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Anglo-Scot, you are homophobic. You stereotype gays and come up with a view of them which makes them sub human, or as the judge said sinful.
In this thread I did not know at the beginning you were. You would have been completely right to raise issues which you had a genuine concern for. Rather you spent the entire thread denying that the gay man had any rights at all in connection with this lawsuit and indeed with anything else. Eventually you came out with your view that gays are unnatural and immoral and have more than once spoken about their sexuality which until recently appeared to be the base of your aversion to people who are gay. Now you have them involved in creating three people babies and claim the government has agreed to this which it most certainly has not.
Gay people make babies already. They live a variety of lives. I will give you one example.
I have a long time friend. She is heterosexual, had one child and has always been in contact with his father. She wanted another child but had gone off men, did not want to get into another relationship and so asked a gay man she was friends with if he would be willing to donate sperm so she could achieve this. He agreed and it worked and she gave birth to another child which she had originally expected to take full responsibility for. The dad however wanted to be involved as the father and started coming round most days so that he could develop a close relationship with his new son. At first she thought this was a bit over the top but in time things worked out well and they decided they would buy a home together and bring the children up as a family – while not in any way being engaged in a sexual relationship. They have been living together for over 20 years. He has taken on the responsibility to both boys, both financially and emotionally as if he were their father and they get on better than many if not most heterosexual married couples. Personally for my friend it clearly has worked out very well and for the boys as well. They have been a loving, supportive family unit. Both children are now adults and do not live at home though visit regularly.
Now she is getting near retirement age and is thinking of what she wants to do. One thing is certain. She and her gay friend will be spending it together. It may be an unusual relationship but there is nothing unnatural or immoral about it.
People are not stereotypes. They are individuals. You begin from the premise of believing that gay people are unnatural and immoral. All your other anti gay decisions come from this basic judgement that gay people are unnatural and immoral. That is why you are homophobic and that harms people. What you seem to be especially angry about is that gay people have won in the main acceptance and inclusion in society.
As I have said before I believe your orientation comes from how you were brought up - what you were taught gay people are.. I brought up my daughter from the beginning to be aware that not everyone is heterosexual – that some people form relationships with people of the same sex. Because I told her this from the beginning she has never for one moment doubted the right for people who are homosexual to be homosexual.
Great post! Lovely anecdote too, I wish your friend and her non-standard family luck, health and happiness. Would that others could butt out of judging other people's lifestyles and domestic arrangements as if they had some right to engineer society to their own anachronistic ends. :applaud