Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry.
Contents:
- HOW GAY MARRIAGE IMPACTS THE WELL-BEG OF CHILDREN
- 5 THGS YOUR CHILD SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
- ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: MARRIAGE IS FOR PROCREATN
- GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE, SAME-SEX PARENTG, AND AMERI'S CHILDREN
- GAY MARRIAGE: WHO’S MDG THE CHILDREN?
HOW GAY MARRIAGE IMPACTS THE WELL-BEG OF CHILDREN
APA rolutns and rmatn regardg LGBT issu such as sexual orientatn and marriage, child ctody or placement, transgenr issu, genr inty and genr exprsn nondiscrimatn, amic briefs and lbian and gay parentg. * gay marriage and children *
The qutn was central to the fense strategy of supporters of Michigan’s ban on gay marriage, which was challenged by a lawsu and went to trial March 2014.
5 THGS YOUR CHILD SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
How to talk to your elementary aged child about the gay marriage bate. * gay marriage and children *
Before the lg, 36 stat and the District of Columbia thorized gay marriage, and the Court’s cisn pels all 50 stat to do so.
For an overall exploratn of the challeng and potential l of cricism this field, see “Gay & Lbian Parentg, ” a review of the rearch lerature by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn. Abstract: “Extensive data available om more than 30 years of rearch reveal that children raised by gay and lbian parents have monstrated rilience wh regard to social, psychologil, and sexual health spe enomic and legal dispari and social stigma.
Fdgs: “Gay and lbian adoptive parents this sample fell to the sirable range of the parentg sle and their children have strength levels equal to or exceedg the sle norms. Supreme Court is set to nsir a historic se on gay marriage, new evince is available on how same-sex unns impact children.
ARGUMENTS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: MARRIAGE IS FOR PROCREATN
Gay marriage opponents argue that children need a mother and a father. The law says otherwise. * gay marriage and children *
For the past four years, rearchers workg for the Amerin Amy of Pediatrics have nducted an extensive review of the evince on gay marriage, specifilly examg how impacts the health and well-beg of children. The review also found evince that children raised by homosexual parents perform as well emotnally, gnively and socially as those raised by heterosexual parents.
GAY MARRIAGE
The ia that gay upl n't marry bee of the disnnect between homosexualy and procreatn cuts across many arguments agast marriage." emprop="scriptn * gay marriage and children *
But lookg at the evince on an issue as polilly ntent as gay marriage is a wele change, and an important ntributn to future policy-makg. Like heterosexuals, many lbian, gay, and bisexual people want to form stable, long-lastg relatnships and many of them do. In fact, rearchers have found that the majory of lbian, and gay, adults are mted relatnships and many upl have been together 10 or more years.
GAY MARRIAGE, SAME-SEX PARENTG, AND AMERI'S CHILDREN
The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * gay marriage and children *
Empiril rearch also shows that lbian and gay upl have levels of relatnship satisfactn siar to or higher than those of heterosexual upl. The fai and iends of lbian and gay upl who are nied marriage rights may also experience negative physil and mental health nsequenc siar to those experienced by their loved on. The vast majory of scientific studi that have directly pared lbian and gay parents wh heterosexual parents have nsistently shown that the same-sex upl are as f and pable parents as heterosexual upl, and that their children are jt as psychologilly healthy and well adjted.
Psychologists weigh on how the changg landspe of same-sex marriage may be affectg lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals.
GAY MARRIAGE: WHO’S MDG THE CHILDREN?
Inclus a summary of rearch fdgs on lbian mothers, gay fathers and their children; an annotated biblgraphy of the published psychologil lerature; and addnal rourc relevant to lbian and gay parentg. APA is mted to endg the mory strs, social stigma, prejudice, discrimatn and vlence agast lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals through our learship, practice, rearch, tn and trag.
The Amerin Amy of Pediatrics policy statement support of same-sex marriage says that allowg gay and lbian parents to marry if they so choose is the bt terts of their children. ntted child ctody s volvg lbian or gay parents, send parent adoptn s for same-sex upl and s related to marriage rights for same-sex upl.