Recent News Demonstrating Same-Sex Marriage for Australia
Posted: November 22, 2011 | Author: equalityenquiries | Filed under: Same-Sex Marriage | Tags: ALP, American, andrew, APA, Association, australia, children, church, civil unions, gay, law, lesbian, minister, penny, Psychological, religious, same sex marriage, social, wilkie, wong | Leave a commentTo start with The American Psychological Association has recently released a press release that addresses concerns I have seen been raised in some debates on voting against marriage equality for same-sex couples;
“There is no scientific basis for the assertion that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons are not fit to marry or to become parents of healthy and well-adjusted children (Herek, 2006; Kurdek, 2004; Peplau & Fingerhut, 2007).”
“Children raised by same-sex couples are equivalent in their psychological adjustment, cognitive abilities, and social functioning to children of heterosexual partners (Fulcher et al., 2006; Tasker, 2005).”
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