Compare and Contrast Gay and Straight Marriages from A Parenting Perspective

The re-ordering of family relationships is re-shaping the way western society

considers the role of each parent, with the traditional roles for men and women

significantly changing in the last two decades. The creation of nuclear families

from same-sex partners is one of the fastest growing demographic segments in

the United States for example (Black, Sanders, Taylor, 2007) despite the stigma

and discrimination that same-sex couples face. There is also the implication of

the economics of same-sex couples choosing artificial insemination, adoption or

other means to have a child forces an exceptionally high cost on them while at

the same time providing no guarantee of their being accepted into their

community, or their child being viewed as equal and acceptable by their peers.

This aspect of the decision of same-sex parents to have children is in fact a

courageous one as it is uncertain as to how they will be perceived, accepted or

ostracized from their communities (Lindsay, Perlesz, Brown, McNair, et al.,

2006). Same-sex parents however seek out and create communities of

supportive couples who share their common sociological risks an

al., 2006). In this sense, the communization of same-sex parents is one that

marriages lead to the development of entirely new forms of nuclear families and

tolerance between people (Krause, 2000) leading to them being more capable at

how to be tolerant of differences in their own family structure relative to others

homophobic response to their status as a couple (Krause, 2000). There is also

hostile, confrontational aspect or more of a communized sense of how people

critical for the successful upbraiding of a child (Lindsay, Perlesz, Brown,

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