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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do kids from heterosexual families get to see their situation reflected in books in school and read about families like their own in books in school but kids with same sex parents are not allowed to do this?[/quote]

Because the former is normal and the latter is not. And, look, I support gay marriage, detest the hateful discrimination to which gay people are subjected, and think we have a lot of work to do overcoming our historical prejudices. But that's the reason. And I think you know that.

I think your real question is why should we give heterosexual relationships preferential treatment. I think people advocating for that kind of preferential treatment would be able to advance some non-crazy arguments having to do with the value of heterosexual relationships in both producing children and giving them a stable environment to grow up. Maybe couple that with the idea that you teach the kids about the rules before you teach them about the exception to the rules. E.g. you give them a grasp of Newtonian physics before bending their minds with Einstein's stuff. But, of course, the non-crazy arguments are hopelessly tied up with a bunch of homophobic cultural baggage. So, the argument would probably devolve into name calling and finger pointing pretty quickly.  [/quote]

I think you need to get out more.  A certain percentage of the human population is gay and always has been and always will be.  Not abnormal at all.[/quote]

Depends what you mean by "normal." If you mean good, non-scary people that we should treat with dignity, love, and respect, then I totally agree. But if we're talking more in the sense of "statistically mainstream," then no. [/quote]

Statistically mainstream?  What are you talking about?  Rights are not given to statistically mainstream people whatever that is supposed to mean.   My kid is unusually tall...outside of statistically main stream....and if you think you are denying any rights to him because of that, think again.[/quote]

We're not talking about denying rights. We're talking about what situations should be reflected in school books. And, just to be perfectly clear, I would not lose a moment of sleep if kindergarten story books have gay couples in them. But the OP of this thread asked why children of heterosexual parents get to see their situation reflected in school books, and I was providing an answer. To take your example of an unusually tall person, we design buildings, cars, airplane seats, and a whole lot of things based on a certain range of heights. Society at large does not have an obligation to design itself around every possible permutation of human life. Where to draw the line is always going to be a question. Do we accommodate every 1 in 7 billion situation? No. Should we accommodate the 1 in 3 situation? Probably. The line is going to be somewhere in between - and the decision about how far to go is going to depend on what kind of burden is presented by accommodating the edge case. (And the decision is going to be complicated by people complaining of undue burden when their real reason has more to do with hateful prejudices.) [/quote]

Ikr?  No more ridiculous books about astronauts.  They are in the 1 in a billion category.  Get rid of them.[/quote]

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