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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com August 04, 2011 02:50:00 PM ET
American Psychological Association Supports Marriage Equality
By Julie Bolcer
In a move that holds potential to influence the ongoing legal and public
policy debate, the American Psychological Association unanimously approved a
resolution in support of full marriage equality.
The policy-making body of the APA voted 157 to 0 in favor of the resolution
Wednesday, on the eve of the professional organization’s annual conference
in Washington, D.C., according to USA Today. The group, which has more than
154,000 members, noted the growing body of research and legal discussion
about marriage equality since it first passed a resolution on the topic in
2004.
“The resolution points to numerous recent studies, including findings that
‘many gay men and lesbians, like their heterosexual counterparts, desire to
form stable, long-lasting and committed intimate relationships and are
successful in doing so,’” reports USA Today.
“It adds that ‘emerging evidence suggests that statewide campaigns to deny
same-sex couples legal access to civil marriage are a significant source of
stress to the lesbian, gay and bisexual residents of those states and may
have negative effects on their psychological well-being.'"
Since 2004 the APA has filed 11 amicus briefs in same-sex marriage cases. | h*****l
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