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Originally Posted by Pharaoh
I think for some things natural is best and child-rearing is one of them. And I'd say having two gay men as parents is unnatural according to all these definitions: 1, 2, 3 & 4.
1.Â*contrary to expected behavior:Â*contrary to habit, custom, or practice
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Well, as I said above, I think this is pretty weak.
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2.Â*not conforming to conventions:Â*behaving in ways that contradict conventional assumptions about what constitutes normal or acceptable human behavior
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See above.
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3.Â*artificial:Â*affected, artificial, contrived, or strained
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Strained? Couldn't one argue that the heterosexual marriage is also strained? Doesn't the existence of divorce, single parents, and marriage counseling indicate that there is a
strain on all marriage? Would that make the entire institution unnatural?
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4.Â*contrary to laws of nature:Â*contrary to the physical laws of nature
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Perhaps you could make an argument here, but again, don't heterosexual couples behave in ways that are unsustainable? Just because you
can have 12 kids doesn't necessarily mean you
should, right? I thought what made humans so special and unique was that our brains allowed us to do things that were contrary to the so-called laws of nature. It probably makes little sense that a person live in Las Vegas, NV or Siberia. That certainly isn't very natural, but we are able to do it because we've found ways to adapt to our surroundings through innovation and technology. A hundred years ago, it probably didn't seem very natural to live past 100. We can do it now, because we've advanced ourselves. Couldn't we look at gay couples adopting children as merely a luxury, one allowable due to our own intellectual advances and superiority....?
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It's contary to custom, not conforming to conventions, contrived and contrary to the laws of nature.
Two gay men aren't made to produce children and therefore aren't suitable to bring them up, in my opinion.
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Are you writing a book report?