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Gay marriage bad for children

Posted by Online on Jun 22nd, 2012 // 4 Comments

Manila, Philippines – Tagainst gay marriage is that HE most convincing argument it hurts children. It is the right of the child to be born with a mother and father. Although death, annulment, and singleparenthood rob children with a mother and father, only same-sex marriage would lawfully guarantee that they are disadvantaged by a lack of a father or a mother from birth.

In Australia and some states in the United States, gays already have a right to form unions and adopt children. However gay activist would not stop short of pushing for equality in marriage and thinking merely of what is good for gays rather than the good of children. It could be a simple case of vanity.

Why are some heterosexuals support gay marriage? The reason could be because they do not want to face the issue or because they are cowed by wrong notion of “equality“, “rights“, and “tolerance“ that make children’s welfare a non-issue.

Simple put, gay marriage advocates gloss over the issue of children’s welfare. Gay activists argue that it is better to raise children by two fathers or two mothers than those by abusive heterosexual parents. This claim, however is dishonest and not supported by evidence.

Were they to acknowledge the plain truth ­ that samesex marriage means society will lawfully and purposely dispossess increasing numbers of children of either a mother or a father ­ few people would support the legal redefinition of marriage and family.

In 2009, Dr. Trayce Hansen wrote in the Therapist, a publication of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, that “same-sex marriage may be in the interest of adult homosexuals who yearn for social and legal recognition of their unions, but it’s not in the best interest of children.“ For that reason alone, lawmakers and Philippine society as a whole will oppose the legalization of gay marriage.

Several studies of sociologists attest that the best environment for children is in a home where they are raised by married mother and father. As Hansen asserts, “two women can both be good mothers, but neither can be a good father.“

A good public policy comes from weighing of options and analysis. Given the convincing argument, lawmakers and society must promote heterosexual marriage as an ideal and reject “pseudo“ gay marriage.

  • http://profiles.google.com/jancosgrove1945 Jan Cosgrove

    This is arrant nonsense and sheer prejudice. You speak of a ‘right’ of a child to have a mother and a father? What if the father dies before the child is born? That can be natural. The child has one parent. The mother may not wish to marry – how about out of respect for her late husband, before anyone marries her off? What if the mother and the father decide not to live together? Even for the father to have no contact? The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child speaks of no such ‘right’. nnIt does speak of the responsibilities and duties of the PARENT and recognises that there may be many forms of parenting in societies around the world. There are plenty of pseudo straight marriages, ask the folk trapped in them. There are also genuine gay partnerships where they WANT to be loving parents also.nnThen there are straight and gay couples who have no wish to parent, then nor should they. The Christians tell everyone marries to procreate. That clearly is not the case. Should such straight people get married in church?nnSo-called experts of all opinions give us only that, opinions, often laced with their own social mores and morals, and, let’s say it, religion.nnThe issue has to be dealt with child-by-child, union-by-union, married, not married, straight, gay. The question is, in each individual case, is the child happy and protected? You will find good and bad, better and indifferent in all unions.nnThe trouble with the anti-gay marriage lobby is that, for whatever reason, they allow their own hang-ups to convince them they are speaking for all situations, and that these views HAVE to be obeyed by all in society, even those who do not share their hang-ups and religion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Marco-Luxe/100002339370351 Marco Luxe

    Gay couples are having and raising children. That is a fact. The questions is: Is it better or worse for these children to have two parents joined to them and to each other by the legal responsibilities of civil marriage? nnWhy would you deny these children that kind of protection? nnRegardless: not all couples can have or want to have children. This is about how the government acknowledges the de facto family relationship of long-term, committed gay couples. These couples exist regardless of how you feel about them. Isn’t it better that the government impose the same obligations on them as other committed couples who likewise choose to become a family.

  • http://www.progressph.blogspot.com Erik

    Uhuh. Probably the worst argument against marriage equality I’ve ever heard. Was this written by a high school freshman? Just wondering.

  • Wayne Peterson

    Your stupidity is showing…evev Jesus did not have 2 biological parents….now why would God hurt His Son?