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As per My earlier thought and acam and Macky's suggestions, Im starting a new post about parenthood - specifically where it comes to homosexual parenting, which is both very similar and slightly different to childrearing for a heterosexual couple.
First, My curiosity is killing me - just how would a gay man or lesbian woman for that matter, perform the natural process of coitus neccesary to produce offspring in mammals. I know the physical process required, of course. LOL - that sounded a bit like a biology textbook, but the question remains valid. I simply would not be able to get it up or get energetic enough about the subject to perform the acts neccesary. I doubt even artificial stimulants, alchohol or the many and varied legal and illegal mind-altering substances would be able to do the job. Perhaps I'm just at the very extreme of the homosexual-heterosexual scale, I know that research has proven most people are somewhere in the middle - but Ive never even kissed a girl, or had the stomach or urge to do it. Perhaps everyone encounters an exception - a single person or two to whom they are physically attracted despite that fact of that person being of the opposite gender to whom they are normally attracted to.
My second question is generally applicable to all couples, irrelevant of who or what labels they have gotten stuck on their foreheads, and that is, what are the pro's and the con's of childrearing - in the emotional and the plebian cold logical sense concerning money in your old age, etc... So, essentially, should you have children if you could?
Third, does anyone think it a good idea or practical to attempt to raise a child without at least two permanent parental figures in their lives (though with what I've seen, I would think a ratio of three parents per child would be better; perhaps that explains non-religously addopted godparents)
Fourth, is there a good set of curcumstances anyone can advise that would make it a better/worse time in their lives to decide to have children? Financially, emotionally, relationship-wise, education, jobs...etc. I would think the worst possible time to have a child is when you haven't planned for him/her.
Fith, and I know everyone doesn't have such liberal laws concerning gay marriage or adoption as South Africa, so is marriage/civil union/adoption/legal agreement of shared resources really necessary for a couple or group of people to raise a child? Pros/Cons. I know single parent adoption is difficult almost everywhere, and a contract provides a safety net for the child...then again divorce is kinda harsh on kids...I know.
My last immediate question is, how would anyone get kids, what methods in general are available, ignoring the specific legal, physical, emotional and financial hurdles homosexuals might face. Adoption, surogate parenting with sperm donation, normal birth, foster care, etc...and the pros, cons and anything else you can think of.
A truth told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent
-William Blake
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