A Mom & Dad is best

Joseph Backholm and Rep. Jamie Pedersen, a sponsor of same-sex "marriage" legislation, recently debated Referendum 74 at the University of Washington. Click here to watch that debate.

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The debate over redefining marriage is a question about whether there is any difference between a relationship involving a man and a woman and one with people of the same gender.   

Proponents of real marriage have long argued that one key difference is the ability or inability to provide a child both a mother and father.  In response, proponents of same-sex marriage have argued that children don't need a mother and father.   

A study released on Sunday, a by Professor Mark Regnerus from the University of Texas, found that there was actually a dramatic difference for children raised in a married mother/father household and children raised by two parents of the same gender.   The key differences are summarized here:  

 

As a result of the study Prof. Regnerus stated that, "The empirical claim that no notable differences exist most go."

The study used a "gold standard" data set of nearly 3,000 randomly selected American young adults and looked at their lives on 40 measures of social, emotional, and relational outcomes. 

According to the Washington Times story on the study, "when compared with adults raised in married, mother-father families, adults raised by lesbian mothers had negative outcomes in 24 of 40 categories, while adults raised by gay fathers had negative outcomes in 19 categories."

A full copy of the study can be found here.

  

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