Same-Sex Marriage: Not Best for Children

While the debate over the legitimacy of same-sex marriage can be viewed from many perspectives, there should be little debate about the effects it has upon children: Same-sex marriage deliberately deprives the child of a mother or a father, and is therefore harmful.  The College has sought to defend the child’s position in this debate from an objective, scientific standpoint.  Below you will find convincing evidence of the fundamental value of the married, father-mother family unit to the optimal development of the child.

College Statements:

• Marriage and the Family
• Defending Traditional Marriage for the Well-being of the Family and the Child
• Marriage Rights for Homosexual Couples
• Homosexual Parenting: Is It Time For Change? 

Amicus Briefs by the College on Marriage and the Family

• Amicus Brief: Perry v Schwartzenegger in Prop 8, California, 2010
• Amicus Brief: Donaldson v Montana, Supreme Court of Montana, 2012
• Amicus Brief: Windsor v U.S., U.S. Court of Appeals, New York, 2012
• Amicus Brief: Golinski vs US Office of Personnel and Management, U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit, 2012
• Amicus Brief: Welch vs Gov Brown of Calif, #2, U.S. Court of Appeals, California 2014
• Amicus Brief: Obergefell vs Hodges, and Appendix,  Supreme Court, re: Same-sex Marriage, 2015
• Amicus Brief: Supreme Court of Alabama  on Obergefell vs Hodges

Other Amicus Briefs

• Supreme Court, January 2013: Hollingsworth vs Perry
  • Amicus Brief: Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
  • Amicus Brief: Social Science Professors
• Amicus Brief: Equality and Harms, Bostic etc v Schaefer etc, US Court of Appeals, Virginia, April 2014
• Amicus Brief: Lawson vs Kelly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Marriage Scholars, 2015

Research on Marriage and the Family

• How different are the adult children of parents who have same-sex relationships? Findings from the New Family Structures Study by Mark Regnerus
• Making Differences Disappear by Mark Regnerus at thePublicDiscourse.com
• Same-Sex Parenting and Child Outcomes by Loren Marks
• Emotional Problems among Children with Same-sex Parents by Donald Paul Sullins
• Benefits of Family for Children and Adults
• Family Matters by Barbara Schneider, Allison Atteberry, and Ann Owens
• Critique of AAP Special Report reveals flaws by Sharon Quick, MD
• The Research on Same-sex Parenting by Heritage Foundation

Press Releases:

• Same-Sex Marriage – Detrimental to Children
• Marriage Declines: Children Suffer
• AAP Abandons Children in Favor of Adult Desires
• Traditional Marriage Still the Best for Children
• DOMA is Best for Children 

Commentary

• Open Letter to Justice Kennedy from the Child of a Loving Gay Parent
• Advocates of Same-sex Marriage are Wrong at National Review
• Requiring States to Recognize Same-sex Marriage will Reduce Opposite-sex Marriage at National Review
• Same-Sex Marriage is Not Good for Society
• Debating Same-Sex Marriage
• Research on Same-sex Marriage by Heritage Foundation