Studies suggest that studies that are suggesting a suggestion are not often subjective Sources:HailBlazers
I'm glad that those 78 kids turned out to be well-adjusted, productive members of society. I wish all kids would. But, much as the author of the article asks, I question the conclusions. First, 78 kids isn't a terribly large sample size over 25 years, but that's overlookable. Were there differences in 2-parents-working vs. 1-parent-working households? Differences in socio-economic station? Were all these kids private-school, affluent and big-city exposed? Was it different in someplace like Omaha or Little Rock? Is there something to be said that, while having two lesbian parents isn't "as good as or better" than 2 heterosexual parents, is also isn't worse? But why is that newsworthy? Have lesbian couples been stopped from adopting or inseminating in the last 25 years? This seems an awful lot like another socio-progressive experiment being pushed. I don't get a warm fuzzy from this. But if it allows more women to have children, who am I to care? If I didn't want children raised in "bad environments", I could think of a lot worse situations than two women from big cities who can afford insemination. Like, say, single-mothers addicted to crack who leave their babies in the hospital in Baltimore.
I think that last paragraph is what should be the standard worst case scenario thought. There are definitely people out there preaching that gay parents is an awful thing for children. I'm glad you don't think it's going to affect much. More people should agree with you
Kids need love and attention and a safe and welcoming place to call home in a place where people love each other. It doesn't matter if it comes from a man and a woman, two guys, two girls or a polygamist family.
OH YEAH! I admit to being a hypocrite. I find the idea of men together repulsive. But the idea of women together is erotic.
Yeah? You just wouldn't happen to have names & numbers? OK, OK, just joking. I am happily married. But.........................!!
Saw this last Sunday. Just made my day: [video=youtube;QTvwf7EVbxs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTvwf7EVbxs&feature=player_embedded[/video] It's a much different America than the one I grew up in. We went from ignoring the deaths from AIDS of tens of thousands of homosexuals in the 1980's to a leading conservative calling his own party idiotic for clinging to "don't ask don't tell".
"evolving standards are the mark of a maturing society". That's one that I'm not sure I agree with the Supreme Court on. I DO know that George Will talked to us in Annapolis about stuff like this 9 years ago. Here's a transcript of part of his chat. Tell me what the difference is: He follows that up with this:
In any peer-reviewed serious study (and you can search for the original on line) those factors (age, income, et al) would be compensated for. Otherwise the comparison is worthless. Unfortunately, yes, some states explicitly bar lesbian and gay couples from parenting. Professional journals are not about warm and fuzzy. Earlier studies showed no significant difference between children raised by same sex (male or female) couples and matched groups of children in hetero households on various indicators (grades, relations with peers and adults, juvenile delinquency, unplanned pregnancy, drug/alcohol, etc.); the biggest differences were the children were, not surprisingly, less homophobic, less rigid about sex roles, and whle no more likely to be gay, were more likely to be open to experimentation with same sex partners. This new study amplifies previous conclusions. As the article pointed out, although some gay men and lesbians have children through earlier, often unhappy, heterosexual relationships, in most cases they have carefully planned these children. The parents are more likely to be older, financially and emotionally stable, are often more educated, and absolutely unambiguous about wanting the children. These are all positive factors in child-raising. Unfortunately news articles still feel the need to cite homophobes to make them look "fair". The homophobes claim that "other" studies show that children of gay parents have a horrible time but can't product them. And the man who was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to cite nonexistent studies showing how horrible gay and lesbian parents are just got busted taking a male escort on vacation. (no, not surprrised)
That would be my expectation. Every gay person I know says they were born that way, and I have no reason to doubt them (as much as I feel born heterosexual). If this is true, then why would the children be more likely to be gay? If it's a genetic thing (gay gene) and one of the couple has the child, then it could be passed on that way, I suppose. Like I care, though. It's none of my business, and nobody's being harmed.
Who are you and what have you done with Maxie? Joking of course, but it is weird to find myself agreeing with you on more than one occasion!
