Homosexual Parenting

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Controversial issues effect the society because they lead people to choose a
side, causing conflicts. Homosexual parenting is one of the main uprising
controversies in today’s’ society. Homosexual parenting is viewed morally wrong
by society, but in many cases, homosexual parents provide more love, happiness,
and securities for the children than do the heterosexual parents-Homosexual
parents give the healthy, economically stable, and safe environment that
children need.
One reason why homosexual parenting is not accepted, is because of the belief
that the child will become a homosexual. Although practically all psychiatrists
have concluded that children cannot be “turned” gay, people still believe this
can happen (Cloud “Can a Scout Be Gay?”). Recent studies have shown that there
are a higher percentage of children in homosexual families that are gay or
lesbian (Camille). Others conclude that this is false and there are no
differences in homosexual parenting and heterosexual parenting. If there are
more lesbians or gays in homosexual families and one has a problem with that,
that purely means that that individual is a homophobic. Fifty eight percent of
our population disapproves of same-sex relationships (“The Other Side”).

It is vital for a child to live in a stable environment in order to be healthy,
both mentally and physically. As of now, over fifty percent of heterosexual
marriages are ending in divorce. Homosexuals are not allowed to marry each
other even though they love and honor each other. “Marriage is for people in
love; homosexuals love; ergo marriage is for them” (Stengel 2). The love that
they have could be united to make a “legal” family for a child to live in.
Divorce, in some cases, will make a child feel insecure or could lead them to
believe that all love ends in divorce. There are many single parent families in
today’s society.
One argument of homose...