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Misleading Headline?
Is the Mail on Sunday trying to stir up hatred against gay people (again)?
http:// www.dai lymail. co.uk/n ews/art icle-27 14321/N HS-fund -sperm- bank-le sbians- New-gen eration -father less-fa milies- paid-YO U.html
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Yes it is misleading but what else do you expect from the Daily Wail ? The Wail always has to slip in an anti Gay, anti immigrant, anti benefit claimant or what ever is on their current 'hate list' slant to every story. With this one they have managed to get an anti gay and anti benefit claim slant by mentioning 'tax payer funded' and ' gay' in one sentence.
12:11 Sun 03rd Aug 2014
divebuddy
When I put the following search into Google:
"children of same sex parents"
All I get is a load of studies which claim that children of same sex parents are healthier than those of mixed sex parents.
Can you let me know what *you* searched for, so we can see which studies you're referring to.
When I put the following search into Google:
"children of same sex parents"
All I get is a load of studies which claim that children of same sex parents are healthier than those of mixed sex parents.
Can you let me know what *you* searched for, so we can see which studies you're referring to.
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Exactly, sherr. Divebuddy, i think your point is far too much of a simplistic over-generalisation to be helpful. You can't compare how a child would have turned out with/without their father, otherwise. It's all guesswork and wishful thinking. Fathers don't contribute to upbringing in the majority of animals, so "unnatural" is debatable. It's become more common more recently.
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It's all relative, why should I pay for fat people to get NHS treatment, or alcoholics or smokers. I pay in and the powers that be divvy it up as they see fit. It seems you can't decide if you are anti this clinic on sexuality grounds or because of money, or is it IVF in general you don't agree with?
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divebuddy
You lost me on your last post.
But heading back to your previous post, I haven't come up with 'alleged facts'. I've only searched on Google, and I am not convinced by your counter-argument, because it seems to be based on your own perceptions.
And I believe your point is based on a flawed assumption. I'm not comparing gay parents with single parents. The comparison is between gay parents and straight parents. There is no evidence to support the argument that children from the former are in any way worse off.
Do you believe they are? If so, what do you base that on? Where's the evidence?
I'm willing to hear your argument, but simply saying, "that's the way it is" doesn't stand up to much scrutiny.
You lost me on your last post.
But heading back to your previous post, I haven't come up with 'alleged facts'. I've only searched on Google, and I am not convinced by your counter-argument, because it seems to be based on your own perceptions.
And I believe your point is based on a flawed assumption. I'm not comparing gay parents with single parents. The comparison is between gay parents and straight parents. There is no evidence to support the argument that children from the former are in any way worse off.
Do you believe they are? If so, what do you base that on? Where's the evidence?
I'm willing to hear your argument, but simply saying, "that's the way it is" doesn't stand up to much scrutiny.
If the heterosexual parents of a gay child are understanding and supportive of that child then I don't see a problem sher. Of course some aren't and in fact cut that child out of their lives which is a tragedy for them all.
DB I don't think statistics back you up on a straight child brought up gay parents being traumatised. Don't ask me for a link tonight as I'm too tired to look for one.
DB I don't think statistics back you up on a straight child brought up gay parents being traumatised. Don't ask me for a link tonight as I'm too tired to look for one.
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