You don't need to be married to be a good parent, but marriage equality protects children by giving parents more tools with which to protect them.

您不需要结婚成为一个好的家长，但是平等婚姻通过给予家长更多的可以保护孩子的手段来保护孩子们。

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About 29 percent of children under 18 now live with a parent or parents who are unwed or no longer married, a fivefold increase from 1960, according to the Pew report being released Thursday.

根据皮尤周四公布的报告显示，大概29% 18岁以下的儿童与单亲家长，或未结婚或不会再结婚的家长双方生活在一起，相比1960年增加了四倍。

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In the case of a married couple, any reference to an intended parent shall include both husband and wife for all purposes of this Act.

在双方已婚的情况下，本法案任何涉及到受赠家庭时均包括丈夫和妻子。

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When I came out to my own mother, at 40 years old, I was a parent, I had been married to a woman I loved for 20 years, I had a successful career, we owned two homes, and there wasn't a single person who would have guessed my secret or my struggle.

CNN: Gender identity not just body parts

As a social scientist, career woman (not gal) and parent who has been married for 20 years, I find Noer's article to be vicious and disrespectful to the increasing number of women who either need or want to develop a professional lives while successfully balancing their personal and parental responsibilities.

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