Family Research Counsil

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In the article, Family Research Counsil represents some arguments from American sociologists about same-sex marriages toward raising children, the relationship between parent and children, and parental skills. First, base on the study, children raising by homosexual couples are more likely to experience the gender and sexual disorder. “Judith Stacey-- a sociologist and an advocate for same-sex civil marriage--reviewed the literature on child outcomes and found the following: "lesbian parenting may free daughters and sons from a broad but uneven range of traditional gender prescriptions." Her conclusion here is based on studies that show that sons of lesbians are less masculine and that daughters of lesbians are more masculine” (Family Research Council, 2015). The sexual orientation of …show more content…
“Among other things, mothers excel in providing children with emotional security and in reading the physical and emotional cues of infants. What is fascinating is that fathers exercise a unique social and biological influence on their children” (Family Research Council, 2015). Being raise by lesbian and gay couple, it means that the children may have two mothers or fathers. Since a father and mother’s pheromone influence the children’s development differently, it is significant that they may need both of them but it doesn’t mean that they will do worse if they have two mothers or fathers. Thirdly, children need their biological parents. “Homosexual couples using in vitro fertilization (IVF) or surrogate mothers deliberately create a class of children who will live apart from their mother or father” (Family Research Council, 2015). It is essential to the children that their parents have biological connection because it indicates that the parent would be willing to sacrifice for that children, and it can decrease the likelihood of abusing. Even for that reason, it doesn’t show that it will impact the children’s success in the