Yes. Every child has intrinsic dignity. From the moment of conception he or she has all the rights of a person, including the inviolable right to life. Included in these basic human rights is the right of the child to his or her biological mother and father: The Final Declaration from the Pontifical Council for the Family, during the International Symposium on Adoption held in Seville, Spain in 1994, stated, “Every child has the right to be conceived within a family through an authentically human act, to be born and grow within that stable and responsible community of life and love.”
For the state to redefine marriage would be to intentionally and institutionally deprive children of their basic right to a mom and a dad.
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