Children in Homosexual Marriages
American College of Pediatricians (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Are children usually better off with a mom and a dad or is parenting irrelevant to their development? What is more beneficial to a society—endorsing homosexuality or endorsing good parenting? Should the government endorse behavior that is usually harmful, but in rare exceptions is not? Family structure is the most important factor in a child’s development. As we saw in point 1, having a mom and a dad is the best structure. Conversely, according to the American College of Pediatricians , the research shows that homosexual couples provide a far less safe and stable environment for children. They note that violence among homosexual partners is two to three times more common than among married heterosexual couples, and homosexual partnerships are significantly more prone to dissolution than heterosexual marriages , with the average homosexual relationship lasting only two to three years. Homosexuals are also more likely tha...
