What happens to marriage and families when the law recognises “Same-Sex Marriage”?
Experience of legalising marriage for same-sex couples in Europe
and North America - Submission to HoC Marriage (Same Sex Couples)
Bill Committee 1 March 2013
Executive Summary
The claim that “same-sex marriage”* dilutes or even abolishes the institution of marriage is often countered by the claim that opening up marriage to same-sex couples will actually strengthen the institution. It is claimed that same-sex marriage will thus serve the common good as well as promoting equality. This paper examines the evidence for these claims.
Patricia Morgan is a leading researcher on family policy and author of numerous books and scholarly papers on marriage and the state. She has researched the effect on marriage when same-sex marriage legislation is introduced.
She has produced the following paper for SPUC based on research and data from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Canada the US, and concludes that:
• As marriage is redefined to accommodate same-sex couples, this reinforces the idea that marriage is irrelevant to parenthood.
• Same sex marriage leads to the casualisation of heterosexual unions and separation of marriage and parenthood.
• Spain saw a pronounced acceleration in the decline of marriage following the introduction of same-sex marriage (same-sex marriage was introduced at the same time as the ‘express divorce bill’).
• Across all countries analysed no causal link has been established to support the idea that same-sex marriage prevents marital decline.
• In the move to same-sex marriage, opposite-sex relationships have to conform to gay norms rather than vice-versa.
• A publicly professed, legal, partnership does not prevent homosexual couples from breaking up more frequently than married heterosexual couples.
Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, 3 Whitacre Mews, London SE11
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