In regards to gender roles in society, I would like to share an experience from my childhood. When I was about 8 years old a new family moved to our block. I remember playing outside in the front yard one day when I first saw them pull into their new house. Two women and a young girl stepped out of the car. Now, my parents are both Christian and therefore they take a stance against homosexuality in today's society. They had raised me to believe the same. When I first found out that the two women were actually the little girl's parents I was both surprised and confused. However, being neighbors I got to know the girl and came to learn that she was quite normal. It was clear to me that her parent's decisions had not affected her normality or the way she had grown up.
As I have grown older, and constructed my own views and beliefs I have formed the opinion that same sex parents are just as capable of raising normal children as are traditional, "mom and pop" parents. My experiences reminded me of an article I once read pertaining to same-sex parents. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-01-21-parentgender21_ST_N.htm
In the article, USC sociologists Stacey and Timothy Biblarz found that same-sex parents have raised children to have normal levels of self-esteem, school performance, and social adjustment. The article goes on to say that the children of same-sex parents are virtually indistinguishable from traditional parents. Perhaps the hype about same-sex parents being incapable of raising normal children is simply propaganda used to discredit homosexuality.
-Jon Bisignano
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