Same Sex Marriage and Gay Adoption

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A review of various issues related to same-sex marriage and gay adoption from a personal perspective. The paper concludes in support of the legalization of adoption for same-sex couples, and either marriages or civil unions of same-sex partners.

From the Paper:

"All available evidence suggests that same-sex marriage does not weaken the status of heterosexual marriage. Same-sex marriage has already been legalized in several European countries. In each such state, evidence suggests that that heterosexual marriage patterns have actually strengthened since the acceptance of gay marriage. In fact, Scandinavian children are more likely to be raised in a home with both of their biological parents than American children are. Professor Lee Badgett, a professor with the University of Massachusetts, has shown very convincingly that "there is no evidence that giving partnership rights to same-sex couples had any impact on heterosexual marriage in Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands."

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• "New Congressional Budget Office Report Confirms IGLSS-UCLA Studies..." IGLSS. <http://www.iglss.org/pubs/highlights/latest_news.html>
• Ash, Michael; Badgett, Lee; Folbre, Nancy; Saunders, Lisa; and Albelda, Randy. "Same-Sex Couples and Their Children in Massachusetts: A View from the Census 2000." IGLSS. <http://www.iglss.org/media/files/Numbers2_04.pdf>
• Badgett, Lee. "Will Providing Marriage Rights to Same-Sex Couples Undermine Heterosexual Marriage?" IGLSS. <http://www.iglss.org/media/files/briefing.pdf>

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