Shazunah / Two mommies is one too many

My take on this is that children should have the right to have a mother and a father. The article states about a pregnant women(Mary Cheney) who intended to raise her child with her lesbian partner(Heather Poe).

The parenting roles is questionable. No mother can truly be a father vice-versa. Having 2 mothers or fathers does not equal to having a mother and a father because these gender roles are distinctive from one another. As stated in the article "mothers tend to stress sympathy, grace and care to their children, while fathers accent justice, fairness and duty. Moms give a child a sense of hopefulness; dads provide a sense of right and wrong and its consequences".

Another problem that may arise is the social development of the children in the early years. Being a child they may not understand the idea of same sex couples. It may turn out awkward for them if they are in a society which does not support same sex couples. These children might choose to hide about their family and they might refrain from opening up to people due to these differences as they may be open to critism etc. However you may say that this is a stereotype point of view because in the modern open world people are beginning to accept such ideas as there are increasing number or same sex couples. On top of that some countries have recognized and made such relationship legal but the concern here is the children and their outcome.

True enough that in some situations where children are abandoned or orphaned it is best for them to be adopted by capable and financially stable people but the idea of having same sex couples adopting is still not the best option as they cannot be compared to a heterosexual couple that is as capable and financially stable as well.