The children of lesbian and gay parents grow up as happy, healthy and well-adjusted as the children of heterosexual parents. American Psychological Association. The only acceptable home for a child contains a mother and father who are married to each other. There are stepfamilies, blended families, foster families, families of birth and families of intention. There are families with one child, families with ten children, families with no relatives and families bursting with extended family activity.
Families are interracial, multiracial, intergenerational, gay and straight.
The reality of today is that the traditional definition of the married, heterosexual couple with 1.5 children is only one of the many, many families that our children grow and thrive in. To say that it is the only acceptable home for our children insults all children's homes that do not look like this. Golombok et al. Excerpted from the Family Pride Coalition . Reprinted with permission.