There are reported to be almost two million children being raised by LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual ,or transgender) parents. As long as the current attitudes, especially of some religious spokespersons and the political far Right, For anyone wishing to better understand their issues of inequality today, take a few moments and check out this enlightening site. An article on it says: "Children of gay and lesbian parents live in 96% of U.S. counties—and decades of research shows that those children grow up as happy, healthy and well-adjusted as their peers." It further writes: "Current laws deny loving, forever homes to the 115,000 children awaiting adoption. They deny children of LGBT families legal ties to both their parents, meaning that families live in fear due to uncertain family ties. They can wrongly separate children from their parents in cases of divorce or the death of a parent. They deny basic government aid and safety net programs to children of LGBT parents simply because their family doesn’t meet a legal definition of family in a particular state. They can deny access to parents’ health insurance coverage, quality child care and early childhood education programs, Social Security Survivor benefits, inheritance, and more."
Restrictive laws in many states, written by politicians based on ignorance and religious pressure, make it most difficult for both parents and children in a most cruel way. Families do not enjoy the legal right given to families, even divorced or separated heterosexual couples, though they live together, nurture their children, and raise them to be fine citizens as decades of research has demonstrated
We must return to the questions often asked, "Do the 'right-to-life' people care for anything other than the fertilized ovum?" "Does the concept of life stop there or does it continue as long as the person has a beating heart?"."How long must we be a backward country as far as recognizing the needs of all our citizens?" "Or, more to the point, how long will this country allow people to make laws that violate our over-two hundred year working Constitution, based on their own misconceptions, prejudices, biases, destructive personal values wished on everyone?"
Restrictive laws in many states, written by politicians based on ignorance and religious pressure, make it most difficult for both parents and children in a most cruel way. Families do not enjoy the legal right given to families, even divorced or separated heterosexual couples, though they live together, nurture their children, and raise them to be fine citizens as decades of research has demonstrated
We must return to the questions often asked, "Do the 'right-to-life' people care for anything other than the fertilized ovum?" "Does the concept of life stop there or does it continue as long as the person has a beating heart?"."How long must we be a backward country as far as recognizing the needs of all our citizens?" "Or, more to the point, how long will this country allow people to make laws that violate our over-two hundred year working Constitution, based on their own misconceptions, prejudices, biases, destructive personal values wished on everyone?"
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