Texas Children's Hospital

Gay couples in Southern states like Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are more likely to be raising children than their counterparts on the West Coast, in New York and in New England.

例如，与居住在纽约，新英格兰地区等西海岸城市的同性夫妇相比，居住在南部阿肯色州，路易斯安那，密西西比及得克萨斯州的同性夫妇抚养孩子的几率更高。

On a fine afternoon at the Texas State Fair, a ringmaster encouraged a gaggle of children to flap their arms like butterfly wings.

在一个晴朗的下午，德州博览会上的一个表演者让一群孩子像蝴蝶一样挥动双臂。

There is a long and remarkable article in the current New Yorker about a man who was executed in Texas in 2004 for deliberately setting a fire that killed his three small children.

在最新一期的《纽约客》上，赫然有篇关于一个被判死刑的男人的文章。2004年，这个男人因为被指控故意纵火烧死了自己三个孩子而在德克萨斯州被判处死刑。