Comments on: Mary Cheney Pregnant http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/mary-cheney-pregnant/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/mary-cheney-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-9049 Erich Vieth Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:07:54 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=815#comment-9049 For lots of well-honed commentary on Mary Cheney's pregnancy, see Andrew Sullivan's site. http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/ For lots of well-honed commentary on Mary Cheney’s pregnancy, see Andrew Sullivan’s site. http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/

]]> By: Sarah Boslaugh http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/mary-cheney-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-9043 Sarah Boslaugh Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:26:49 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=815#comment-9043 The NYT story managed to quote several right-wingers who asserted without evidence that children would be harmed by being raised in a non-traditional household, but didn't bother to find any social scientists to quote on the fact, established by several research studies, that children raised by gay parents turn out as well, or a little better, than children raised by straight parents. Personally, I believe that drinking coffee causes your nose to fall off. I expect the Times to contact me for quotes every time they run a story in which coffee is mentioned. And I obviously don't mean that, but I hope you get my point. The NYT story managed to quote several right-wingers who asserted without evidence that children would be harmed by being raised in a non-traditional household, but didn’t bother to find any social scientists to quote on the fact, established by several research studies, that children raised by gay parents turn out as well, or a little better, than children raised by straight parents.

Personally, I believe that drinking coffee causes your nose to fall off. I expect the Times to contact me for quotes every time they run a story in which coffee is mentioned. And I obviously don’t mean that, but I hope you get my point.

]]> By: Dan http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/mary-cheney-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-9036 Dan Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:46:53 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=815#comment-9036 Unconscionable how? Two people, presumably in love, given the kind of work a lesbian couple needs to become pregnant compared to a heterosexual couple, want to have a child. If they are willing to work that hard to achieve a pregnancy, they are committed to seeing it through and raising the child as responsibly as any other set of parents. The lack of a male father figure is merely an inroad to tolerance and acceptance on the child's part as it grows up. Unconscionable how? Two people, presumably in love, given the kind of work a lesbian couple needs to become pregnant compared to a heterosexual couple, want to have a child. If they are willing to work that hard to achieve a pregnancy, they are committed to seeing it through and raising the child as responsibly as any other set of parents. The lack of a male father figure is merely an inroad to tolerance and acceptance on the child’s part as it grows up.

]]> By: Jason Rayl http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/mary-cheney-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-9031 Jason Rayl Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:04:56 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=815#comment-9031 Can everybody chant.... MURPHY BROWN, MURPHY BROWN, MURPHY BROWN! I had no idea Quayle's family was so large... Can everybody chant….

MURPHY BROWN, MURPHY BROWN, MURPHY BROWN!

I had no idea Quayle’s family was so large…

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