They are of course put in a situation – deliberately – where they will be deprived of either a biological mother or biological father. The risks to children raised in same-sex households are many. So why should we assume that “even in a totally accepting society, permanently and purposefully fatherless and motherless children will simply ‘adjust’?” Yet as O’Leary points out, even with widespread social acceptance of heterosexual divorce, the pain and negative outcomes for children has not lessened. Yet a typical homosexual response is to say these negative outcomes are simply due to “homophobia” in society. The data is twofold: positively, the data shows how children thrive with two biological opposite-sex parents, and negatively, the data shows the harm done to children when raised in other households, especially same-sex “families”. Is it really true that family structure makes no difference to the outcome of children? The social science data clearly shows that family structure does matter. Consider the issue of same-sex parenting. One Man, One Woman: A Catholics Guide to Defending Marriage by Dale O'Leary (Author)Įach of these claims is examined in some detail and found to be without factual basis. These include the claim that 1 in 10 is homosexual that homosexuality is genetically based, that homosexuals cannot change that all relationships are of equal value that children do just fine raised in same-sex households and that the Bible does not condemn committed homosexual relationships.

She challenges a number of myths that have long been peddled by the homosexual lobby and its supporters. In this book O’Leary shows just how all these things are under attack, and demonstrates the importance of heterosexual marriage.Īs to the issue of homosexuality, O’Leary covers all the bases. Together these various activist groups and social engineers have been causing great harm to not just marriage and family, but to children and religious freedom as well. It is a good designation, and refers to a number of malicious fellow travellers: the sexual liberationists, the radical feminists, the pro-abortion crowd, the population control movement, and the homosexual lobby. O’Leary rightly argues that the homosexual assault on marriage and family is part of a much bigger political and ideological onslaught which she terms the “Sexual Left”. There is probably no greater threat to the institutions of marriage and family than that posed by the militant homosexual lobby. This book seeks to do two things: affirm the traditional understanding of heterosexual marriage, and challenge the homosexual offensive.

One Man, One Woman by Dale O'Leary