“Social science reports that assess the objective outcomes for children raised in homes aside from a heterosexual, intact marriage are clear: All other family forms involve higher levels of instability (the average length of same-sex marriages is half that of heterosexual marriages); financial stress or poverty; and poor behavioral, psychological, or educational outcomes.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 3.5: Department of Health and Human Services, Roger Severino, page 513, paragraph 2
Context:
This is categorically untrue. Research finds that kids raised by same-sex couples fare the same as – or better than – kids of straight couples. [Source]
“On some metrics, children of sexual minority parents actually outperformed their peers from traditional families, particularly when it came to psychological adjustment and child-parent relationships.”
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.5: Department of Health and Human Services here.