I totally agree with letter-writer Freda Garelick's statement that divorce or separation can have devastating effects on the children of heterosexual marriages ("Even if you don't approve of gay marriage, don't denigrate gay parents," Feb. 9). While I have no statistical information on the frequency of "divorce or separation" of same-sex partners, I'm sure they do occur, resulting in similar impacts on the children of such unions.
The point I was trying to make is that men and women each have unique attributes ("Same-sex marriage: Harmful to kids," Feb. 6). The absence of one or the other deprive the children of same-sex unions of the experience of a loving, close parent-child relationship with the missing gender partner.
Benedict Frederick Jr., Pasadena