Same sex marriage and adoption rights.

Fromthetrees

There's a thread over in the Politics forum discussing this,
[Constitutional Convention][13 April 2013] Same Sex Marriage.


I support same sex marriage/civil partnership up to the point of child adoption.

I think denying an adopted child the right to a mother or a father is a grater injustice than denying the right of a same sex couple to adopt.

By redefining marriage we are abandoning the core principles of how a man and a woman have been the primary caregivers in child rearing for thousands of years.


Mothers play an intrinsic role in the raising of children.

5 reasons the mother-son relationship is so important


Children who have a good relationship with their father turn into healthier adults.

The Science of Fatherhood: Why Dads Matter
Dads model masculine traits for daughters and sons
Angry Boys: Sometimes, Mom Is Not Enough


Link

AUSTIN, Texas — Adult children of parents who were in same-sex relationships differ notably on a variety of social, emotional and relationship factors from adult children raised by biological parents who are married and heterosexual, according to research led by Mark Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology at The University of Texas at Austin.

The findings, to be published in the July issue of Social Science Research, are particularly significant because they are based on the first large-scale, population-based survey of young adults that features a large number of cases in which survey respondents’ parents had been in same-sex relationships.

“Most conclusions about same-sex parenting have been drawn from small, convenience samples, not larger, random ones,” Regnerus said. “The results of that approach have often led family scholars to conclude that there are no differences between children raised in same-sex households and those raised in other types of families. But those earlier studies have inadvertently masked real diversity among gay and lesbian parenting experiences in America.”

freyners

Fromthetrees wrote:

I think denying an adopted child the right to a mother or a father is a grater injustice than denying the right of a same sex couple to adopt.

I think that when it comes to adoption it should be assessed on who would make the better parents, regardless of gender. Giving a child to a couple who happen to be male/female over better equipped male/male or female/female is a greater injustice imo

Super-Rush

We've had this thread many, many times before.

We won't be having it again for a long time.