Anti-gay Marriage Argument 1: "Marriage is society's mechanism of increasing the likelihood that children will be raised by the two people responsible for bringing them into the world - their mother and father."
Got a pamphlet in the mail today that supports adding a constitutional amendment against same sex marriage that is being voted on in Minnesota: It states "Marriage is society's mechanism of increasing the
likelihood that
children will be raised by the two people responsible for bringing them
into the world - their mother and father."
Okay....First, what percentage of children in this country are actually raised in one household by their biological mother and father? According to the 2009 Census )https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-126.pdf) only 68 % of children live in a 2-parent household, that doesn't even specify if those parents are their biological ones.
What about the effects that divorce has on the "sanctity of marriage" and children's psychological and emotional well-being? 27% of children only live with one parent, either mother or father; 4% of children don't live with their biological parents at all and another 4% live with parents who aren't married.
And what about adoption? those children aren't living with the "people responsible for bringing them into the world," but they live with parents who love them and want to care for them.
You may believe that divorce is wrong, but it is legal...you may believe a husband or wife cheating on their spouse is wrong, but it is legal...what about being a single parent? wanting to have a child through a donor? or having 17 kids with 17 different mothers or fathers? you may disagree with all of those things and none of those things uphold the "traditional" definition of marriage and are a detriment to children and families everywhere, but they are perfectly Legal!
To say you are protecting children by maintaining the traditional definition of marriage is BS unless you want to make all that stuff above illegal too. Next argument please.
Okay....First, what percentage of children in this country are actually raised in one household by their biological mother and father? According to the 2009 Census )https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-126.pdf) only 68 % of children live in a 2-parent household, that doesn't even specify if those parents are their biological ones.
What about the effects that divorce has on the "sanctity of marriage" and children's psychological and emotional well-being? 27% of children only live with one parent, either mother or father; 4% of children don't live with their biological parents at all and another 4% live with parents who aren't married.
And what about adoption? those children aren't living with the "people responsible for bringing them into the world," but they live with parents who love them and want to care for them.
You may believe that divorce is wrong, but it is legal...you may believe a husband or wife cheating on their spouse is wrong, but it is legal...what about being a single parent? wanting to have a child through a donor? or having 17 kids with 17 different mothers or fathers? you may disagree with all of those things and none of those things uphold the "traditional" definition of marriage and are a detriment to children and families everywhere, but they are perfectly Legal!
To say you are protecting children by maintaining the traditional definition of marriage is BS unless you want to make all that stuff above illegal too. Next argument please.
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