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84.7.28 Marriage, with children and consequent family life, is stimulative of the highest potentials in human nature and simultaneously provides the ideal avenue for the expression of these quickened attributes of mortal personality. The family provides for the biologic perpetuation of the human species. The home is the natural social arena wherein the ethics of blood brotherhood may be grasped by the growing children. The family is the fundamental unit of fraternity in which parents and children learn those lessons of patience, altruism, tolerance, and forbearance which are so essential to the realization of brotherhood among all men.
84.7.30 family life is the progenitor of true morality, the ancestor of the consciousness of loyalty to duty. The enforced associations of family life stabilize personality and stimulate its growth through the compulsion of necessitous adjustment to other and diverse personalities. But even more, a true family — a good family — reveals to the parental procreators the attitude of the Creator to his children, while at the same time such true parents portray to their children the first of a long series of ascending disclosures of the love of the Paradise parent of all universe children.
99.4.2 Social leadership is transformed by spiritual insight; religion prevents all collective movements from losing sight of their true objectives. Together with children, religion is the great unifier of family life, provided it is a living and growing faith. family life cannot be had without children; it can be lived without religion, but such a handicap enormously multiplies the difficulties of this intimate human association. During the early decades of the twentieth century, family life, next to personal religious experience, suffers most from the decadence consequent upon the transition from old religious loyalties to the emerging new meanings and values.
160.2.4 Symbolic communication between human beings predetermines the bringing into existence of social groups. The most effective of all social groups is the family, more particularly the two parents. Personal affection is the spiritual bond which holds together these material associations. Such an effective relationship is also possible between two persons of the same sex, as is so abundantly illustrated in the devotions of genuine friendships.
I like these quotes becasue I think that the focus of femaleness or maleness has not much to do with raising a well balanced human being as much as a loving stable faithfull family unit that reveals the father to thier children, teaches character, morals and maturity, kindness, compassion, strength and dicipline. I beleive that the most important lesson i learned growing up was to treat others the way i would in turn like to be treated regarless of their gender, race, religion, social status....or anything.
Gender is arbitrary. We all are humans. We all have very varying degrees of these male or female traits in spite of gender. I also think that sometimes its misunderstood that gay people can give birth... that is a biological parent. I never planned on adopting. I do totally agree obviously that the ideal is a man and woman pairing, however i doubt that lacking one of these is robbing someone of becoming the best they can be because even though i came from a household with a mom and a dad i do not think that it would have been any different or i would have turned out any different if i had had two mommies or two daddies... the teachings would have been the same. I was born gay, therefore i think it would stand to reason in this lifetime i should also experience the family life for myself just like everyone else.The family unit should be based on love not sex. To understand the parent child relationship that we have with God can only be understood when one has a child of thier own. I think importance should be placed on the value of parenting whether it be male or female. A child can get male or female role models outside of the family unit. I think theres a whole lot more to shaping a human being than biology.
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. You can lead these children to god because you are a good person and you have the U.B book you will be a great role model and you should not feel guilty because of who you are 
) After reading the marriage and family life of the urantia book I was quite surprised that it did not mention homosexuality at all except to say that ideal conditions for child rearing is a man and a woman co parenting together. Now I am wondering.... does that mean homosexuality is a non issue as far as being a sin... or is it such a sin that it isn't even included in the book as a possible way to live your life?? Does that mean gay people should not reproduce? As far as myself goes I feel as though I was born this way and sometimes I struggle with worrying I am wrong like the bible thumpers say... but then I go back to the fact that I can't change who and what I am and why is it wrong to love another human being even if it is the same sex....how do I reconsile these feelings?