Same-Sex Marriage: Not Best for Children
While the debate over the legitimacy of same-sex marriage can be viewed from many perspectives, there should be little debate about the effects it has upon children: Same-sex marriage deliberately deprives the child of a mother or a father, and is therefore harmful. The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) has sought to defend the child’s position in this debate from an objective, scientific standpoint. Below you will find convincing evidence of the fundamental value of the married, father-mother family unit to the optimal development of the child.
ACPeds Statements:
Amicus Briefs by the ACPeds on Marriage and the Family
Amicus Brief: Perry v Schwartzenegger in Prop 8, California, 2010
Amicus Brief: Donaldson v Montana, Supreme Court of Montana, 2012
Amicus Brief: Windsor v U.S., U.S. Court of Appeals, New York, 2012
Amicus Brief: Golinski vs US Office of Personnel and Management, U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit, 2012
Amicus Brief: Welch vs Gov Brown of Calif, #2, U.S. Court of Appeals, California 2014
Amicus Brief: Obergefell vs Hodges, and Appendix, Supreme Court, re: Same-sex Marriage, 2015
Amicus Brief: Supreme Court of Alabama on Obergefell vs Hodge
Other Amicus Briefs
Supreme Court, January 2013: Hollingsworth vs Perry
Amicus Brief: Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
Amicus Brief: Social Science Professors
Amicus Brief: Equality and Harms, Bostic etc v Schaefer etc, US Court of Appeals, Virginia, April 2014
Amicus Brief: Lawson vs Kelly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Marriage Scholars, 2015
Research on Marriage and the Family
How different are the adult children of parents who have same-sex relationships? Findings from the New Family Structures Study by Mark Regnerus
Making Differences Disappear by Mark Regnerus at thePublicDiscourse.com
Same-Sex Parenting and Child Outcomes by Loren Marks
Emotional Problems among Children with Same-sex Parents by Donald Paul Sullins
Family Matters by Barbara Schneider, Allison Atteberry, and Ann Owens
The Research on Same-sex Parenting by Heritage Foundation
Invisible Victims: Delayed Onset Depression Among Adults with Same-Sex Parents by Paul Sullins
Commentary
If same-sex marriage involved only adults it would be much easier to accept it from Mercatornet.com
Open Letter to Justice Kennedy from the Child of a Loving Gay Parent
Advocates of Same-sex Marriage are Wrong at National Review
Requiring States to Recognize Same-sex Marriage will Reduce Opposite-sex Marriage at National Review
Research on Same-sex Marriage by Heritage Foundation
Adoption Conundrums by Rick Fitzgibbons, MD