How Does Same Sex Marriage Affect Children

For children to grow up as well-rounded and complete persons, it is important to raise them while being influenced by their natural mothers and fathers. This has been demonstrated by the obvious hardships that are experienced by orphaned children or those who have to be raised by one parent, or foster parent. Unfortunately, the same environment that these children grow up in will be similar to the ones that children in the same sex marriages will experience. A child whose parents are in a same sex marriage will at all times not have the privilege of growing up with either his natural father or mother. The child will be raised by one half of the marriage institution who has no blood connection with him in any way and in the process will be deprived of a father or mother figure. Therefore, same sex marriages can be considered selfish as they ignore the best interests of the child (Staver 47).
Since the proponents of same sex marriages consider this form of …show more content…
Nonetheless, the fact that a small but voiced majority of people wish to have a person of the same sex as a partner does not give them the freedom to pursue this in the same way that the small minorities are not allowed to settle for underage persons, close relatives or groups for their marriage partners.
If same sex marriages are allowed to take place in the society, they would underscore numerous negative changes in the society. For instance, this form of marriage would create an opening for homosexual adoption which will make more children suffer from the negative consequences of life without typical parents. Spontaneous sex instead of commitment in associations is not the concession but is almost a statute among the gay men. In the event that they enter into associations that have a higher level of commitment, these relationships last for a comparably short