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Saturday, February 25, 2006

More on the "Gay Takeover"
CNS reports from Rome on a seminar entitled "The Homosexual Question: Psychology, Rights and the Truth of Love." It seems one-sided to me. And a bit paranoid. In a public conference Feb. 23, professors teaching the seminar spoke at length about the threats posed by the gay rights movement and said current legislative proposals around the world could have far-reaching effects on how society is structured. Comments like this always slay me. Depending on whom you ask, homosexuals make up 4 to 10% of the human population. The majority prefer not to bother with marriage and family. I'm curious to know how this would have the impact some say it would. Perhaps if heterosexual marriage were outlawed. But nobody's suggested that. Perhaps if heterosexuals began choosing gay activity because they found it (?) an improved way to be. But I haven't heard of that. Except in prisons. French Msgr. Tony Anatrella, a psychoanalyst and consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Family, said gay couples were unable to give children the model of sexual difference that any child needs to develop his or her own sexual identity. Does Anatrella suggest that genital sexual expression is the only model for sexual identity? I've hardly ever heard gay people advocating they are a "third sex," though I know that some extremists advocate five, not two. He referred to one recent study, which he said showed that 40 percent of children raised by homosexuals became homosexuals themselves. Msgr. Anatrella said there were other psychological "collateral effects" of being raised by a same-sex couple that show up only in adulthood, including anxiety over sexual differentiation. When it comes time for these young people to form their own families, they suffer because they have not learned to accept the sexual difference between two adults, he said. A few things: - First, parenting by SSA individuals and couples should be studied. Some SSA parents suggest they impart advantages to their children because of certain healthy aspects of their approach to relationships. I can understand how it would be difficult for extreme findings to gain a fair hearing. It's got to be worth the attempt. - Second, Anatrella's comments lean toward it all being about the adults. It's not. Even if certain risk factors were elevated for children of gay couples, the baseline of comparison is not healthy heterosexual couples. It's life in a non-permanent home versus being parented by someone other than the "ideal" heterosexual couple.

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