Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage, the court heard testimony from adult children who grew up in same-sex relationship households. The Washington Post ran a piece about this just before the SCOTUS ruling.
On one side were the advocates—those who claim to be living proof of the words Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote when the federal Defense of Marriage Act was struck down two years ago: that the law as it was “humiliat(ed) tens of thousands of children” being raised by gay parents.
As part of legal briefs in the Obergefell case, some of these adult children shared their experiences of feeling marginalized, less-than, and unwelcome because their families weren’t recognized as “real” families.
Others who oppose gay marriage and were also raised by same-sex couples told their stories, too. One of them was Katy Faust who was raised by a gay mom in Portland, Oregon. Although Katy’s father remained involved in her life, when she began to reflect on her childhood and became a mother herself, she became convinced that no child should be deprived of a mother... Read more>>
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Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. is the founder of the Ruth Institute, a non-profit organization committed to addressing the lies created by the Sexual Revolution over the past 50 years. She has authored three books and spoken around the globe regarding her theories on marriage, family and sexuality from a social and economic standpoint. She has engaged in debates and discussions with lawyers, professors, church prelates, elected officials and policy makers on the issues of natural marriage, humane feminism and demographic winter.