... . Then I will attempt to analyze the Con side which expresses the fact that two people of the same sex should not be raising and rearing children together. Many believe that if the couple is unable to produce children together, then they shouldn't be raising them as parents. Children need ... a balance in their lives and different sexed parents can provide that balance efficiently. Each parent (mom or dad) socializes the child differently and the child needs to be introduced to both worlds. I will then proceed to critique both sides on strengths and weaknesses, based on facts, studies, ...

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... with this new level of diversity (21). Today's politically correct environment, has allowed many things to come and pass which are not morally and ethically correct. If states truly had a child's best interest at heart, none of them would allow the travesty of homosexual adoption to continue (Pierce 2). According to Bill O'Reilly, "a person's sexuality is better left a private matter."" That ... (almost six times higher). The spread of sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes and genital warts, is higher among homosexuals as well (4). Furthermore, data from a number of reliable sh...

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... rules. Their lives are more complex that than the one-mother/one-father model suggests. Variation from the one-mother/one-father prescription for parenthood is common (293). Communal child rearing, surrogacy, open adoption stepfamilies, and extramarital births all destroy the myth of family homogeneity. In the American legal system, the solution to the inconsistencies and uncertainties lays within ... for guidance in developing a new definition of parenthood would best serve the interest of children by focusing on two criteria: the legally unrelated adult's performance of parenting funct...

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... Journal once quoted, "We do not condone homosexuality in any way. We believe that being raised by homosexuality is detrimental to children. Our family values are a mom and dad rearing the children". Despite the shallow views of most politicians that a family should consist of a mother and father, in this century the definition has widened. Former first lady, Hillary ... describe the children as more affectionate, responsive, and protective of younger children (66.) Thus, having gay parents does not affect the psychological and social development of a child. Instead it can allow a child t...

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... between two people who love each other. Raising children is not necessarily a stipulation of marriage. Although many couples do marry with the intent to start a family, it is obvious that rearing children is not a priority for some couples. Examples of this type of family would include those who marry at an elderly age. Couples who are sexually infertile can also be ... procreation issue as an argument against gay marriages and then completely ignore it for non-childbearing heterosexual marriages? These homosexual couples could also adopt a child since they could not produce one. Just b...

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According to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, a family is "the basic unit in society having as its nucleus two or more adults living together and cooperating in the care and rearing of their own or adopted children. (Marriage Laws, 1) So two adults of the same sex could abide by this rule. The Catholics are very hypocritical in their views of homosexuality. ... benefits that homosexuals are denied. Employment benefits; insurance and pensions, equal access to housing, status as next-of-kin in medical emergencies, guardianship preferences for a disabled family member, preference in child ...

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