An open response
To ________ ,
I am assuming you deleted your comments, perhaps to remain anonymous, so I will leave this unnamed. As I can't reply to you at the place where this started, let me put this out here instead.
While you seem to accept homosexuals, your idea that we should oppose gay marriage because children of gay parents will suffer is a terribly backward concept, in my opinion.
Despite what you said, no, I would not like to watch children suffer while society catches up. In turn, perhaps I can say that should your beliefs become popular, it will ensure that society will never catch up which will only prolong the problem.
Kids of gay parents or gay kids or kids with gay siblings, so on so forth, will continue to have problems from other people unless society progresses. The solution should be to overcome bigotry, not to get rid of the victims. One of the first steps would be to reduce the idea that gay parents are a taboo, instead of leaving homosexual couples singled out as something different and unaccepted.
To be honest, this type of response from you - accusatory without explanation or reply to what was said - is typical of someone trying to derail a discussion by saying that anyone who does not agree with your point does not care if the kids are hurt. It’s manipulation of the instinctive response to protect children - which is a fine instinct - but when that instinct is used to avoid logical and deeper discussion, then we are poorer for it.
Sincerely,
J
Note to everyone else: I usually don't use this LJ for my stance on things far outside of the doll hobby, but I'm posting this here because I made the comments through this account among other doll owners.
I am assuming you deleted your comments, perhaps to remain anonymous, so I will leave this unnamed. As I can't reply to you at the place where this started, let me put this out here instead.
While you seem to accept homosexuals, your idea that we should oppose gay marriage because children of gay parents will suffer is a terribly backward concept, in my opinion.
Despite what you said, no, I would not like to watch children suffer while society catches up. In turn, perhaps I can say that should your beliefs become popular, it will ensure that society will never catch up which will only prolong the problem.
Kids of gay parents or gay kids or kids with gay siblings, so on so forth, will continue to have problems from other people unless society progresses. The solution should be to overcome bigotry, not to get rid of the victims. One of the first steps would be to reduce the idea that gay parents are a taboo, instead of leaving homosexual couples singled out as something different and unaccepted.
To be honest, this type of response from you - accusatory without explanation or reply to what was said - is typical of someone trying to derail a discussion by saying that anyone who does not agree with your point does not care if the kids are hurt. It’s manipulation of the instinctive response to protect children - which is a fine instinct - but when that instinct is used to avoid logical and deeper discussion, then we are poorer for it.
Sincerely,
J
Note to everyone else: I usually don't use this LJ for my stance on things far outside of the doll hobby, but I'm posting this here because I made the comments through this account among other doll owners.