would you let openly gay people babysit your children?

Are you fucking crazy?!?! HELL NO!

Had a gay brother in-law. Had to lay down the law about him ever watching my boys.

Well, it would depend on the character of the person...


But, of course...why not?!!

Gay women? Yes.

Men in GENERAL...never.

HELL NO!!!!!

My kids would beat them up once they found out what kind of person they were.

No way.

I might talk to them about their sexual problem....but there is no way I would have them around my family or my friends and especially not kids.

Am I intolerant ? homophobic ? No I just choose to be wise.
It's not in my kids best interest to know anything about homosexuality except as something to avoid. And I'll have that conversation with them myself.

I'd homeschool my kids before I'd ever send them to a school that teaches anything 'good' about homosexuality or "my two daddies" or "my two mommies" crap.

I would only let my family or very close friends watch my kids.
So, with that said, my uncle and auntie are gay and they're wonderful with children. I would definitely let them watch my kids.

Depends. If I had kids, I wouldn't leave a daughter with a straight man unless I trusted him a fair amount. I might leave her with a lesbian because they do a lot less molestation. Now, if I could find a really flagrantly gay man who left no doubts as to his attraction for men to work as a babysitter, I'd feel perfectly safe...

I will teach my kids that homosexuality is like murder or lying or stealing. That is my view on the matter.

Have a homosexual watch my kids. Never !

Maybe you should learn to love, and teach your children how to be loving human beings too. Then they would not feel the need to beat anyone up.

Your answer is the saddest thing I have read all day.

now i'm curious about the folks who argue that homosexuality is not a learned behavior it seems to me that if they believed that then they wouldn't have any problem with a gay babysitter,
btw i wouldn't do it either

Boy! Reading the responses on this thread is disheartening...
I don't think the human race will survive if this is the general attitude.



That's prolly a good thing...

In actuality, homosexuals are people who are very insecure in their own gender.
Could be upbringing, social experiences, etc.

My kids know that homosexuality is wrong & against God.

If the person is openly gay & proud of it, then they get what they deserve.

if he's my friend and i trust him, yes why not?

Would you let a gay person tune your piano?

or fix a leaky roof?

would you let them water your plants when you go on vacation?


These are the issues our society must face.

yep

I'm not having kids until the world stops being such a shithole.

oh dear

Reguardless, I think it is sad to teach kids to be violent against another human being.
They may have commited a sin, but that's no reason to hurt them in anyway.
Everyone deserves to be loved, no matter who they are or what they've done.

amen

Homosexuality doesn't imply pedophelia. There are pedophiles that are heterosexual as well as homosexual. To not understand this in the year 2007 is willful ignorance.

So, from the majority of the responses one may presume that if one is gay then that person must also be a pedophile?

Wow you learn something new everyday.

Spectrum, I don't teach my kids to be violent. In fact, its just the opposite. I teach them to do unto others as you would have them do to you.

My kids know that homosexuality is wrong & against God. That has been their spiritual teaching & they can prove it with their bibles.

They is an openly gay student in my sons school. He is pushed around quite a bit. My son doesn't participate but he won't talk to the kid because of his crappy lifestyle choice.

I won't tell him "you have to talk to this kid". But if I were to bring an openly gay person into our home. Words would be exchanged big time.

If you think being gay is o.k., then thats fine. But that is part of the reason God is taking his protection away from this country because of their sins.

Sigh. There's something about humans that's hardwired for hatred, isn't there? Its like we need somebody to point at and say they're inferior as a group.

Of course...but a priest?

no

Did you choose to be straight? You do realize that there have been homosexuals in this country in roughly the same numbers since its inception? Of course not... You can't believe something as simple as that... Your 'faith' prevents you...

I'm bisexual myself, and I would let a person who proves themselves to be reliable, responsible, and has positive references relating to childcare to take care of my son, regardless of religion, sexual orientation, or sex of the person.

Equality people! We don't need to make other people's choices for them!

I find it interesting how persons that are "religious", "right with God", etc, etc - can find it so easy to cast judgement to those they may not appreciate.

Consider your sentence (the 1st in the quote) - then consider the rest.. kind of an oxymoron there.

It appears you and yours can prove much with your bibles... but you seemed to have skipped these:

Matthew 22:36
Romans 13:8-9
John 4:7-11
John 4:12-20

oh.. and Luke 6:32-36