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Originally Posted by adysav
One of the main criticisms levelled at homosexual marriage is that it does not promote 'healthy' (for want of a better word) family life.
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Which would concern me...had queer families been found to be less capable at forming stable families. Quite the opposite.
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That is why research studies have consistently shown that children raised by gay and lesbian parents do just as well on all conventional measures of child development, such as academic achievement, psychological well-being and social abilities, as children raised by heterosexual parents.
That is also why the nation’s leading child welfare organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians and others [see box], have issued statements that dismiss assertions that only heterosexual couples can be good parents -- and declare that the focus should now be on providing greater protections for the 1 million to 9 million children being raised by gay and lesbian parents in the United States today.
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