Posts

Showing posts with the label Contact (law)

Lesbian Couples are the best parents study? Reaaly?

Image
Lesbian Family (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Steve Trask from the Mail Online outlined an AIFS study ( Australian Institute of Family Studies isees CFCA Paper No. 18 December 2013) that claims lesbian parents make the best parents.  A close examination of the references at the conclusion of the article appear to show an ideological favor toward gay parenting. Pro-gay scholars seek evidence of non-harm, of children. The AIFS author states it  is not possible to sustain a claim frequently made, that there are no differences between children raised in same-sex and heterosexual parented families  (Amato, 2012; Biblarz & Savci, 2010; Biblarz & Stacey , 2010; Eggebeen, 2012; Goldberg , 2010; Marks, 2012; Regnerus, 2012; Stacey & Biblarz, 2001). All of these studies atate there are difference.  Biblarz and Stacey argue it is the anti-gay culture to blame for difference.  " There is suggestive evidence and good reason to believe that contempo...

Homosexuality: The State as Ultimate Arbiter of Parenthood

Image
The State as Ultimate Arbiter of Parenthood Over and over, we are told that “permitting same-sex couples access to the designation of marriage will not deprive anyone of any rights.” That is a lie. When same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2005 , parenting was immediately redefined. Canada’s gay marriage law, Bill C-38 , included a provision to erase the term “natural parent” and replace it across the board with gender -neutral “ legal parent” in federal law. Now all children only have “legal parents,” as defined by the state. By legally erasing biological parenthood in this way, the state ignores children’s foremost right: their immutable, intrinsic yearning to know and be raised by their own biological parents. Mothers and fathers bring unique and complementary gifts to their children. Contrary to the logic of same-sex marriage, the gender of parents matters for the healthy development of children . We know, for example, that the majority of incarcerated men did n...