re: Lesbian couple preggo pic goes viral. SJWs unite in applause

This applies to every child of divorced parents, as well, but if someone expresses that, people basically tell them to get over it and label them as a bitch.

I was the only child to divorced parents until I was almost 19 years old. My dad lived hours away, and he wasn't around for the majority of the events in my life. He made it to the major benchmarks and spent time here and there with me, but I feel like I missed out on a lot by not having him around to teach me things and impart his knowledge unto me. Most of my friends have excellent relationships with their fathers, and the experiences they had growing up seem almost unreal to me.

This may seem like it supports your point, but my point is actually in the contrary. I ended up developing my interests, hobbies, and how to do things on my own instead of having a father who would have me do and like the things that he did. I developed my love of sports, especially soccer, on my own. I learned how to do everything from fixing things around the house to building computers on my own at a young age. I spent tons of time programming and reading things like encyclopedias to learn as much as I could. Those are things that ended up defining me as a person later in life, and luckily, they've lead to skills for a great career. My father hates soccer, wouldn't let me touch a computer when I was younger much less open one up and install a 56k modem, and thought that I was strange and wasted my time programming and reading those encyclopedias. If he were around, chances are that I'd be completely different as a person, and I wouldn't have these things that bring me joy in life. Now, he was young when I was born and wasn't a terrible father, but I'm very happy with the way things turned out regardless of this situation I was dealt.

Now, that's clearly all anecdotal and isn't something to base an argument on alone, but it brings me to my main point in all of this. I didn't miss out because I didn't have my father around. I missed out because all I had was my mother, her opinions, and what she knew, liked, and cared about. When she and I fought, I didn't have anyone to turn to, and when she was being irrational, there was no one around to take my side. I missed out because I didn't have anyone else to give me knowledge based on their life experiences, expose me to things that they loved, or be there for me when I needed someone. Once I got a little older, I was mostly alone, and that really impacted me in terms of dealing with people. It also lead to me having very big issues with feeling alone a lot of the time and not talking about issues with anyone, which is something I'm finally working to fix. Again, I didn't miss out because I didn't have a father around. I missed out because I only had a single parent around, and as hard as she tried, she still had to work and couldn't be around half as much as she'd have liked. I didn't have a bad childhood at all, but I'd be lying to say I wish I'd have had someone else around to help me develop as a human being.

I place a TON of importance on children living in a two parent household, and I decided a long time ago that my kids wouldn't go through what I went through growing up. I just don't think the genders of those parents have anything to do with the outcome of the child. I'd rather see a thousand gay couples, who actually want children, be wonderful parents than a single case of shitty arse people getting married because it's the cool thing to do, having kids to bring more people into their shitty experiment, getting divorced (or worse, staying together), and being awful parents to their children for eternity. If a child has two people who love them immensely and care for them, you can't tell me that these kids will automatically just feel different and suffer as a result.

TL;DR: Children of heterosexual parents who divorce are just as likely, if not more likely, to suffer than children of homosexual couples. We aren't banning marriages or stopping them from having kids, though.