Posted by AuntieMel on December 15, 2004, at 9:05:15
In reply to Re: Pandora's Box, posted by MKB on December 15, 2004, at 0:09:43
Sure, there will be gay divorce. There are splits right now and they tie up courts even more because there are no "rules" to go by. And the one person considered the "parent" could completely shut out the other one. Is this in the best interest of the child? Aren't the children the most important part of the equation?
Yes, many heterosexual couples hold marriages together "for the sake of the children <adopted ones too!>." My parents did it, and it was a miserable place to be. I'm convinced that having one happy parent is infinately better than two miserable ones.
I've been married, more or less happily, for 22 years - my second marriage. I had one child I was forced to give up for adoption, one with my first husband and one with my second. And my sister is gay with three kids from a marriage before she came out. I've pretty much seen it from all sides.
Will marriage become a moot point? I doubt it. Because we are talking about human beings, not corporations, and as humans we want to live in a home with love and family, two cats in the yard, the whole bit. It just seems unfair to me to limit that dream to heterosexuals.
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