ADULT CHILDREN OF SAME-SEX COUPLES: Maggie clarifies

In the last year of mainstream press, I have never seen such a personal account, i.e. a child of same-sex parents who is against gay marriage. Before the last year, I would not have been looking.

Would be very happy to be corrected. If you have seen such accounts in mainstream media, pass them along.

However, I should add, since publishing the column I've heard from a number of children raised by same-sex couples, some of whom share Bronagh's opinions and some of whom do not.

The fact that whole organizations exist to promote the idea that only homophobia explains why children might long for a mom and dad is more of a reason to allow another view into print. The situation is, to me, eerily reminiscent of the divorce debate in the 70s when adults (who wanted freer divorce) argued that divorce is good for kids, and the only reason some kids felt otherwise is social stigma. Get rid of those social prejudices and the kids will be fine.

My views on the state of the social science evidence are available in the policy brief on MarriageDebate.com "Do Mothers and Fathers Matter? Evidence from the Social Sciences" (PDF).
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