ADOPTION AND THE PRIVILEGE OF PARENTS: Elizabeth Marquardt replies to Gabriel Rosenberg

[Eve adds: I should really have said "norm" rather than "ideal," you know. Seduced by rhyme yet again. Anyway...]

However, I persist in the feeling that comparing the "ideal" of children being raised by their own parents with the "ideal" of children being raised by educated, well-off parents suggests that one sees children being raised by their own parents as a privilege largely out of adult control (in much the same way that we'd all like to be rich but most of us will never be), rather than as a birthright available to practically all children if only the adults did not choose otherwise.

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Plus: SSM isn't that much like no-fault divorce: "I do think this analogy to no-fault divorce is apt regarding the unknown impact on children. But one major difference is that no-fault divorce did not expand civil rights to a class of persons who have been systematically stigmatized and discriminated against. So while it's unclear if same-sex marriage would help, hurt, or have no effect on children, same-sex marriage would represent an unqualified step forward for equality."

Yes it is: "When it comes to family structure, adult rights language only gets us so far..."
posted by Eve at 1:34 AM VOTE

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