Well, im not really against gay marriage in itself, they should enjoy all the perks that comes with it. But, the family aspect of it is the part im worried about.
In my opinion, there could be big psychological consequences with a child raised in a gay marriage. Children need mother and a father.
Now please dont kill me people.
First of all, thank you for the reply. I promise I won't be aggressive at all and I truly hope it will not come off as such at all.
Anyway, on topic, the family logic doesn't really work, because so far there has been absolutely no credible research (that is, scientific peer-reviewed research) pointing to that a child actually needs a man as his father and a woman as the mother. On the contrary, research heavily seems to be pointing at that there are no differences.
There still does need to be more long term research into it (though many consider it quite obvious that's not how science works - obvious isn't obvious until it really has been researched and seen so thoroughly that there can be no question), but really, if there were notable differences, those differences would extremely likely have been shown so far.
It's also worth noting that a same sex couple generally actually wants the baby. Adoption (or any other way for a same sex couple to get a child) isn't a thing that is just decided easily and then immediately goes through. It takes a lot of time to get a child through adoption and the couple adopting gets reviewed quite heavily (at least in my country, and I'd imagine in the US too).
On the contrary, a straight couple can have a baby coming after a single drunken night, which can result and does result in a lot of unwanted babies.
If you wish, I can link multiple researches on the subject.
I thought about it a lot and yes, I believe they're much worse.
Kids at school will make his life a living hell.
That just what I believe, at least.
The possibility of being bullied isn't really a logic based reason either. Children get bullied for an infinite amount of reasons. It is extremely unfortunate that it still happens so much and practically everywhere and that it hasn't been managed to be stopped. Adding another reason to bully doesn't do anything at all for the bullying.
I'd actually argue that having same sex couples normalized (and rest assured, having it legal everywhere does wonders to that especially with some time as people grow up in a country in which it's ok to marry no matter of your sexual orientation) could actually do a lot of good for those children who struggle with their different sexuality (comparing to the mainstream) or with their parents being of the same sex. While they will get bullied still (as will other children for a multitude of other reasons), they will be able to know inside them that it's fine to be gay or that it's fine to have parents of same sex.
Give this article a read:
http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/17/dear-gay-community-your-kids-are-hurting/
And guys, all I did is state my opinion and how I feel about this. I dont have any facts to support my concerns because I never searched for any.
It's true that there are some gays that are against same sex marriage due to multiple reasons, one of them being that they think a child needs a mother and father despite them being grown up without both sexes playing a part. However, that doesn't actually mean that it would be true (that a child needs a mother and father), but simply that the child feels that for whatever reason (which can be anything, such as in the case of that article it'd seem to be the loss of her father which she admits left a huge hole in her). Likewise, there are plenty of kids from straight couples who feel that their parents just weren't enough for them.
Those were some bleak years that followed for gay marriage rights. But here we are now, in 2015 with it legalized nationwide!
