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TheHomosexualFamily

Althoughmanypeopledonotthinkofhomosexualrelationshipsasresultinginafamily,ithasbeenestimatedthataboutoneoffivegaysandoneofthreelesbiansenterahomosexualmarriage.Themarriagemayormaynotbeestablishedbyaformalceremony.Onemalecouple,forexample,afterfourmonthsofcohabitation3,wenttoMass4andlettheservicebetheirprivateceremonyofcommitment.Theyusedthetermmarriagetodescribetheirrelationship.Theyboughtmatchingringsandverballyagreedtobesexuallyfaithful,toemotionallysupporteachother,andtohaveequalsayinsuchmattersasfinances.

Moreover,millionsofgaysandlesbianshavehadchildren.Inmanycases,thechildrenwerebornwhentheindividualwaspartofaheterosexualmarriage.Subsequently,theindividualopenlyacknowledgedhisorherhomosexualpreference.Someofthesechildrenarebeingraisedinahomosexualfamily—twomen,twowomen,orsomeotherarrangement.Forexample,Nancyisalesbianwhoisraisingadaughterwithtwogaymales,oneofwhomisthechild’sfather.

Homosexualcoupleshavetoworkthroughthesameproblemsasheterosexualcouples.Theyfaceissuesofhouseholddivisionoflabor,power,sexualrelationships,andmoney.Inaddition,liketheinterracialcouple,theyfaceproblemsarisingfrombeinginasociallystigmatizedrelationship.Galluppolls5thataskedtheAmericanpublicwhetherhomosexualrelationsbetweenconsentingadultsshouldbelegalhavefoundanincreasingproportionfromthemid-1970stothelate1990swhosaidthattheyshouldnotbelegal.Homosexualfamilies,then,mustnotonlydealwiththesameissuesasotherfamiliesbutalsowithahostileenvironmentandwithsomeproblemsthatareuniqueto6thehomosexualrelationship.

阅读自测

Ⅰ.ArethesestatementsTrueorFalseaccordingtothearticle?

1.Likeheterosexualmarriage,homosexualmarriagemustgothroughaformalceremony.

2.Mostofthechildrenofhomosexualsareadoptedfromotherplaces.

3.Homosexualcouplesjusthavetoconfrontthesameproblemsasheterosexualcouples.

4.Homosexualcoupleshavetoovercomevariousproblemsandstillhavealongwaytogo.

5.Fromthemid-1970s,homosexualmarriagesaregraduallyacceptedbyoursociety.

Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswertofillintheblanks:

1.Thetaxincreasesin______totheamountyouearn.

A.accordanceB.proportionC.ratioD.scale

2.Therearesomematters______fromtherecentchangesinthelaw.

A.raisingB.happeningC.arisingD.rising

3.Thefatherisnotwillingtoconsent______themarriage.A.toB.fromC.withD.in