sorry forgot to add the http thing to make it a link. 🙂

http://speakupaustralia.com

@Josh, if you really do want an answer to your question (many just ask questions without wanting the answer) then the article below would have to be one of the most detailed and well referenced articles I’ve seen. It joins the dots well by addressing common misnomers and references problems in other countries who have already made the change. Hope it helps you understand better. speakupaustralia.com

Well I lived the majority of my life in an indigenous culture other than my own (ie in what was traditionally called a third world society) and there was no evidence of “SSM” or the campaigning for it. In fact the overwhelming number of cultures and people groups accross the globe even with little or no Biblical teachings on the institution of marriage practise the traditional biblical view in terms of a heterosexual relationship. Sincerely.

As I reference in my published letter, nearly 80 peer-reviewed studies on this matter are all aggregated at our site, showing an overwhelming consensus that children with gay or lesbian parents fare no worse than their peers. See: http://whatweknow.law.columbia.edu/topics/lgbt-equality/what-does-the-scholarly-research-say-about-the-wellbeing-of-children-with-gay-or-lesbian-parents/

Manipulative and insincere indeed.

You state that “The poster cites a study that has been thoroughly discredited.” I have spent a little while googling and while I see this remark repeated the most detailed response was in a letter published in the journal that originally published the article. Some have ridiculed the journal it was published in but at least it published a letter arguing against the article and the author’s response to that criticism. There may be literature out there which those with access to University databases will be able to find. I would appreciate if responses in reputable industry journals could be referenced to evidence that statement. Even better if there is a study with a bigger sample which has come to findings which contradict those in this study – then that would be worth knowing about. While the article is in sociology jargon I can see some weaknesses in it but that seems to be the case in most studies I read.

What is not cited is the fact that while the finding may be used by anti-SSM groups the author sees the results as important because:

“the most useful response is to try to understand the problem better, so as to address the conditions or provide support necessary to ameliorate the problem, not deny the evidence.”
Nathaniel Frank, “Comment on “Invisible Victims: Delayed Onset Depression among Adults with Same-Sex Parents”,” Depression Research and Treatment, vol. 2016, Article ID 3185067, 2 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/3185067

I can only imagine that the author would be appalled at the use that has been made of his findings. If there is a problem that seems to have been lost in the politics surrounding the findings.

I’ve not fully understood the Christian’s ‘No’ to SSM. While, I understand the various nuances to the debate and how it overlaps with other concerns, such as ‘safe schools’ and whatever else may ensue if SSM is legalised. What I do not understand is the Christian’s desired outcome of imposing a biblical expression of marriage on those who do not hold to their faith or conviction, or personally know Jesus. It seems like an exercise in futility and I wonder how detrimental our ‘No’ to others might be in the grander scheme of what God desires to do in the lives of our not yet Christian neighbours. The fear and disgust spouted by many Christians perplexes me. I’m not advocating that Christians vote ‘Yes’, rather that we consider the wider impact of our ‘No’ and particularly the way we express that ‘No’. Sadly, many Christian’s ‘No’ seems akin to going down to the local pub and yelling at people “Stop getting drunk! The bible says so!” – what do we possibly expect to achieve?