Homosexual Parenting

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Term Paper Title	Homosexual Parenting
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Homosexual Parenting

Why is there so much prejudice against gay parenting?

Who decides that homosexuals cannot be parents?  Within society there has been opposition toward it due to the idea that homosexuality is not natural. But homosexuals are parents, many from previous heterosexual relationships, others through adoption, and very few from sperm donors or invitro fertilization.  Research done on these situations has shown no negative effects toward the child.  If the child is brought up in a loving environment it does not matter weather one mother, two fathers, or one mother and one father are the people raising the child.  The risk of molestation or any other form of abuse of a child, which is being raised by a homosexual, is the same, if not lower that of that of a child being raised by heterosexuals.  The standard which society sets for a family and who may raise a child should be examined and reevaluated to include loving parents, not just heterosexual couples.
Society has a huge problem with homosexuals having and raising children; this problem is sprung from the idea that homosexuality is not natural. This idea then leads to the argument that since homosexuality is not natural, is it natural for homosexuals to raise or have children?  Lets say that it is normal for there to be homosexuals then the argument is that God has prevented them from having children, and they are not meant to raise children.  If one takes this argument then you have to take into consideration that by this definition society is condemning heterosexual couples that can not have children.  Is this what society wants?
      Most children that are contained in a homosexual relationship are from previous heterosexual relationships, although the percentages are moving toward the other two forms and the percentages are starting to even out (Shapiro 1996).  Gaining custody of a child or children from a previous heterosexual relationship is the most common form of children being placed in a homosexual "family".  This form of placing a child in a homosexual family is the least controversial because there is one parent from the child's original family.  This particular form is the most socially acceptable because the child has usually experienced the relationship that their heterosexual parents had.  This means that the child would have a more diverse and better view of his/her choices to do with sexuality; having a better view than a child from a heterosexual relationship.
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