tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post3399677250440087290..comments2024-03-27T01:27:21.576-08:00Comments on The Immoral Minority: New study finds that children raised by same sex couples are actually doing somewhat better than those raised in traditional families. Ooh, you know this is going to be controversial!Gryphenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-27444297696059101322014-07-08T10:02:58.149-08:002014-07-08T10:02:58.149-08:00I think the troll opens several windows, writes re...I think the troll opens several windows, writes replies on each of them, then when all are done, goes from tab to tab to click on "Publish". <br /><br />Instead of someone so fast as to takes under 1mn to write a comment, we have someone so slow that it takes them a full 1 mn to click Publish - Tab - Publish. Ver' slow.An European Viewpointnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-22691614336550018382014-07-07T17:36:31.049-08:002014-07-07T17:36:31.049-08:00Whew, scanned the comments, time to order more &qu...Whew, scanned the comments, time to order more "Troll Repellent"! <br />When my kids were in grade and high school, there were several kids with same sex parents, and almost all of them were at or above grade level, at ease in social situations, effective communicators, and showed a great deal of empathy for those who were bullied and/or outcasts. To me, the "stereotypes" are based on ignorance. My husband changed diapers, bathed and fed the kids, took them to the playground, etc.Anita Winecoolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-81912250589577564752014-07-07T17:22:18.480-08:002014-07-07T17:22:18.480-08:00LikeLikeAnita Winecoolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-35405149937893993342014-07-07T11:50:31.399-08:002014-07-07T11:50:31.399-08:00United Nations To Expand LGBT Marriage Benefits
T...United Nations To Expand LGBT Marriage Benefits<br /><br />The United Nations Secretariat will now provide full benefits to employees in same-sex unions, regardless of whether their home country recognizes marriage equality.<br /><br />"Human rights are at the core of the mission of the United Nations," U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday when announcing the policy. "I am proud to stand for greater equality for all staff, and I call on all members of our UN family to unite in rejecting homophobia as discrimination that can never be tolerated at our workplace."<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/united-nations-lgbt_n_5563902.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-78484178301523019352014-07-07T08:46:02.882-08:002014-07-07T08:46:02.882-08:00Same thing was done at Central Park zoo. There'...Same thing was done at Central Park zoo. There's a book (#1 on the ALA banned books list for many years.) called An Tango Makes Three. Lovely book. I read it every year during Banned Books Week. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-41317628823795837692014-07-07T08:11:29.942-08:002014-07-07T08:11:29.942-08:00Being on "The View" takes stamina and kn...Being on "The View" takes stamina and knowledge. And you have to show up for work, as well. Neither of which sister sarry seems to exhibit.Chenagrrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-40502497686860510232014-07-07T08:02:46.406-08:002014-07-07T08:02:46.406-08:00OMG. But she loves Alaska. She loves the outdoors....OMG. But she loves Alaska. She loves the outdoors. She loves her family the mostest. How could she ever live in congested, loud, civilized NYC? That's got to be a joke. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-69692010402973546402014-07-07T07:43:39.363-08:002014-07-07T07:43:39.363-08:00I would think that another big factor would be tha...I would think that another big factor would be that same sex couples can't "accidentally" get pregnant. Having a child is definitely planned and well thought out.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-28230624988660665582014-07-07T07:19:57.095-08:002014-07-07T07:19:57.095-08:00Dear 6:31 AM -
Ignore.
Ignore.
Ignore.Dear 6:31 AM - <br />Ignore.<br />Ignore.<br />Ignore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-77493728340008256002014-07-07T07:17:58.375-08:002014-07-07T07:17:58.375-08:00Ha! the only one that wants her is a low rent cabl...Ha! the only one that wants her is a low rent cable show. Amazing America will do a season 2 I bet Todd will be in this one and probably Track, no wonder she's been pimping out her family lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-11758381244512143612014-07-07T06:31:59.700-08:002014-07-07T06:31:59.700-08:00Dear Fellow IMers:
Do you think the slander troll ...Dear Fellow IMers:<br />Do you think the slander troll is thick as a plank, willfully stubborn, or simply doesn't understand that one word -- "slander" -- means something completely different from another -- "libel"?<br />Do we cease trying to educate this troll, or simply give it demerits for each " slander" reference -- along with misspellings, incorrect punctuation, etc.?<br />Do we simply send he/she/it a pocket Webster's with instructions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-69097990242176756782014-07-07T06:27:08.782-08:002014-07-07T06:27:08.782-08:00bwahahahahaha! Does anyone think Whoopi would eve...bwahahahahaha! Does anyone think Whoopi would even allow that? Keep dreaming, honey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-89061315826933596222014-07-07T06:23:35.617-08:002014-07-07T06:23:35.617-08:00Well, they can oppose it all they want, but they w...Well, they can oppose it all they want, but they won't have any statistics to back up their belief that gay marriage is bad. Furthermore, they simply expose themselves as the hateful, bigoted people they really are.Maplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-71793614591825980412014-07-07T06:21:19.462-08:002014-07-07T06:21:19.462-08:00Gay marriage has been legal in Canada since 2003. ...Gay marriage has been legal in Canada since 2003. there have been several studies which show that the children of these couples (whether adopted, in vitro or surrogacy-achieved) are as or better adjusted as/than children of heterosexual couples. It takes a special commitment to raise children and those of same-sex couple are assured that they were wanted (and loved and nurtured) and that they didn't just happen as accidents.<br />It may take awhile for those children in the U.S. to overcome the bigotry and hatred they must endure by folks who are narrow-minded.Maplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-31430687653167902152014-07-07T05:15:09.177-08:002014-07-07T05:15:09.177-08:00A child is happy because he/she is:
loved
given ...A child is happy because he/she is:<br /><br />loved<br /><br />given freedom to explore and push boundaries which gives a parent lessons in determining how it's best to handle such things in trial and error. Takes time<br /><br />is loved<br /><br />loves their parents and knows theyre human and fallible<br /><br />knows and is taught what family is and the value behind it<br /><br />is loved.<br /><br />Because people here just love to lie and hate on people they don't know, the points above indicate that child and children are more than loved and cherished. <br /><br />I suggest people here love their own family and stop slandering others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-89741937250027959332014-07-07T05:11:21.849-08:002014-07-07T05:11:21.849-08:00Why are you slandering Tripp's family? This po...Why are you slandering Tripp's family? This post doesn't concern him. You know nothing about him or his family and have no right to comment.<br /><br />Stick to YOUR life and don't judge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-37428032172128341492014-07-07T05:10:32.611-08:002014-07-07T05:10:32.611-08:00Why would you bring up a specifc kid? You are slan...Why would you bring up a specifc kid? You are slandering people here. Tripp for one is a very healthy and loved boy who's never not been happy. He's adaptible, well liked. Testament to a loving parent he's had who whole life. he's 5 and such a loving, sweet boy. Hes Trig's protector and always has been.<br /><br />If anything, sex gender parents will show the world that parenting ISNT gender. LOVE IS LOVE.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-46448194934707256832014-07-07T05:07:41.490-08:002014-07-07T05:07:41.490-08:00Families are families and people are people. You c...Families are families and people are people. You cannot generalize this shit in any way. More attentive? Gryphen, do you actually think about things you write and generalize?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-90250466618648172002014-07-07T04:50:13.886-08:002014-07-07T04:50:13.886-08:00I'm happy for same-sex families that they do b...I'm happy for same-sex families that they do better than opposite-sex families, because it can only help them getting all the rights they have unjustly been denied for so long. <br /><br />Besides, doing better than opposite-sex families shouldn't be a surprise. Most of the difficulties that women have to endure in opposite-sex mariage come from the gender stereotypes, and obviously there's a more often than not, frustrated female in each and every of these families.<br /><br />But Gryphen, could that only be true, that just giving love and putting their needs ahead of mine is enough to raise my children into doing well, I would be so reassured !<br /><br />You do know how much financial adversity single-handedly raising parents face, but add to that being constantly attacked on everything related to the kids, and being vilified in front of them by the other selfish party during visitation, and how well are the kids involved ever going to do ?<br /><br />Even if Tripp's custody is fully transfered to his father, which is the best that could happen to him at this time, is Tripp ever going to do as well as if he had been born in an average opposite-sex family, without all this traumatic drama ?<br /><br />You've taken care of hurt youths : did some of them ever manage to become as happy and well-adjusted as kids from a loving family, or do they just at most manage to get a decent life, without ever ceasing to live in inner pain ?An European Viewpointnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-21247384976458991872014-07-07T04:14:27.975-08:002014-07-07T04:14:27.975-08:00George Takei posted on Facebook this weekend about...George Takei posted on Facebook this weekend about a same-sex male penguin couple in Bergen, Norway who were given the chance to raise a rare third egg laid one month after two had been and hatched by the mother. It normally would be crushed, but it hatched and "My Two Dads" are proud papas! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com