"PARENTS" VS. "MOTHER AND FATHER": Elizabeth Marquardt

Writing at the MarriageMovement blog, Elizabeth Marquardt has two posts on parenthood:

One: "Some, like the opponent I argued against below, say that those concerned about SSM object because the 'two parents' are 'of the same gender.' That's not why I object. I really don't give a fiddle about homosexuality. I grew up surrounded by it in my culture, it's fine with me.

"However, because of my experience as a child of divorce and because of the years I've spent studying children of divorce, I do get very angry when people lie about children's experiences. 'Parents' is a frighteningly malleable word in today's culture. Adults like to suggest that almost anybody can be thrown into the mix and called a child's parent. Children don't feel that way."

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Two, replying to Mike Pignatello's post here: "...The point is that children need and yearn for the mother and father who *created* them, unless that mother or father proves unfit and loses parenting rights. Children need their mother and their father, not just any two 'parents.' ...

"When a same sex couple has a baby the baby comes from *somewhere* but the child's two biological parents are not and will never be married to one another. The child begins life as a de facto child of divorce. Gays and lesbians are as good or bad at parenting as the rest of us, but same sex parenting of necessity takes a less satisfactory child raising model--divorce or single parenting--and makes that the starting point of the child's life."

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posted by Eve at 8:22 PM VOTE

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