Gay rights.

However, I do not think that you addressed my argument's from round one. Also it would be beneficial, if you were to post, in your own word's, rather than give me an article to read. ***Since there was a bit of confusion with one of the viewer's let me reiterate the point that I am playing the devil's advocate, I actually disagree with my stand point, except for when I argue that being Gay is a sin in the eye's of the Church. I will first address my opponent's argument's and then finish with finishing what I started in Round one. *** ___________________________________________________________________________________ Counter: Round 2 "First I would like to bring up from Con that the child may have abnormal behavior. Which I far from agree on one of the sources I have found has talked about a life which not father and it does not affect the child. But the child would mostly grow up to be a lesbian is raised by two mothers. " It all depend's on whether a child being more prone to exibiting homosexual activity is a good thing The article did state that they will be less likely to conform to gender norm's which I believe can be a large problem. Especially when a child is growing up, if they don't conform to social norm's they are prone to bullying which can lead to or problem's later in life, especially when the child find's that what is acceptable to their parent's may not be acceptable with other's. Not to mention the ridicule the child will experience for having gay parent's. We all know what I am talking about, children can be cruel. In the article I will concede that a child that is more empathetic toward's social diversity, would be an improvement. "Also I would like to bring up gay adoption to the voters if I must. They never told us how me benefit from this. Did you know that 33% of kids are living in a female same sex family and 22% in male same sex family. That is how we benefit from it. It gives kids a place to be and foster kids a place to stay. But also as I brought up above about how the child could be gay there is no fact that the child will really be born gay. " I will have to correct my opponent on her statistic's. The way you have worded this, is that 55% of children have same sex parent's. What the Pro mean't to say was that 33% of Lesbian couple's have atleast one child living at home under the age of 18, while homosexual male couple's have 22%. I would like what the pro was implying with these statistic's? You did state that gay couple's provide a home fo orphaned and adopted children, but that is the same for heterosexual couple's aswel, the statistic's do not prove anything other than everyone can adopt and provide a home for the needy. Children learn by adopting the mannerism's of their mother and father, this is how they learn social norm's, expression's and how interact with other people. Surely, if the parent's are homosexual there is greater chance the child will also be gay, in comparison to a child growing up with a heterosexual mother and father. To say otherwise make's very little sense. Your story in your next point, actually confirm's that. I read the story posted in the third paragraph, however, I find that this is a result of the church beginning to bend backward's to take a more liberal stance on what we all see as common human right's. We need to look at the original text (the bible) and some of the church's teaching's that they have enforced until lately. For centuries, the church has preached that homosexuality is a sin, some people within the church still harper on about it. __________________________________________________________________________________ Cont. Round 1 3/The church and homosexuality: Homosexuality and the church are incompatable, that is the bottom line. I know we don't want to see the church as bigotted, just like we don't want to admit that a large minority of priest's have a fondness for young boy's. We can clearly see, in the bible it say's: Gen 19:5-8 "and they called to Lot and said to him, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them. ' But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, and said, 'Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. ' Jude 7 "Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example, in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. " Lev 18:22-23 "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. " Lev 20:13 "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. " Cor 6:9 "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals" 1 Tim 1:9-10 "realizing the fact that (civil) law is not made for a righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers" Rom 1:26-27 "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. " I am pretty sure that this sum's up the bible's view on homosexuality, and that anyone who tries to reconcile themselve's with this bronze age filth is doing themselve's a disservice. I am not religious in any way, and why a Homosexual would want to reconcile themselve's with a religion, or God that clearly does not respect them, is beyond me. I do believe that the church in recent year's has done a U-turn in term's of it's view's on Witchcraft, homosexuality, adultery, divorce and blasphemy. But these people I have the least respect for. If you try to alter your religion to fit in with modern time's while ignoring the ugly, disgusting root's, well that doesn't exactly make you a great person in my eye's. More conceited and obnoxious than compassionate and liberal. I look forward to the opponent's rebuttal in round three. Here are my citation's . http://www.bible.ca... . http://thesop.org... . http://www.bfamilyadvocates.com... . http://www.freerepublic.com... . http://www.dailymail.co.uk... . http://en.wikipedia.org...