Kids need a mom and dad, says openly gay adoptive parent
WASHINGTON, D.C. , March 14, 2013 ( Heritage Foundation ) - The media likes to present the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community as if they speak with one voice, as a monolithic group. But more and more members of that community are speaking out in defense of marriage —between a man and woman. Doug Mainwaring. Doug Mainwaring is one such advocate. An adoptive parent and openly gay man , he is perhaps the unlikeliest opponent of redefining marriage . But his own experience as a parent revealed to him that children need a mom and a dad, and that marriage is ultimately about putting the needs of children before the desires of adults. In a recent article at Public Discourse titled “ I’m Gay and I Oppose Same-Sex Marriage ,” Mainwaring makes the bold claim that: To be fully formed, children need to be free to generously receive from and express affection to parents of both genders. Genderless marriages deny this fullness. Mainwaring reflected on