Are children of same sex marriages more likely to be gay?

by mk, Smartass Oracle Posted 2013/02/23 18:33:45

Related Topics: Marriage, Gay, Marriages, Idea, Sex

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	I have no idea	25 votes	16%
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lucythetooth 2013/02/23 18:50:20

No

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Right... because children of heterosexual marriages are always straight.
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Daisy's Brother 2013/03/31 14:25:16

No

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I raised 2 kids mostly with my male partner. A boy and a girl. Even with 2 gay Dads my son turned out Straight, he didnt make a choice to be straight, he said he just knows hes straight. My daughter is unsure, shes keeping all options open.

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Brosia 2013/03/24 20:49:57

No

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You can't catch gay, it doesn't happen that way.

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blindfaith 2013/03/03 14:49:11

I have no idea

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As i don't recognise 'same sex marriage' i can't really comment, but it does seem unlikely.

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Red Rose 2013/02/28 22:26:53

Yes

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Openly, yes.

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Me2 2013/02/25 06:18:05

No

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I don't believe the premise that children derive their sexual identity from their parents, whom are not sexual entities in their mind. If they did derive the interests of their parents, there wouldn't be any homosexuals as they don't reproduce.

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Alacrity to Me2 2013/03/03 05:31:25 (edited)

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That argument is well taken; and is supporting the idea that gay parents would not necessarily influence ordinary children to be gay in later years. I believe this is the answer, then, gay parents could raise children without influencing their sexual orientation. Do you agree?

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lowcoun... to Alacrity 2013/03/03 17:41:49

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that we can agree on

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Me2 to Alacrity 2013/03/06 23:18:30

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Indeed I agree.

I wont say they certainly don't have any influence. Yet I wont say they certainly do have an influence.

I think this is certainly an area to avoid absolutes.

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Ms. Macabre 2013/02/25 00:46:09

I have no idea

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I would assume it's about the same as kids of heterosexual parents being straight. Really, it's determined by DNA so I kind of think it just depends on the person.

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Indiana8484 2013/02/24 22:56:08

I have no idea

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I was raised in 3 different homes. I was raised in a home where there was a stepfather present, I was raised in a home with a single father and I was also raised in a home with an elderly couple who didn't share a bed together. Believe it or not the whole time I was growing up I never asked many questions about any of those living arrangements. Each one seemed pretty normal to me.

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Piperpc 2013/02/24 22:27:22

No

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I find that highly unlikely.

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Rainon 2013/02/24 20:45:55

Yes

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This is a tough one. hmmmmm I'll say yea. if you raise a killer around killers i think he'll be more likely to become a killer

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Me2 to Rainon 2013/02/25 06:19:35

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But what if you raise a priest around killers, does he too go on to kill?

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Rainon to Me2 2013/02/25 06:32:05

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In my opinion yes. A priest is nothing but a title.

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Me2 to Rainon 2013/02/25 06:53:49

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Fair enough, I put it to you though that ones sexual identity is far more than just a title. I imagine that I could not gain an interest in putting a penis in my mouth or rectum simply because someone told me it was OK.

Just as I hold that homosexuals derive no pleasure from "straight" intercourse, even though they are raised to prefer it.

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Crische 2013/02/24 19:33:21

No

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More likely to be honest with themselves, to be unbiased.

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Alacrity 2013/02/24 19:02:03 (edited)

I have no idea

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There's not so much data on that particular aspect of life, Do you thing so?

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rocat 2013/02/24 17:08:26

No

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pretty sure that research...
backs my answer-

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Alacrity to rocat 2013/03/03 22:34:36

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What is your answer? I looked upward and found nothing from you, rocat.

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rocat to Alacrity 2013/03/04 12:02:51

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rocat
No
rocat
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pretty sure that research...
backs my answer-

HELPFUL HINT:...
look for the "no" part-
friggin' tool-

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Alacrity to rocat 2013/03/04 15:53:18 (edited)

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Yes, I suppose it does. The normal kids see what same-sex marriage did for them--and they turn away from it... they reject same-sex living arrangements... they want a soft, gentle, loving, sweet talking female for a wife and mother of his children.

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rocat to Alacrity 2013/03/04 16:12:38

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why would a "normal" [your odd word] kid...
even consider same sex marriage for themselves???

your mind works oddly-

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Alacrity to rocat 2013/03/04 16:30:52

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they turn away from it... they reject same-sex living arrangements...

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rocat to Alacrity 2013/03/04 16:57:10

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repetition...
has its limitations-

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Alacrity to rocat 2013/03/04 17:21:29

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and its benefits

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rocat to Alacrity 2013/03/04 17:29:23

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those benefits...
are not manifested here-

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Alacrity to rocat 2013/03/04 17:36:23

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Why not?
►Did you know that Mitt Romney wants to be the new Pope?
But he is a Mormon, you say.
Romney can lie about that, too!

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rocat to Alacrity 2013/03/04 17:38:10

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dude...
you ain't quite right-

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Alacrity to rocat 2013/03/04 17:52:40

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And, of course you are... not quite right.
Have you no sense of humor?
My psychiatrist said to watchout for those with no sense of humor.
Don't feed this guy:

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rocat to Alacrity 2013/03/04 18:04:04

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good humor...
needs must make sense-
or nobody can enjoy it-

i assure you...my sense of humor is complex and evolved-
must be why i don't see yours-

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antiteaparty 2013/02/24 16:57:40

No

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1 thing will for ever be the truth, opposite sex couples will always produce more gay children...

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Alacrity to antitea... 2013/03/04 15:48:44

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statistically you're correct, which doesn't mean anything... that's like saying women give birth more than men do.

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antitea... to Alacrity 2013/03/04 21:06:21

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But it's true...

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David 2013/02/24 16:19:55

Other

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Not something I would encourage, at the very least these kinds of relationships lack sexual balance!

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Janus 2013/02/24 15:39:15

Yes

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Put them in an environment where its being pumped into them all the time (pun intended) and the incidence will increase.

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Me2 to Janus 2013/02/25 06:26:52

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Seriously? You think if you had been raised around a group of homosexuals, you would prefer the sausage to the taco? I feel I never made a choice in that regard, I have always been attracted to girls and always been turned off by the thought of intimate male contact.

You would have been easily swayed towards the sausage huh?

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Janus to Me2 2013/02/25 06:51:19

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All I said was "the incidence will increase".

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Me2 to Janus 2013/02/25 07:01:50

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What exactly are you defining as an incidence? If you mean a single sexual encounter, then I may buy that. But sexual identity is not derived from our parents. The thought of ones parents having sex should be repulsive. Thus they should have little influence over your sexual identity which is formed by ones peers.

Like this.
Discussion + Sex + Parents = Uncomfortable
Discussion + Sex + Peers = Interesting

It is far easier to argue that one forms their sexual identity from their peers. This again is assuming that a sexual identity is something you form and not something you have.

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Alacrity to Me2 2013/03/03 22:45:03

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Your view about nurture over nature in this discussion is correct--but there could be cases the other way around, in my opinion, for I have read some psychology books about the matter of nature over nurture. Our society is overwhelmingly heterosexual in all it's daily displays, so how could anyone chose otherwise? It must have something to do with nature--in the genes.

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Me2 to Alacrity 2013/03/06 23:21:04

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I like to read... what do you recommend?

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