With just five days until same-sex couples may legally marry in New York State, today the Senate Judiciary Committee held the first congressional hearings on the proposal to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
Things got lively when Senator Al Franken took on Tom Minnery of Focus on the Family for mischaracterizing a study on so-called “nuclear” families. The conservative group cited a Department of Health and Human Services study as evidence kids "living with their biological and/or adopted mothers and fathers" excel further in life than those "living in any other family form."
As Franken pointed out, there’s one problem: The study never specifically mentioned anything about heterosexual couples or homosexual couples.
"The study defines a nuclear family as one or more children living with two parents who are married to one another and are each biological or adoptive parents to all the children in the family," said Franken. "And I frankly don't really know how we can trust the rest of your testimony if you are reading studies these ways." Oh snap!
Yesterday, President Obama showed more signs he’s continuing to "evolve" on marriage equality by officially supporting a repeal of DOMA.
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I have a major problem with the republican BALANCED BUDGET.
This means there will not be the ability to make US Disaster rule.
The states will now have to handle them on their own. No help for Hurricanes, Floods, Earthquakes or Tornadoes. You folks out there you are on your own.
The state would have to re due their laws so the states would not have to balance their budgets. This is what would happen if the Feds. had to balance the fed. budget.
Jennifer Chrisler used the double-'is'... it's a pet peeve of mine. She, and others, use this phrasing, "the truth is is that..."...the double-is is not called for in those contexts. It sounds like crap.
Funny how she mentioned taking care of children without mentioning a healthy diet, cough cough.
More to the point, gay marriage is a civil right like inter-racial marriage is. As for multiple partners in a marriage, there is no argument beyond 'marriage is between two people'... it's a tough one there... two people only, because, because... because... that's the rule...
What??? inter-racial marriage not have anything whit this incest situation.
any one decide what they wanna doing whit they body or life,but you not what the social service need speculate very well before they give right to adopter a child;(better is full of adolescent out there need affection and economic help ) ( if they agree the live whit guy couple ,the institution give doing the right process ) later think about the desire of guy couple wanna have kids around they. " special men."
couple of lesbian got to bank of sperm if you want have kids.
It was not Minery but Franken who was cherry-picking data. He forgot to read the rest of the study.
"NOTE: Data for 2010 exclude the nearly 290,000 household residents under age 18 who were listed as family reference persons or spouses. Prior to 2007, Current Population Survey (CPS) data identified only one parent on the child's record. This meant that a second parent could only be identified if they were married to the first parent. In 2007, a second parent identifier was added to the CPS. This permits identification of two coresident parents, even if the parents are not married to each other. *****************In this figure, "two parents" reflects all children who have both a mother and father identified in the household, including biological, step, and adoptive parents.*************** Before 2007, "mother only" and "father only" included some children who lived with two unmarried parents. Beginning in 2007, "mother only" and "father only" refer to children for whom only one parent in the household has been identified, whether biological, step, or adoptive. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements."
Lawrence I've come to expect due diligence, from you, sir. Facts first, please.
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Update: Politico reached out to the author of the study discussed by Minnery and Franken, who said Franken was correct in his interpretation of the study’s definition of what, exactly, constitutes as a nuclear family:
I looked at what you, somehow, thought changed what Sen. Franken was asserting and was unconvinced. My suspicions were confirmed.
No matter how hard the gay activists try, there is no escape to the natural fact that children are born of one mother and one father. Those gay couples who put their own egoistical desires ahead of the children's right to be raised by a mother and a father are nothing but egocentric-I-don't-give-a-damn-about-childrens-rights individuals. I am still astonished that anybody would fight so hard as gay activists do to deny rights to children. It's sick, it's unconscionable.
You are truly ignorant. One do not need a father and a mother to have a successful childhood. I have a friend who is a lawyer with a 7 figure salary and he has two fathers. He was carried by a surrogate mother but other than that has had no actual female in his life. (Other than his grandmothers) He is an outstanding citizen. Just because you are afraid of what you don't understand does not mean you should push your idiotic beliefs on the rest of the world when many of us are willing to accept change and even embrace it. You are most likely a closet homosexual so how about you learn to deal with it instead of pretending to hate it.
If straight people would quit having gay kids this wouldn't be an issue.
unconscionable, sick, those two words come to my mind when I think about egocentric gay activists who put their own agenda ahead of a child right to be raised by one mother and one father. Sorry gays (and yes I mean gays, not guys), but there is no way to spin nature in this regard, I repeat: each child has one biological mother and one biological father. Traditional marriage is called "traditional" for a reason because it is as old as human civilization itself. Your invented new forms of family go against nature and will go nowhere in society at large. You cannot legislate your idiotic believes into the minds of good conscience Americans.
You are truly ignorant. One do not need a father and a mother to have a successful childhood. I have a friend who is a lawyer with a 7 figure salary and he has two fathers. He was carried by a surrogate mother but other than that has had no actual female in his life. (Other than his grandmothers) He is an outstanding citizen. Just because you are afraid of what you don't understand does not mean you should push your idiotic beliefs on the rest of the world when many of us are willing to accept change and even embrace it. You are most likely a closet homosexual so how about you learn to deal with it instead of pretending to hate it.
Fernando-3776958, you are unconsionable. You are also a mean person. If you know anything about nature, we are not the only species on the earth that have some with homosexual tendancies. There are 1500 species of animals that have committed homosexual acts and you know what, the other animals could careless. We are supposed to be superior because we stand up right and can speak a lot of words, but when the words spew hatred, it makes us less intelligent. What facts do you have to prove that "traditional marriage" even existed at the beginning of human civilization? Please don't use the Adam and Eve stuff.
Thanks Al. You showed Minnery to be the bigot that he is.
This are adult ,they have Right to Marriage wherever they want.
But about adopter a child "there is another question.
The female couple have great choice "Go To Bank Of Sperm!!!!
For Male Couple "Is Some mean Teen Age wait in FOSTER HOME"If Some Of This child agree whit this guy couple ,well can be done;but the this kids need being check out more the others kids adopted whit normal family ,psychologically. THEY NOW EVERY HUMAN BE HAVE THE RIGHT IN LIFE!