[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

A lesbian Mum kissing her daughter isn't going to kiss the daughter in any different way than a straight Mum does - unless you are implying it will lead to incest.

Originally Posted by jambutty

No but a lesbian woman with an adopted daughter might. Same as a gay man with an adopted son might.

But by the very same token a straight adoptive mother could abuse her adopted son or a straight adoptive father could abuse the adopted daughter. Are you saying that because a child is adopted the parents don't love them as a child but see them as a potential sexual partner? I know adoptive parents and they love their children as children. Potential adoptive parents are vetted by the agencies and as far as the Catholic agency is concerned (and I presume others are the same) the children are checked up on to see if all is well.

Now I know there have been cases of children being abused by foster parents and there was that infamous case of the paedophile ring, but that doesn't mean that all are the same.

Originally Posted by jambutty

Are you aware that one girl in ten is sexually abused by her own father and to a much lesser extent boys are sexually abused by their mother. Not to mention by older siblings and aunts and uncles.

Well there you go. If one girl in ten is sexually abused by her own father maybe the adopted children have a better chance of not being the victims of abuse. Some people who have children by natural means are really not fit to be parents and quite often children who have been abused by their own genetic parents are the ones who end up in care.

Originally Posted by jambutty

I'll grant you that sexual orientation is not contagious in the true sense of the word but it can be learned.

I disagree with that. Many things can be learned but sexual orientation is not a form of behaviour. If it's part of the physical make-up of the person it can no more be learned than double-jointedness or knock knees.