In response to the Nov. 12 letter "Gays can't procreate 'naturally,'" I used to feel the same despite the fact that I am homosexual. I felt the population was large enough and enough children were in "unnatural" environments (e.g., divorced families) as it was, so why create more? It occurred to me, however, that many heterosexual couples use methods such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy to have children, and few people have a problem with that. There are several medical options available to enhance or prolong life that are "unnatural," such as pacemakers, organ transplants and life support methods.

Same-sex couples who go to great lengths to have a child must really want that child. What could be a better formula to create a happy child than two devoted parents? Children are born all the time to parents who don't really want them. Nothing could be more damaging to a child. Scientific studies demonstrate that children of same-sex parents are as well-adjusted as children of heterosexual parents. Furthermore, there are many same-sex couples who have children from pervious heterosexual marriages and those families cannot be discredited. Legally, all parents and children should have equal protection.