Dear Editor:
In response to the guest column, What Will Happen to Rosie's Kids? from the March 26 paper, the author, William Maier, stated that "fathers tend to stress competition, challenge, initiative and risk-taking; mothers stress emotional security and personal safety. By nature, same-sex couples are unable to provide one-half of this equation." I am utterly insulted by this assumption that same-sex couples cannot provide both roles of parenting. As co-director of the Saluki Rainbow Network, I assure you that I know all about competition, challenge, initiative and risk-taking, and at the same time, I am a very loving, caring person and would definitely be able to stress emotional security and personal safety.
Also, Mr. Maier's assertion that children who are raised by homosexuals are "at greater risk of losing a parent to AIDS, substance abuse or suicide." It is true that substance abuse and suicide are problems for some homosexuals, but they occur most often among people in their teens to mid-20s. Most likely these aren't the people trying to adopt children, and if they were, they would probably be filtered out of the extensive screening process the adopters must to go through.
Finally, the belief that children raised by same-sex couples may end up "unfortunate victims of a failed social experiment" is completely outrageous. Same-sex couples can raise a child just as well as a straight couple. These couples must be fit to be parents if they are awarded an opportunity to raise a child, unlike straight couples who can accidentally get pregnant and raise an unwanted child in a bad environment. Despite my beliefs, I would hope that anyone could see that a child having homosexual parents is better off than a child with no parents.
Mike Gary
junior, radio/television
Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM
