know who Peter Thiel is.” Most five-year olds also are unaware of what sex even is. Research suggests that children at young ages are already confused by sexuality as it is, and it isn’t until the age of 10-12 that they begin to get a realistic grasp of appropriate conduct. (1.5) While some children may not know who these people are, some will. As a child, I was interested in journalism and politics, so I knew who certain politicians and journalists were, such as Anderson Cooper. Peter Thiel was a founder of PayPal, and as a child interested in business, he caught my eye. If you were someone interested in football you might instead know someone like Michael Sam, or if you were a child interested in art you might instead know Elton John. The point is that there are real models for the children to look up to already. “No, no. no. There are no circumstances that make any person except an occasional few stronger for getting beat up or treated like trash.” That wasn’t the point I was trying to get across, so I must apologize for that misinterpretation. I could’ve made it clearer. In my opening statement for this debate, I made the claim that I thought these numbers, assaults, etc. were disgusting and should be cared for – I still stand by that. The point I meant to make by this was that these kids, given the proper help, may channel these struggles into strength and growth. I’m not saying that this is grounds to damn them to these abuses, but simply that it can be used to improve them. How eye opening is it to be in the shoes of a victim, and have a firsthand view of how twisted the world is? Most people don’t know how twisted the world really is, and seeing this, with the assistance that can be provided, can prepare them for the worst the world can dish. (1.6) Rebuttal to my Opponents Point(s) “My opponent seems to using his own personal experiences as facts. I would greatly appreciate it if he could bring up some sources or polls to support his claims.” I find this quote exceedingly hypocritical after my opponent, in her very last paragraph, used a testimony from Whoopi Goldberg as evidence for her case. She then proceeds to make a claim, citing a Tumblr post telling the story of a single woman as evidence of her case. There are scenarios where a testimony is appropriate, and I feel as though this discussion is one of them. My testimony is proof that what I’m describing is both possible, and beneficial provided the proper circumstances. These proper circumstances are what we should be trying to get to all kids. Not by the means of fictional characters, but by means of real, hands on, tangible, and observable assistance. The Effects of Television on Children Television, while it may have a strong influence on children, probably shouldn’t. Research shows that television use is linked strongly to Obesity, Poor Grades, and Behavior Problems among many other issues. Not only does television do damage to the children themselves, but it also takes away from social and family interaction, which is pivotal to the growth and development of everybody, especially children. Television can observably cause issues in learning, and overall health. Because of the aforementioned statistics, I again ask if we should indeed be focusing on making television more inclusive, rather than focusing on the children themselves. (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) Sources Response to my Opponents Rebuttals (1.1) http://www.pewforum.org... (1.2) http://www.pewresearch.org... (1.3) http://www.pewresearch.org... (1.4) http://www.cnn.com... (1.5) http://pediatrics.aappublications.org... (1.6) https://www.livingwell.org.au... The Effects of Television of Children (2.1) http://www.med.umich.edu... (2.2) http://kidshealth.org... (2.3) http://theunboundedspirit.com... (2.4) http://www.becomingminimalist.com...