PJ
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I would think that a gay couple would be very tolerant of the development of their children in the sense that they would allow their kids to be who they are, and develop into who they are. I cannot see a loving, committed gay couple admonishing and crying over their teenager who is heterosexual they way many parents do when their kids reveal their homosexuality.
This argument requires a considerable leap of faith despite the evidence of 10's of thousands of years of human behavior. I am sure that a considerable number of persons believe that group A based on some philosopy should surely be more noble and wise and "perfect". What is the objective fact which demonstrates that one group is not as subject to petty, clannish, and supportive of their own propositions if for no other reason than they believe their own beliefs are superior.
Consider the flower children of the 1960's. They "should have" been more tolerant, but how tolerant of an offspring who turned into an FBI agent who joined the (fill in some church). Outside the "Family Ties" TV show, now many. It is far more likely that all groups are about equally petty, childish, and defensive of the superiority of their own positions as any other.