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In handling disputes involving families, judges, other court
personnel, and attorneys are required to take into account many
factors and to exercise their informed judgment. The new law
will present challenges to anyone in the family-court system
who believes that marriage promotes family stability or that
the presence of both a loving mother and loving father is essential
to the development of boys and girls.
eachers
and counselors in schools would be discouraged from defending
historical marriage. The historical model of marriage and
the family has been in place for thousands of years. Once
the new legislation is passed, the historical model would
become merely one of many models. The law teaches. And if
the law teaches that same-sex unions are "equal"
to marital unions, then our schools will teach the same and
will not tolerate other teachings. Scriptural teaching will
be denounced as "homophobic" and "hateful."
To believe that schoolchildren, even
young schoolchildren, will be immune from teaching directly
contrary to their parents' moral beliefs would be naive. Organizations
within and outside of Connecticut are already working on curriculum
and are recruiting student workers and adult mentors.
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