Police do not belong in war zones.
So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality.
If there is a substantial difference between a gay couple and a childless heterosexual couple, I'm unable to see it.
Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.
Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.
It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does.