What about studies today that claim children do just as well if not better with “parents” of the same sex?

The social sciences can be helpful in shedding light on and supporting basic moral truths, but they do not provide the justification for such truths, which reside in the nature and intrinsic dignity of the human person, created in the image of God. It is common for social scientists to disagree among themselves, and it has also happened that particular studies are found later to be in need of correction. This seems to be the case in these early studies that are receiving publicity. Especially whenever children are concerned, it should be expected that the culling and evaluation of data and the making of conclusions and recommendations are carefully and judiciously made, not to support an agenda but to serve the truth.

The social sciences need the assistance of other sciences, especially philosophy and theology, and the guidance of Church teaching, if any truly moral judgments or evaluations are attempted. Such judgments are beyond the purview of social science itself.  And when it comes to studies on marriage, the good that marriage is in itself, as the union of a man and a woman, needs to be kept in view.

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