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Elton John
• “How dare you refer to my beautiful children as ‘synthetic’. And shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF – a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfil their dream of having children. Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times.....”
Arguments against lesbian mother families
• Lesbian women less nurturing than heterosexual mothers • Children would be teased and rejected by peers and would
develop psychological problems as a result
• Children would show atypical gender development
– Boys would be less masculine in identity and behaviour, and girls less feminine, than boys and girls from heterosexual homes
– Children would grow up to be lesbian or gay themselves
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