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A report in the July 5 issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, shows that legal recognition for same-gender partners benefits their children. The 16-page report, which includes a review of the growing body of medical literature on same gender parenting, concludes that “children of same-gender parents often experience economic, legal and familial insecurity as a result of the absence of legal recognition of their bonds to non- biological parents” and that “legal recognition of a [same-gender] spouse can increase the ability of adult couples to provide and care for one another and fosters a nurturing and secure environment for their children.” The 2000 census found that same gender couples are raising children in 96 percent of all U.S. counties. Dr. Ellen C. Perrin, director of developmental- behavioral pediatrics and the Center for Children with Special Needs at the Floating Hospital for Children Tufts-New England Medical Center and one of the authors of the report, said: “The scientific data overwhelmingly demonstrate that there is no relationship between parents’ sexual orientation and any measure of children’s emotional, psychosocial and behavioral adjustment. We conclude that civil marriage is beneficial to children, regardless of the gender of the parents, because it strengthens families and helps foster financial and legal security, psychosocial stability and an augmented sense of societal acceptance and support.” Court Denies Protections to Same-Sex Couples By a 4-2 vote, the New York Court of Appeals elected July 6 to uphold a state law that bars same- sex couples from marriage and denies them the hundreds of family protections provided to married couples. In the decision, the court accepted the justifi cations advanced for the law by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Pointing out that straight couples can conceive children by “accident” while gay couples can only have children with advance planning, Bloomberg and Spitzer argued that straight couples need the stability of marriage, but gay couples do not. The court also accepted an argument that had been rejected by the Arkansas Supreme Court just a week earlier, when it struck down a policy barring gay people from serving as foster parents: the notion that children of mixed-gender parents are more likely to thrive. In its embrace of this contention, the court ignored the advice of leading child health and welfare organizations and dis missed decades of social science research proving that same-sex couples are as capable of being good parents as straight people and that their children are equally well-adjusted. Chief Justice Judith Kaye was joined by Judge Carmen Ciparick in a stinging dissent. “This state has a proud tradition of affording equal rights to all New Yorkers. Sadly, the court today retreats from that proud tradition,” Kaye wrote. “1 am confident that future generations will look back on today’s decision as an unfortunate misstep." MASSACHUSETTS Marriage Vote Postponed The Massachusetts constitutional convention recessed July 12 without considering an amend ment that would have effectively overruled the state high court’s 2004 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. The convention has recessed until Nov. 9, leaving the fate of the pending initiative peti tion proposal uncertain. However, rights advo cates were accentuating the positive. 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