Sheesh, leave for a few days, lookit what happens...
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Your entire view on life may change the day you have a child. Mine did. I could have been tabbed as a liberal before my son was born. It took about 30 seconds of holding my son and the world was an entirely different place. Issues you feel passionate about lose there relevance. You have a plethora of new ones to deal with that far outweigh the less important ones. This subject is one of the important ones and the affects it has on children should not be diminished.
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Way true.
Sam, renters pay prop. taxes, or, to be precise, the landlords do. The renters just don't get their own bill for it. (Your state may vary.)
A few random thoughts on the topic:
How many G/L couples do you know that have adopted (donored, had in a previous hetero union, etc.) a child? I think it's rare. How often will a parent have to explain why Johnny has two dads.?
I have no problem with gays. I have a problem with introducing sexual orientation concepts into grade school. That's my job as a parent. Period. My kids, end of discussion. Teach tolerance to everyone? Fine, as long as homosex stays out of it. This is not optional.
Also (hey, I did say random thoughts, right), IMO, the teaching of tolerance towards gays has given rise to "lots" of young girls in high school and college switching teams on a regular basis, back and forth. It seems to be a growing "issue". There's enough confusion in the teens, 20's, already, and these kids are indoctrinated that homosex is ok, to the point of celebrating it. They're bopping back and forth and getting more and more confused. I don't know that it's an "issue" with me, as I don't care what you do with your goodie bits (unless I pay good cash for your DVD
) and I'm a bit old for the 16-24 year old demographic. BTW, they call the girls "heteroflexibles".
Oh, and glowdog? I disagree with your stance, but I laughed out loud at your Mapplethorpe post!
Four kids, 7 thru 2 yrs. old.