Thursday, June 16, 2011
Health effects of legal recognition of same-sex couples
Holning Lau and Charles Strohm examine the empirical evidence regarding the health effects of legally recognizing same-sex couples:
This Article presents a literature review of empirical studies concerning the ways in which legal recognition of same-sex relationships impacts individuals’ health and well-being. We discuss the studies’ methodologies, findings, limitations, and implications for the debate on reforming marriage laws.
The recent research on same-sex couples is consistent with what some legal commentators have previously inferred from earlier research on different-sex couples. Such commentators have inferred that legally recognizing same-sex couples generally improves those couples’ health and well-being by promoting care between the couple and enhancing support for the couple from third parties such as family and friends. By synthesizing and presenting recent research that focuses on same-sex couples directly, this Article helps to bridge the inferential gap.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/06/health-effects-of-legal-recognition-of-same-sex-couples.html
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In order to infer that legally recognizing same-sex sexual relationships promotes the health and well being of the persons engaging in a same-sex sexual relationship, one would first have to infer that engaging in demeaning sexual acts and sexual relationships promotes the health and well being of human individuals. It is not true that engaging in demeaning sexual acts and sexual relationships promotes the health and well being of any person thus condoning demeaning sexual acts and sexual relationships can never promote the health and well being of anyone.