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Children in same-sex marriages do not experience same benefits

I take exception to the writer’s stance in “LGBTs are not opposed to concept of families” (Jun 26). She equates an LGBT family unit with other “non-traditional” family configurations, going on to cite interracial marriages and adopted children of another ethnicity as examples.

I take exception to the writer’s stance in “LGBTs are not opposed to concept of families” (Jun 26). She equates an LGBT family unit with other “non-traditional” family configurations, going on to cite interracial marriages and adopted children of another ethnicity as examples.

As one half of an interracial marriage, the only non-traditional aspect is that I’m Indian and my wife is Chinese. Our family unit is entirely traditional; a man and woman who love each other and got married to start a family. We are in no doubt of our individual gender responsibilities and the advantages those bring into parenting.

These unique benefits cannot be experienced by a child in a same-sex marriage. While partners may delegate specific gender responsibilities in such a union, it is still against design, both genetically and emotionally. The writer herself admits that only anecdotal evidence exists to justify the ability of homosexual couples in raising children effectively. This conveniently ignores more established published studies in the Social Science Journal, which show that children do best when raised by their own biological mother and father who are committed to one another in a life-long marriage.

The gold standard for family structures — a marriage between a man and a woman in parental roles — is alive and well. Going against this standard and design only leads to failure and goes against established family values.

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