I don't know, but for example I have a gay aunt and it's really awkward since I have to be really careful with what I say, I don't want to offend her or anything.
just relax. if you offend her, let her know whatever you said was an accident/out of ignorance, not hate. make sure she knows you don't care who she loves.
Think about it. No matter how much they 'love' you, many societies shun homoloveuals.
You'll get bullied. You'll have trouble making friends (maybe gay friends but that's about it). It will be awkward at parent conferences. It will be awkward at 'Bring your child to work' days. You may be even at a disadvantage for jobs. People will dismiss you entirely because of how and whom you were brought up by. They will all assume you're gay, too. Are you willing to have a life of hardship and discrimination just so you can keep a smug smile and declare 'I am perfectly happy!'?
And that attitude of shunning is slowly changing, is it not? It's an uphill battle but it'll be resolved one day.
Bullying isn't an excuse.
People will make fun of you for anything, as lolzorz said.
Not allowing something for the sole reason that people don't like it and children will bully you for it is bullstuff
To think that people raised by gay parents can only make gay friends makes no sense. Children of heteroloveual couples can have gay friends. It won't be awkward in those situations, what the forget do you mean? Unless you're dealing with antisocial, rude pricks who can't deal with your loveuality, it won't be awkward. And to discriminate based on loveual orientation or predestined things of that nature is illegal, so you wouldn't be at a disadvantage. And unless they're a dumb, they'll know that being raised by gay parents does not make you gay. Being raised by gay parents is not at all scary or much harder than being raised by straight parents. The only noticable difference is the intolerance of others, which shouldn't affect their ability to adopt.
Yes, exactly. I still would like to ask gay parents how they feel about it; they're definitely aware their child will be bullied and discriminated against, so why do they do it? Because they want to feel like a 'real' family?
You realize by adopting they're giving an unwanted child a home? Even if being raised by gay parents had extremely poor social implications, it's better than being an orphan, no?
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