Kids With Lesbian Parents Do Just Fine

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Some folks have posted comments that homosexuality is a sin according to the Bible, and others have challenged that view by claiming that slavery is not taken literally, so neither should passages against homosexuality. In response, some of those who have argued against homosexuality using the Bible have claimed that biblical slavery is unlike the slavery practiced in the USA in the past. Let's be clear about the issue of slavery and the Bible, it is condoned, and it is not the voluntary indentured servitude that some are trying to make it out to be. See Leviticus 25:44-46:
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
The Old Testament is clear that there were people (non-Jews) who could be bought and owned as a possession forever, to be passed on from generation to generation. None of the New Testament passages is really any better. These passages regulate how slaves in Christian communities should behave and be treated by their masters. No verse ever states that slaves should be unequivocally freed because the practice is wrong.
Arguments against taking everything in the Bible literally are perfectly valid; even the most fundamentalist literalist won't accept the practice of slavery in today's world, despite the Bible's acceptance of slavery. Considering that same-sex relations have been observed in the wild by biologists studying over 1000 species (Bailey and Zuk, 2009) it is perfectly legitimate to question whether or not we should take the Bible's passages on homosexuality as definitive on the subject. Why would God create this behavior if it were unacceptable?

Patrick of CT 7:05PM June 08, 2010

Good one! The same can be said about kids given up for adoption in states with sealed records. Speaking as an adoptee who loves history and is prohibited by state law from accessing my own, I can assure you the "loss of heritage" thing sucks. Speaking as a pro-choice lesbo who has helped raise two awesome kids who are the product of an anonymous sperm donor and a mother that made a conscious choice to conceive, birth and nurture them, I can assure you they have more access to their "heritage" than we castoffs who the "pro-lifers" like to tout as "chosen" (speaking of feeling "used"). I've never met either of my biological parents and 100% of my recorded heritage is missing, but I've never known anyone to present that as evidence in support of abortion and against the practice of adoption.
Hmmm, of course this little tirade might just prove the point given that I was raised by the proverbial childless, middle class, Midwestern, state-approved, heterosexual couple and yet I'm obviously resentful and ill-adjusted...must be the "loss of heritage."

whosyermama of IN 6:47PM June 08, 2010

All right all of you, I think the "child of lesbian parents" should stop being talked about behind her back. You do realize, everyone, that you are calling actual people that you've never met "psychopaths?" I have lesbian parents, I'm a teenager, and I am (as far as I'm aware) not a psychopath. I could be wrong, but there you go. My moms have been together for over twenty years, and my brother and I are healthy, happy, and well cared for. I'm straight, though it shouldn't be any of your business, and I'm a 4.0 honors and AP student who plays sports and has friends. I'M A HUMAN BEING, everyone, surprise!! Stop hating on people you don't know and get a life. If you take a step back, open your eyes, and look around you, you'd be surprised what you'll see.

Normal Person of WA 6:43PM June 08, 2010

I don't believe one family is better than another, as long as you raise your kids with love and understanding...also dedicate time to them. THATS good parenting. However, perhaps Same Sex parents plan more so than heterosexual couples because it takes more dedication between two people of the same sex to come together and decide to have kids. It's not as easy, so the ones that do have kids don't take it for granted. Just my thoughts...Anyways I'm gay also and one day I'd like to get married to my angelina jolie (haha) and have kids :)!
Alexandra

Alex of WA 5:41PM June 08, 2010

I believe that it is people like you who show the greatest intolerance of all. You call me intolerant and stupid and you don't even know who I am or what I believe. That is the greatest demonstration of intolerance there is.

Rich of MA 5:38PM June 08, 2010

"I believe that anyone should be whatever that want to be." I dont buy it. We have police to stop people from being whatever they want to be. Your type of argument doesn't stand to reason and typically is only useful for people who have already bought the program so to speak. Im gay and I dont even buy that. You cant say you think everybody should be what they want to be and they spend the rest of your paragraph wagging your finger.

Jake of TX 5:31PM June 08, 2010

This article does not jive with other research / issues:
"The book Living Laboratories by Robyn Rowland Interviewed Emma May Valardi who founded the international Soundex Reunion Registry. The Registry was founded in 1974 to match children with the biological parents that they have never met. In the book, Valardi talks about the resentment that many adults feel who were conceived through artificial insemination. “Many of the children of artificial insemination feel used…they feel that half of their recorded heritage is missing. They feel they have a right to recorded genetic information.”
DOesn't sound like they are all that 'adjusted'...

NY Father of NY 3:53PM June 08, 2010

Live and let live. The end.

E of AZ 2:14PM June 08, 2010

I believe that anyone should be whatever that want to be. The bottom line, however, is that that does nothing to shelter you from any form of teasing, criticism, or sadly even bigotry. I hate people who justify beat downs, destroy private property, or get extremely over-emotional from differing views or lifestyles. If you're going to criticize someone, do it for humor's sake, not as a means of control or hatred.

Anonymous 10:05AM June 08, 2010

I'm really surprised at the amount of comments that attack religion when it hasn't much to do with the article. You don't need a Bible to see that this research is overwhelmingly funded by gay rights advocates. Even the lead researcher is a lesbian- who comments that what this research shows is likely the same for gay men- a not very scientific view and reveals the point of this study which was likely formed a priori. The advocates for same-sex marriage have won their headline but the objectivity of this study is highly questionable. In the substance of the research itself, the subjects were adolescents, an age where sexual identity is little formed and that would seem to be the core of the issue- the parenting of a child who lacks parents of both genders. The point "proven" here is that a child doesn't need both a male and female parent- nature, not the Bible, is at odds with this.

Luca of NY 9:10AM June 08, 2010