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Originally posted by STMG23
I believe children need examples. I don't believe they need heterosexual parents. This argument totally negelects that parents are not the only people influencing a child (and neither should they be!).
Also, I always cringe when people claim this, because I think of all the millions of children who grow up with a single parent. Are these children missing something elementary in their life? Will they be damaged because they did not grow with (heterosexual) father and mother? Nonsense.
The Pope, just as his church, is so fundamentally out of touch with social reality, it pains actually.
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Not to be that person but most boys who grow without a father end up gay. Also, girls who grow up without their fathers end up seeking that validation from random male's via sexual behavior and more recently lewd interactions with males on social media.
I don't think the Pope is entirely wrong. Children need a positive influence of both genders (or as many genders as there are) just so they become balanced people, understand the differences between people, how to address them, how to socialize correctly, etc.