Do gay children deserve mothers?

What if Maryland passed a law that deprived gay children of having mothers?  These children with same-sex attraction could have a father.  They could even have two fathers.  But no mother.  Would we call that equality?  Or is that outright discrimination against children with same-sex attraction?  Would Huffington Post promptly put this at the head of its Worst Anti-LGBT Moments of the Week? 

What if Maine did the reverse and passed a law that denied gay children their inherent right to a father?  What if Mainers decided this subset of kids could have one or two moms, but no daddy?  Would we congratulate Maine for robustly defending equality?  Or would Think Progress rush to put this in their Morning Pride alert?

What if Washington decides that children who have gay dads don’t deserve mothers?  Is that equality?  Would Freedom to Marry post the headline Anti-gay hate groups support discriminating against children of same-sex couples.  

No.  

Why not?  Because SSM activists support segregating genders in marriage.  They defend excluding mothers or fathers from the home.  They promote denying children their right to have both a mother and a father.

By its very definition, same-sex marriage intentionally excludes either a mother or a father during a child’s developing years.  No matter how long two men stay together, whether it’s fifty years or only one, any children they adopt will forever lack their mother.

With all the evolving talk about equal rights and love and tolerance and lifelong commitment and diversity…do same-gender marriage activists inadvertently discriminate against children who have gay parents?  Shouldn’t these children have the same rights as children with straight parents?  The right to both a mother and a father?

Or does the sexual orientation of the parents matter more than the orientation of the children?

Bottom line, do gay children deserve a mother and a father?  Do only straight kids?  Or do all children have an inherent right to their mother and their father?  In which case, isn’t same-sex marriage inherently sexist, exclusive, and discriminatory?

Fortunately, every time same-gender marriage goes to a referendum vote, Americans have upheld the rights of children. You can help the citizens of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington as they defend the right of all children to live in a gender-inclusive home.

Defend pro-gender marriage.  Because gender matters to everyone, including people with same-sex attraction.