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精神分析家たちが、カリフォルニアの同性婚禁止投票を批判
米国精神分析学会は、カリフォルニア州内で同性婚を禁止する住民投票であるProposition 8が支持される結果となったことを非難した。社会正義を支援する活動を維持する中で、同学会は本年早くに、同性婚の法的承認を支持し、同性カップルへの差別に反対する、立場表明をしていた。その表明の全文は以下参照。http://www.apsa.org/ABOUTAPSAA/POSITIONSTATEMENTS/MARRIAGERESOLUTION/tabid/470/Default.aspx.
同学会会長で、カリフォルニア州在住のWarren Procci, M.Dは、「Proposition 8のような投票提案は、婚姻における同性愛者のパートナー選択自由の権利や、われわれの憲法で保障されている平等な保護へのアクセスを否定するものだ。これらの否定は、ただ単に個人の性指向に基づいて行われている」と述べた。
「同性婚の否定が今日のアメリカに与える、広範な影響について考えてほしい。家族は多様なあり方で存在し、同性カップルにとって、その結びつきが法的社会的に承認されることは、カップルやその子供や家族にとっても重要なことだ。同性カップルやその家族に対してなされる、レッテル張りや差別は、彼らの健康を損ねることが、調査によって次々と明らかにされている。」と、LA在住の精神分析家で、同学会LGBT部会の議長である Ethan Grumbach, Ph.D.はのべた。
同学会のLGBT部会は、対場表明を行う前に、同性愛者の関係性と、同性愛カップルの親子関係について、広範な研究のレビューを行った。その結果のいくつかは以下のとおり。
-- 2001年の The Kaiser Family Foundation Survey によれば、ゲイ･レズビアンの68%が同性婚をとても重要と考え、25%がある程度重要と考えている。
-- 2000年の全米人口調査によれば、同居する女性カップルの34%、同居する男性カップルの22%が、18歳以下の子供を育てている。
-- 2006年の論文で、バージニア大学の心理学教授であるCharlotte Patterson, Ph.D.は以下のように結論付けている。「ゲイ･レズビアン家族の研究結果は、親の性指向より家族の関係性が、子供の発育結果により強く関連性を示している」
さらに同学会のLGBT部会は、最近、米国軍の「（同性愛かどうか）聞くな、話すな」という方針に関しての立場表明も準備中だ。
同学会は、米国の精神分析科医の専門家組織であり、約3300名の会員がいる。
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Psychoanalysts Censure California's Vote to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
NEW YORK, Nov 06, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) denounces the election results in California that supported Proposition 8, a ballot measure that bans same-sex marriage in the state. In keeping with its overall support of social justice, APsaA issued a position statement earlier this year supporting the legal recognition of same-sex civil marriage while opposing discrimination against same-sex couples. For the full text of the APsaA Marriage Resolution, please visit: http://www.apsa.org/ABOUTAPSAA/POSITIONSTATEMENTS/MARRIAGERESOLUTION/tabid/470/Default.aspx.
APsaA President-elect and Pasadena, CA resident Warren Procci, M.D. remarks: "These ballot propositions such as California's Proposition 8, deny to gay individuals the rights to freedom of choice of partner in marriage as well as access to equal protection which is granted to all of us by our constitution. These denials are based solely on an individual's sexual orientation."
"We want people to think about the broad impact the denial of same-sex marriage has on Americans today," says psychoanalyst Ethan Grumbach, Ph.D., a Los Angeles resident and chair of APsaA's Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. "Families exist in many different ways and it is important for same-sex couples to have legal and societal recognition of their unions for themselves, their children, and their extended families. Research continues to demonstrate the stigmatization and discrimination to which same sex couples and families are subjected is traumatizing and damaging to their health."
APsaA's Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues has reviewed extensive research on homosexual relationships and gay and lesbian parents and their children prior to issuing its Same-Sex Marriage Resolution. Some relevant statistics and research results are:
-- The Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of 2001 found that 68 percent of lesbians and gays considered lesbian and gay marriage to be very important and 25 percent considered it to be somewhat important.
-- According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 34 percent of cohabitating female couples and 22 percent of male couples were raising children under the age of 18.
-- In a 2006 paper, Charlotte Patterson, Ph.D., renowned researcher and professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, concluded, "Results of the research (of various population samples of lesbian and gay families) suggest that qualities of family relationships are more tightly linked with child (development) outcomes than is parental sexual orientation."
In addition, APsaA's Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues is currently developing a proposed position statement on the United States' military policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The American Psychoanalytic Association is a professional organization of psychoanalysts throughout the United States and is comprised of approximately 3,300 members.
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