Unless you are 16-year-old and taking your date up to Lover’s Leap. AND unless you are the father of a daughter whose 16-year-old date drives a car. And there’s the sex and cars and rock ‘n’ roll thing. And … well, I’ll stop now.

Teach your children well.

I would say the same thing goes with sex in this case. The benefits of sex with two genders is that you can create children, thus fulfilling the overall purpose of sex. However, sex without love is the same as driving in a car without comforts and pleasures associated with your particular make and model of car. It gets you from point A to point B, but its not as fun, or comfortable.

Overall however, sex has nothing to do with driving a car.

Wow, how very sad that Secular Heretic thinks the purpose of sexuality is procreation and not love. I feel bad for his spouse.

All of us are born equal, of a man and a woman. Barring dire circumstnaces of tragedy, each child has a birthright to be raised by the man and woman who created him.

You seem adamant that sex difference is of vital importance to adult homosexuals. That is, a lesbian could not love and marry a man because the difference between men and women makes all the difference to her. And yet you seem just as adamant that sex difference is of no importance when it comes to the children being raised by the same lesbian woman. There is a huge contradiction in your comments right there.

You must acknowledge that sex difference is a reality. Afterall, sexual orientation is based on such differentiation. But you would minimize the significance of this fact for children raised without a father — or with men downgraded to role models without parental status.

If having a father is superfluous, why bother with male role models? On the other hand, if male role models are needed, why segregated fatherhood from motherhood?

No, it does not suffice to say that needy adults trump the needs of children.

And you contradicted yourself quite nicely re: gay parents. You first say that a gay person has the capacity to be a good parent but then you shift gears and say that if they can’t provide a mom and dad, then they shouldn’t be parents. If by this you’re suggesting that two moms, for example, make sure that the child has consistent male role models (uncles, friends, etc) in their life, then I agree. If you’re suggesting anything else, then again, you’re being illogical and unrealistic.

SH: Your response is an example of the type that I was trying to initially do a parody of. To be quite blunt, your statements are absurd. What a ridiculous and foolish thing to say: If you’re gay, you should live a “chaste life.” Gee, that’s sounds like a great idea! Why didn’t I think of that? Why have a loving committed relationship with a same-sex partner, when I could voluntarily choose to be lonely for the rest of my life?

I’m not sure why I bothered to respond, but consider this to be my last statement. Keep on truckin’ down the road of ignorance and mean-spiritedness!

Bill, same sex attraction is not normal. It is a desire which takes sexuality and twists it around so that it no longer fulfills its purpose. Rather than encourage these thoughts and have them manifest in homosexual behaviour it would be better to live a chaste life. This is not pushing sexuality under the rug but admitting honestly the feelings you have and acting in a way which is uplifting for yourself. Everyone must say no to their sexual desires. If everyone could not say no then we would simply be behaving like dogs in heat. It is freeing to be able to control our sexual desires and so no. I don’t know if we can change what we are sexually attracted to but we can change our behaviour and say no to sex if it is not in keeping with the purpose of sex.

Someone who is gay absolutely has the capacity to be a good parent. No one is saying differently. However, that does not change the fact that kids need a mom and a dad. So if someone who suffers from same sex attraction can’t provide that for a child, they probably shouldn’t be parents. Same with single people. Kids need a mom and a dad. It’s pretty simple. You can get all huffy about it if you want, you can claim it’s all about you, but it’s not.