Philosophy Debate

So, the other day in Philosophy we were discussing Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and somehow ending up on the topic of whether it is OK for homosexual couples to adopt children. Some guy in the class made a statement that homosexual couples are not capable of raising a stable child because;

1) the child will be scared by years of teasing and ridicule in school (like that never happens anyways.)

2) because both parents are of the same sex the child will be effected by missing out of what the missing parent gender could provide. Like if its a male homosexual couple the childed will not have a mother figure. and if its a female homosexual couple the child will not have a father figure.

He says he actually has been psychological science to back this up.

I for one am not homosexual but completely disagree with this and believe good parenting is not based on gender but character. If the child being tease to a horrifying extend is the issue then doesn’t the fault lie within society and not the homosexual parents. Shouldn’t we take the responsibility of teaching our children that no matter how different a person is they are still a human being with human feelings. No matter how much you might disagree with someone way of life doesn’t make them any less human and worthy of kindness.

Years ago people probably would have said the same thing as an interracial couple raising a child. Some people would have said that the child would never be able to have a normal life because he or she would never fit it. The whites wouldn’t accept him or her because he or she is half black and vice versa.

But thankfully most of us have progressed enough to know that isn’t the case.

And as far as the fact that the child will be missing out on a mother or father figure…..

Give me a damn break.

There are plenty of people out there who are single parents who raise great kids.

There are plenty of successful, happy, good people who have been raised by only a mother or only a father.

Its on the parents to take the responsibility to both mother and father for their children. Its obviously been proven that one person is able to be successful in taking up those two roles.

So why the hell couldn’t two people do that?

No parent out there is perfect. For a certain amount of time while we are young we believe that to be so but as we mature and grow we begin to see their flaws and things about them that we sometimes dont understand, sometimes dont want to understand and while its always hard to deal with we, hopefully, eventually get over it and learn to love our parent for who they are.

Not Mr. and Mrs Clever.

But beautifully human.