- This deficit has two consequences.
First, growing up, children need both a father and a mother.
All or nearly all children whose father or mother has
failed them can attest to that need. And second, after
they have grown up, children who have been raised by both
a father and mother will benefit as they marry and raise
their own families. A son entering marriage after having
been raised by a same-sex couple will have no clear model
of what he should or should not expect of himself as husband
and father. Daughters will likewise suffer. All new wives,
husbands, mothers, and fathers learn "on the job,"
but are more likely to succeed in their own relationships
and in raising their children when they are not learning
from scratch.
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