What Are The Pros And Cons Of Same Sex Couples Raising Families?

Gay and lesbian families deal with a great amount of controversy from people all over the world. Although it is starting to be viewed differently as times and laws change, people wonder what the effects of having same sex parents have on the children being raised in that household. To better understand how gay and lesbian families are viewed in society, it is important to look at the history behind the gay rights movements, and studies aimed at the development of children who are growing up in a same-sex household. Previous to the 20th century, same-sex relationships were looked down on not just morally, but taken into the hands of the law. For instance, in Britain during the 1500’s, homosexuality was punishable by death. In the same manner, in Germany any acts of homosexuality were punished by the loss of civil rights and prison. We have come a long way since then,

This is due to the fact there are many different inputs on same-sex couples raising children. California and some countries in the United States who disagreed with legalizing same-sex marriage, went forward with trying to amend the state constitution and exclude same-sex couples from adopting children. There are many augments on why same-sex couples should not be able to raise children. According to Crytstal Lombardo (2015), there are pros and cons to same-sex couples raising families. Some of the cons of gay parenting are “Children do not grow in an environment not having well-balanced adults. There are people saying that children should have role models from both sexes”. Although this is a commonly used argument, there has been many researches done to prove otherwise. According to April Martin, a Clinical Psychologist (1998), a child raised by a homosexual parents shows no characteristics that differ from children raised by heterosexual parents. Not only is that the case, if the child is living with one parent who is not open about his or her