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Redefining Marriage Raises Concerns For Children and Society

David3036 Wrote: Feb 14, 2013 3:35 PM

Here's my prediction. Your "regular" (straight) friends will adopt the healthy, white, blue-eyed baby girl. Your gay friends will adopt t he "unadoptable" black crack or AIDS baby and will do a wonderful job helping him overcome his mental and physical handicaps to become a productive, contributing member of society. The white kid adopted by your "regular" freinds will be spoiled beyond belief, do drugs as a teenager, get prgnant at 16, drop out of school and eventually get her act together and marrry a "regular" guy at age 30,

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Redefining Marriage Raises Concerns For Children and Society

NOTE: This is the sixth and final column in a series of columns related to National Marriage Week, Feb. 7-14, 2013. The fifth column is available here.

Much of the debate surrounding same-sex marriage asks about societal harms. Many advocates of the change quickly dismiss the question and insist that a redefinition of marriage won’t hurt anyone. But that conclusion proceeds from a misperception about what marriage is—a failure to grasp marriage’s role as a public institution that shapes our thoughts and actions.

Marriage is not merely a legal arrangement that bestows various benefits and obligations on its participants. It...

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