Unconditional love and Pink Parenting

Historically and empirically, it is agreed that Family is where one can expect to have unconditional love, which is what makes Family so special for us.

But does "unconditional love" ONLY come from Family? It seems that the blood ties between parents and children lead such unconditional love. Though many empirical evidences have shown that non biological parents can be and able to be as good parents as biological parent can be. The blood ties seem work stronger where we see the adapted children after years still were eager to look for their biological parents; on the other hand, a mother can never forget and forsake her children, if not under special situations.

Though not guaranteed, it is most common that blood ties within family will link to unconditional love which is out of human natural instinct and even beyond one’s capacities.

However, besides blood ties, what else in family structure could possibly be the sources of unconditional love? The emotional bonds, the commitments, the financial dependency.... can't we find these elsewhere too.

If we are saying that no other places except family one can expect to have such love, then the only decisive difference from family and other social relationship is of the blood relationship.

That leads me to have the following proposition: “Within family structure, unconditional love is usually generated from blood ties.” Of course, this proposition has faced many challenges, yet remains one of strong explanations of the source of unconditional love.

If we agree that unconditional love is generated from blood ties, (hypothetically), it indeed puts homosexual parenting in doubt.

“Pink Parenting" provides us a rare opportunity to peek through three homosexual couples’ inner lives. From the appearance, they are just like any ordinary parents. Their desire to be parents is as strong as any heterosexual couples. For some degree, they went through more troubles to plan, to arrange their lives to fit into the procreation plan. They did take a good care of their children and their children looked happy and healthy. It seems nothing to prevent homosexual parents from being good parents.

However, if we use unconditional love as one of means to justify homosexual family and parenting, it is inevitable to be a weak one.

The homosexual parenting is obviously less stable relationship in terms of “unconditional love” comparing with heterosexual parenting. For one of homosexual parents will inevitably have weaker relationship with child than his/her biological parent. The relationship between child and parents is kind of awkward, weak triangle. This, however, does not say that homosexual parenting will not work, but it certainly exposes more challenges on both child and parents.
On the other hand, it is disputable to say that Family is only place one can expect unconditional love too. I personally know that God's love is unconditional, He loves me no matter who I am, and how sinful I am, and He loved me, and even died for me.

Therefore, the whole thing of using unconditional love as one of means to justify homosexual parenting is not so convincing.