Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Gay parents

There is something that I really hate; and that is to hear people talk about gay people, their relationships and I really really really hate to hear their uneducated opinions on parenting skills of same sex couples. Here is a link to something that a friend of mine posted today. I also want to add a video that is prob one of my all time favorite serious videos Watch this! If this doesn't change your opinion about gay people and their ability to raise children then
you deserve to rot in hell, there are so many children in this world but more importantly in our country that do not have a home or parents, how could you possibly not want that for them. I feel like people are so prejudice to people who choose to live in a same sex relationship it is sickening. I know more straight people who can't stay together and who don't deserve much less have any idea about raising children and who I know would seriously screw up a child's life yet we make it totally ok for them to do it and we pay for most of those children with our taxes, free food with EBT, free school and childcare, free everything really, gay people aren't asking for anything from you, not two pennies to rub together yet we won't allow them to adopt together, we would rather let children live without a loving home. They don't accidentally get pregnant like straight people do. I know my first pregnancy was an accident and when it ended in miscarriage we decided as responsible adults to do it again on purpose. They have to adopt separately with only "one parent" for it to be legal??? Really people!!!!!!???? Think about this??? I feel like I may not know all the legal hoopla but I do know a few things. First, our legal system here for kids SUCKS!!! Second, did you know that since a same sex couple can not adopt together they can only do it "alone" but the child still lives in the home there are lots of legal things that do not protect the child or the adults here is a list I found on this site
  • By banning gay adoption, children in gay couple households have no legal status should something happen to the parents, including death or serious illness.
  • Neither the parent or child has visitation rights if the parents separate.
  • The child cannot claim inheritances or other household assets in case of death.
  • If one parent dies, the second parent has no legal right to take custody or care for the child.
  • A parent without legal right to a child cannot legally register him/her for school.
  • Parents cannot put children on some health insurance plans.
  • Parents cannot make medical decisions for the child.
  • The child has no claim to the social security or other insurance benefits of the parent.
  • Gay couple parents without adoption rights do not benefit from the generous tax deductions granted to heterosexual parents.
  I don't know where to start or what I can do other than this blog to get something happening about this... maybe tomorrow I will look up congressman/congresswoman addresses and start writing letters.... Will you do it too? Think about it, our world needs a change for our kids to have homes. I know at least one couple who would adopt a child if they could be put down as parents together but we won't allow that....... GEEZE
Do you know any heterosexual couples who didn't make it in a relationship? Well when I look at most of the adults in my life I see lots here is a statistic I found..... they have statistics for 1st 2nd and 3rd marriages!!!! Really?! And we don't want gay people to get married? The straight people can't even stay together...
According to enrichment journal on the divorce rate in America:
The divorce rate in America for first marriage is 41%
The divorce rate in America for second marriage is 60%
The divorce rate in America for third marriage is 73%

Did you know that there are over 100,000 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND children in the USA who live in foster care who are available to be adopted? Think about that, if you take all of those children to one place, that is like filling Tiger Stadium with kids who don't have parents or permanent homes. Do you know how many just get emancipated because they stay in the system that long? 10%. 1/4 of those children are ages 3-6 another 1/4 is older than 6. What were you doing when you were 3, or 4, or 5 or 6? Playing with your cousins in your bedroom or maybe going to the zoo with your mom, you get my point. I thought that we weren't supposed to judge people, that is Gods job? If someone is going to hell for who they have sex with it is not for us to decide. I have two best friends who are both lesbians and they have both taken in kids who are not biologically theirs, I don't know any straight people who have done that. I am not saying that there aren't any straight people taking on this type of responsibility and I'm not saying that gay people are all this amazing I'm just saying straight people are screwing up children's lives every day (how do you think most kids get into foster care to begin with) can't we give someone a chance to love these kids who really wants them?

I guess that is all for now I am pooped... Rhett said I am typing fast and loud so I must be mad lol I just wish people weren't so ignorant. I feel like we are fighting the battle that people did when they were trying to prove that blacks were equal to whites or when we were fighting to say that women deserve as much rights as men do.... Well I hope this inspires you to do something to help. Also I hope this blog makes sense today because I am not going back to proofread because I do not want to be tempted to change any of my thoughts on this.

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