Posted by:
rainwriter
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Date: June 25, 2013 01:20PM
A friend of mine is taking a class at BYUI that focuses on critical thinking and argument skills, or something like that. She posted the hypothetical scenario and asked for feedback on it.
Her original post says,
"Okay. . .this is a controversial issue. But I would like some opinions about it. (This is homework)
There is a case study about a new family who moved to a new area who is starting a new business. They have a 9 year old daughter and connect with another family with a 9 year old daughter. They didn't know that the other family was a lesbian couple. They have to go out of town. Question is: Would you be comfortable leaving your daughter with a lesbian couple all day and for a sleep over with their daughter?"
My response was the general "their orientation does not influence their ability to care for a child," sort as well as a mild chastisement about her idea of asking them to not show any pda in front of her child. I got a thorough chewing out by her husband that I thought I'd share for your viewing pleasure.
His response with my name tagged at the beginning,
"People are totally in their right to request that other people don't do things around their kids. If someone can't see that I have different beliefs and therefor don't want my kids around things then they don't deserve to be a friend. The gays have this extremely annoying habit of trying to get everyone else to believe that they need to open up and see things differently. Sin is sin, no matter how much they try to make it look like its not, it is, and billions of people are going to disagree. They are trying to get the masses to side with them by making them feel guilty for not agreeing with sin. A drunk can tell me all he wants he is not sinning but that doesn't make it not a sin. Blinded by their efforts to try to get people to agree, they are completely oblivious to reason, and fail to see anyone elses point of view.
So, that whole family thing, how is that supposed to work if no one can have kids...... If you disagree with the proclamation, do you not believe in families? Teaching your kids right and wrong is not teaching to be judgmental. This is yet another tactic they use to try to make things appear different than they are. It is unfortunate that you have your views that we should look upon sin as acceptable, but it is really getting old with you repeatedly trying to push your stance, and false statements about gay couples not having an effect on their kids."