In reply to Steven.

Another amen!

I must admit that my stomach lurched a bit when I read that sentence.

Every child benefits from the presence of two parents. They learn to appreciate differences in people. They often benefit from a higher standard of living than found in most single-parent families. They benefit from having two adults to love and care for them.

But I don't really see how it matters whether the parents are two women, two men, or one woman and one man. I can see, however, that if one assigns rigid and different roles to people on the basis of gender, that it would matter a lot.