When I said family lives about posters, I was trying to talk about me without explicitly saying so. I can rely on my own evidence because I've seen how bad parenting looks. I come from a large family where cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. have all gone through different forms of abuse because of their fathers. The same thing with several friends/acquaintances. So for some people to say that the lives of children would always be better with a mom and dad in their household is frankly ********. Quality of parenting has nothing to do with your sexuality. What matters is that you grow up in an environment that shows you love, regardless of where that comes from.