“Same-sex relationships have been documented to cause sexual confusion in children, and promiscuity. The message sent is that all choices are equally desirable, that it doesn’t matter who you marry. For this reason young people raised in same-sex-relationship households tend to be both sexually active and sexually indiscriminate.”
“You mean they’re more likely to form homosexual relationships themselves?”
“Exactly. Think of ancient Greece, for example. Homosexuality ran rampant—not because of a gay gene but because society condoned it. Condoning this kind of behavior only leads to a proliferation of the behavior.”
“And the final reason same-sex marriage is detrimental to children?”
“Because it paves the way for even more socially unacceptable relationships. Polyamorous couplings, for example. Can you imagine the emotional ramifications suffered by a child who has a single father but multiple mommies? With whom would that child bond? And if we extrapolate from this—imagine what happens when those marriages disintegrate and then there are remarriages—well, conceivably there could be children with two fathers and six mothers . . .” She shakes her head. “That’s not a family, Mr. Preston. That’s a commune.”
“Let me ask you, Dr. Newkirk, do your objections stem from an inability of a homosexual couple to provide love to a child?”
“Absolutely not. Certainly homosexual couples can create just as loving an environment as heterosexual couples. However, kids need more than love. They need the complementary experiences of having a male and a female parent for guidance, instruction, and psychological development.”
“Naysayers will ask what your evidence is,” Wade says.
Dr. Newkirk smiles. “Five thousand years or so of parenting, Mr. Preston. Putting children into a newfangled social experiment could be absolutely devastating to the next generation.” She looks over at Zoe. “I have nothing but compassion for homosexuals who want to raise a family. But I can’t allow my compassion for them to trounce the needs of innocent children.”
“As a result of all your research, Dr. Newkirk, do you have an expert opinion as to which home would be a more fit and proper placement for these pre-born children?”
“Yes, I do. I firmly believe that these children would be much better off in the home of Reid and Liddy Baxter.”
“Thank you, Doctor,” Wade says, and he turns to Angela Moretti. “Your witness.”
“You say homosexuality isn’t genetic, right, Doctor?” Angela begins.
“There’s no evidence to support that.”
“You said the Bailey and Pillard study isn’t valid because not every identical twin who identified as gay had a gay twin, correct?”
“That’s right.”
“Are you aware that, even though identical twins share many identical traits, there are certain biological factors that differ between them? Fingerprints, for example?”
“Well—”
“And, Doctor, you discounted the LeVay study because it hasn’t been confirmed yet with a similar study.”
“That’s right,” the psychologist says.
“Are you familiar with the research done on the eight percent of domestic rams who are solely interested in having sex with other rams?”
“No.”
“Well,” Angela Moretti says, “in fact researchers discovered in those rams a bunch of neurons in the hypothalamus that were smaller than they tended to be in heterosexual rams. In fact, the findings were very reminiscent of Simon LeVay’s study. Doctor, you also criticized Dean Hamer’s research because it hasn’t been replicated, correct?”
“Yes.”
“Does that mean that at some point the studymightbe replicated?”
“Naturally I can’t predict the future.”
“Are you aware of the Swedish study that identified the differences in the way the brains of straight men and gay men responded to male and female pheromones, which suggested a strong physiological component to homosexuality?”
“Yes, but—”
“Do you know that scientists in Vienna have identified a genetic switch for sexual orientation in fruit flies? And that, when they tampered with the switch, female fruit flies ignored males and instead tried to mate with other females by mimicking the mating rituals of male fruit flies?”
“I was not aware of that, no,” the psychologist admits.
