They continue on by saying that this is proven by looking at psychological effects that being raised by a single parent has on children. However, psychologist Michael Lamb's research concluded that "the children and adolescents of same-sex parents are as emotionally healthy, and as educationally and socially successful, as children and adolescents raised by heterosexual parents." (Nicholas Jackson) Children of same-sex marriages are not deprived of a parent, this would mean that they only have one parent. Studies show that having two happily married parents is a child's best interest. Validating and "promoting" the homosexual lifestyle is talked about as if it is a bad thing. Validating that love is the most important thing shouldn't be viewed as a negative thing. The author states that same-sex marriage will devalue traditional marriage, however, they do not explain exactly how it would do that. Traditional marriage will still exist in the same way that it has. Traditional marriage is defined as one man and one woman being married by the word of God. What about all the people who aren't Christian and are in a common-law marriage? Are they a threat to traditional marriage? Each individual in a traditional marriage has the same standing in society as they always have regardless of the marriage law. The article states that you cannot call a same-sex union a marriage based on the fact that if the spouses want a child they would have to adopt or use a surrogate. In saying this, they also insinuate that straight couples that cannot have a baby due to the woman being infertile or the man being sterile cannot be classified as a marriage either. The seventh reason that the author believes same-sex says, "One of the main reasons why the State bestows numerous benefits on marriage is that by its very nature and design, marriage provides the normal conditions for a stable, affectionate, and moral atmosphere that is beneficial
They continue on by saying that this is proven by looking at psychological effects that being raised by a single parent has on children. However, psychologist Michael Lamb's research concluded that "the children and adolescents of same-sex parents are as emotionally healthy, and as educationally and socially successful, as children and adolescents raised by heterosexual parents." (Nicholas Jackson) Children of same-sex marriages are not deprived of a parent, this would mean that they only have one parent. Studies show that having two happily married parents is a child's best interest. Validating and "promoting" the homosexual lifestyle is talked about as if it is a bad thing. Validating that love is the most important thing shouldn't be viewed as a negative thing. The author states that same-sex marriage will devalue traditional marriage, however, they do not explain exactly how it would do that. Traditional marriage will still exist in the same way that it has. Traditional marriage is defined as one man and one woman being married by the word of God. What about all the people who aren't Christian and are in a common-law marriage? Are they a threat to traditional marriage? Each individual in a traditional marriage has the same standing in society as they always have regardless of the marriage law. The article states that you cannot call a same-sex union a marriage based on the fact that if the spouses want a child they would have to adopt or use a surrogate. In saying this, they also insinuate that straight couples that cannot have a baby due to the woman being infertile or the man being sterile cannot be classified as a marriage either. The seventh reason that the author believes same-sex says, "One of the main reasons why the State bestows numerous benefits on marriage is that by its very nature and design, marriage provides the normal conditions for a stable, affectionate, and moral atmosphere that is beneficial