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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Apr 2

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      Yes, I get that but even if it were proven that being married made you more likely to create a stable, secure reproductive environment for offspring, why would this only be the case for the offspring of heterosexuals? https://twitter.com/DoctorHeadcrab/status/980923694984892418 …

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    2. Question Assumptions‏ @QA_NJ Apr 2
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      As someone who supports gay marriage or civil unions (because I think monogamy is good and not being legally family creates cruel situations) the problem is that same sex couples can’t have biological children together. See also:http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/17/dear-gay-community-your-kids-are-hurting/ …

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    3. Question Assumptions‏ @QA_NJ Apr 2
      Replying to @QA_NJ @HPluckrose

      You can fairly point out that there are heterosexual couples who can’t have kids together, people who adopt, etc. but those are not ideal, normal, or the most desirable situations in heterosexuals, either. Basically, there are problems built in to the fundamental structure.

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    4. Question Assumptions‏ @QA_NJ Apr 2
      Replying to @QA_NJ @HPluckrose

      I wouldn’t prohibit same sex couples from adopting or parenting the biological children of one of the couple, and I can imagine them being good parents and better than some heterosexual parents, but it’s not ideal for the child just like divorce & adoption aren’t ideal.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Apr 2
      Replying to @QA_NJ

      Why?

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    6. Question Assumptions‏ @QA_NJ Apr 2
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Look at the statistics for various family structures. Having your two biological parents together and raising you gives children a sense of stability, familiarity, and heritage. If it didn’t matter, we could shuffle kids and randomly assign them to parents.

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    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Apr 2
      Replying to @QA_NJ

      It depends very much on the parents. The absolute best case scenario would be being raised by good parents who gave birth to you and probably grandparents, aunts and uncles as well.

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    8. Question Assumptions‏ @QA_NJ Apr 2
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Absolutely. There is a hierarchy of quality. And having a mentally ill, addicted, and criminal single parent falls somewhere near the bottom, below most adoptive or gay parents. The point is that there is a better and worse and it starts out with structural liabilities.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Apr 2
      Replying to @QA_NJ

      I'm sorry. I dont know how this is relevant unless you think people are taking kids away from their good biological parents and giving them to same sex couples.

      3:35 PM - 2 Apr 2018
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        2. Question Assumptions‏ @QA_NJ Apr 2
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It become relevant when an adoption or foster agency has the choice of placing a child in a heterosexual married, heterosexual unmarried, same sex, single, etc. home. Should the agency show preferences and for what?

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        3. Question Assumptions‏ @QA_NJ Apr 2
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          It’s also relevant to those so hostile to homosexuality they might want to take children away from a biological homosexual parent. What makes for a better environment for the child?

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