We can't keep homosexuality a secret from kids...

Dawn - posted on 03/24/2010

I totally agree!

Rebecca - posted on 03/07/2010

*sigh* our constitution was one of the first in the world to guarantee equal rights to homosexuals. i read a book last year on how this got into the constitution because i would say our country is homophobic. gay marriage is now legal, however, the abuse and homophobia continue. last week, our minister of arts and culture walked out of a lesbian photo exhibition (the photos were very tame) calling it pornographic, and against nation-building... one wonders if she read the constitution before signing up as minister.

people fear what they don't know, and as many people are in the closet, people think that no one they know is gay... they just don't know that being gay doesn't make you different to anyone else -- it just means you choose partners you are attracted to like everyone else.

Clarissa - posted on 03/06/2010

i agree. children should never fell that they well be condemned for being different and condemning homosexuality is something they will fear they will become....they should just be taught that people love others and sometimes if they love each other enough they get together...who are humans to say what is right and wrong when it comes to love?

Heidi - posted on 06/21/2009

I want to say your right. The state I live in just finished up today Pride weekend and let me tell ya it was very hard to see it because living in Montana it was very odd. I am half of a mom/mom raising a soon to be 6 year old boy and he doesnt think anything of it. Grant you we worry what type of problems hes going to come into while in school, but we put all our love and attention towards him. We are even thinking of having another child within a year or so.

Lindsay - posted on 05/20/2009

Quoting Lindsay:

I find it completely silly to hear arguments such as "If you don't support prop 8 you child will be taught about homosexuality in school, and that it is acceptable".

I am a bisexual mother married to a guy with a beautiful boy and another one on the way, I certainly don't plan to teach my children that homosexuality is wrong.

I think schools should teach our children to learn to treat each other equally. If you tell your child, "well gay marriage isn't allowed because it's not normal", what good would come out of that? Same sex couples provide just as much love and a caring lifestyle to their children as opposite sex couples.

*acceptable = unacceptable

stupid typo >

Lindsay - posted on 05/20/2009

I find it completely silly to hear arguments such as "If you don't support prop 8 you child will be taught about homosexuality in school, and that it is acceptable".

I am a bisexual mother married to a guy with a beautiful boy and another one on the way, I certainly don't plan to teach my children that homosexuality is wrong.

I think schools should teach our children to learn to treat each other equally. If you tell your child, "well gay marriage isn't allowed because it's not normal", what good would come out of that? Same sex couples provide just as much love and a caring lifestyle to their children as opposite sex couples.

Jennifer - posted on 04/19/2009

I think showing love between two people is normal to children no matter what. they look to us to learn how to love, just as they do to learn how to dress themselves. a human being is a human being, no matter female or male and deserve to have affection:)

Gabrielle - posted on 04/16/2009

My daughter isn't even 3 and has already been "exposed" to homosexuality - as something normal and barely worth mentioning. The woman who married my husband and I came to visit with her wife and daughters. And my Best Man came to dinner with his boyfriend. My daughter saw the couples behaving affectionately, caring for children, etc, just like her straight aunt and uncle and their kids. Those homophobes worry about explaining homosexuality, but I doubt I will ever really have to, since my daughter already knows it's no big deal; just another way to be normal.

Sherrie - posted on 04/16/2009

i am a straight women but i have many gay friends, i agree why cant gay people marry! we live in an age where it should be socially accepted im sure if you look really hard next time you attend the mardi gra im sure that most of those who oppose it are actually amongst the crowds cheering. So why not give everyone the same rights honestly who will it hurt. my guess is no-one it might even bring a little bit more peace to the world.

Jessica - posted on 04/16/2009

im from sydney and i wish that gay marriage was legal here i have a son and i dont want him going to school when he gets older and getting laughed at cuz he has 2 moms! its unfair that gays do not have the same rights as everyone else! i really angers me sometimes! our love is true and we should be able to celebrate it not keep it hidden! mind you same sex couples are now know to social services but not for marriage! the goverment are pathetic and old fashioned. i agree with you.