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Re: Gay couples adopting more often despite barriers |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 21 21:46:23 2011, in response to Re: Gay couples adopting more often despite barriers, posted by Fred G on Tue Jun 21 21:24:31 2011. I dunno, are gays more likely to admit it because more gays are molested as kids or are they simply more likely to admit it because they've crossed the hetero/gay line already and speak more freely about such subjects?A little of both, mostly the latter is my guess. 10 to 15% gays reporting included in 1 to 2% of all people reporting doesn't make 10 to 15 times more likely. It means that 10 to 15% of gays which are X% of the 1 to 2 % of all people reporting. That "X%" is a very big number. Gays are only 5% or so of the population, but 25% of those that were molested. My point is that one can't conclusively say that a gay couple is more likely to have been molested and will more likely be molesters themselves. Gay couples are generally more stable than single gays just like their hetero counterparts. Your first link was some single dude who molested 2 girls. The second one involves a boy so it's got gay fingerprints on it to be sure in addition to the pedophilia. Both of them need to be punished severely. Due diligence isn't going to weed out people that were molested (nor maybe should it) unless they have a record of some sort. But since gay couples are far more likely (at least 5 times as likely) as heterosexual couples to have at least one pedophile it's something to consider. I think that the guy in my first link is also gay. He had kids as a single dad with a surrogate. Who does that? |
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