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Same Sex Families: Same Sex Families

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Emily Rosas Kegley Health Science-4 22 September 2015 Same Sex Families With the information that came out of the American Census in 2010, approximately over one hundred twenty five thousand same sex couples had raised over twenty two thousand children. As it turns out, lesbians and gay men have always been parenting children, it was simply a “ lesbian and gay baby boom” that brought out the attention on them. The “lesbian and gay baby boom” was the increase on gay parenthood through an artificial insemination, adoption, and surrogacy. However, unfortunately there will always be some people who will disagree with any situation, in this case same sex families. People do not agree with this situation for many reasons. They believe a child should be capable of having parents of the both genders, they want the child to have role models of each gender. Antigays also say that the child would grow up confused and wouldn’t know how heterosexual relationships work. The main and most common argument that’s given against homosexuals, is the bible, and how having same sex parents is against the Christian teaching and the fifth commandment of “Honor thy father and mother”. Apart from these people, who are against the same sex families, there are many others who are supporters of this topic. On the other hand, there are people who do agree with the topic of same sex parents. These people who are supporters and do not mind a same sex family would say that there will not be any surprise

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