Shouldn’t we be asking those that were raised by these families how they feel? I’d be sure there would be an unignorable stigma with anyone who associated with children of gay/lesbian parents.

My father-in-law conducted many studies during his PhD on the topic, and his data indicated that one single factor contributed most to a child’s success: The presence of the biological father. This one factor outweight financial status, education, race, and any other factor. The biological father just had to be present. He didn’t even have to be a particularly “good” father. He just had to be there. That’s something lesbian couples cannot provide, and something that gay couples almost cannot provide.

Oh, but it was a religious institution long before a legal one. So, whenever the law decides to formally ‘legalize’ a religious institution, we have to then strip it of its original meaning? Sorry, this issue is not that simple.

I disagree with Romney’s assertion, if he actually did say this, that children can only be raised by a male and female parent. I believe that is clearly the IDEAL environment for any child, generally speaking, but a home with loving gay parents or a loving single parents is certainly a better alternative to being bounced between foster homes.

The institution of marriage is a holy thing and forget about the religious conotations of that. To defile this institution by allowing gays to participate would ruin our society. Again, I’m not talking about religious ideology here. I’m talking about common sense behavioral science and biology!