Quote Originally Posted by Wakizashi View Post
I have to say Beirut, you really seem out of character on this one. Usually your posts are very considerate, and well thought out; and this just seems messy for you. Like playing Devil's Advocate. Maybe I'm wrong here, but usually your "common sense ain't that common" approach seems to be biting back at you pretty hard. Just my thoughts.
Thank you for the civilized note.

I admit to being really stunned by people's reaction to all this. It's not just that a lot of people disagree that a kid is better off with a mother and father, but are really quite angry that someone would be such a blatant ******* as to actually say in public that a kid is better off with a mother and father. It's truly odd.

It's so basic, so fundamental, so normal, so clear, and yes, so full of good old fashioned common sense, that I cannot for the life of me understand what these people are thinking and why they are so hostile. I never said that same sex couples could not be good parents, I said only that a child is better served by having a mother and a father. From the reaction it's like I hauled Rosa Parks out of her seat, beat the crap out of her, and threw her off the bus.

That hyper-reaction is one of the reasons I smell the stink of an agenda far more than the scent of true caring for the children. It really looks like people are pushing a gay rights agenda by using babies as tools. You have a baby born to a mother and father, but none of that matters because Joe Enlightenend is standing in front of those parents, waiving this week's feel-good science study, saying that one of the two people required to make the baby simply isn't relevant anymore. It's absolute bovine scatology and defies the most basic tenets of real life.