Gay parent

Don’t get me wrong

I have feelings quite strong

I believe in equal rights

But don’t think men should wear tights

I completely agree with freedom of expression

But not when it’s in the form of aggression

I see nothing wrong with adoption

But don’t think two men adopting is an option

At the moment I’m still unsure

And I know that It’s a little premature

I would love to be a parent

I feel like it would be inherent

I’d make a good dad

But would it be bad?

No mother while they grow

No motherly love could I bestow

I’m still undecided

I don’t want to be misguided

Into thinking it’s ok

To be a parent and be gay

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Was talking with my housemate today about having children and I realised that i really hadn't thought of it because I am gay...Not sure if it would be right to have kids.  Time will tell.

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Bryan Adam Tomimbang's picture

I think there isn't anything wrong with being both a parent and being gay. I know that the majority of men and women either religious or secular see it as psychological harm to the children but I think otherwise... I think what's most important is to just be there for the kid. Raising children never came with a set of instructions when a child enters one's life. Just like instructions when you need to build something like a wooden table... It isn't like that. Plus we all live in different circumstances that provide different conditions for children. For example, living with a single parent. Or may be living with foreign adoptees. So what's wrong with homosexual parents? We're all heading in the same direction in this Earth living our everyday lives... Breathing every breath. There's no difference at all to it.

Anywayz, great write by the way... (^_^)

Hope Marquez's picture

theres nothing wrong with a gay parent.. i have a friend that mother is lesbian and her other half raised my friend..and they were both loving parents.. very good poem though

Alan Cheng's picture

I think that even if you're gay, it should be fine to have kids anyway, because think of it this way, the kids who don't have a home, will at last have a home with someone that loves them, regardless of if it's two men, or two women. Gay or lesbian. For me, I don't think that's a problem, probably because I watched this program that was on TV one day, but anyways, as I was saying, I think that even if you're gay, it should be fine to have kids anyway, no matter whether you're gay or not, even though you did mention being gay, and yes, I read your comment about the poem, "Gay Parent". I think that it's ok to have children, you know, to adopt them, even if you're gay. Just to let you in on a little secret, I'm gay, too!! =)