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I would imagine that same sex couples do not 'accidentally' get pregnant.
That would mean that same sex couples who are also parents REALLY WANTED to have children and are doing an excellent job raising them.
How refreshing.
It's kind of an obvious fact. Same-sex couples have to desire to get pregnant and plan for it while different-sex couples can just pop 'em out on accident.
Of course. And I've written about that--in "The Kid."
Interestingly, that's one of the justifications put forth by the New York supreme court for denying same-sex couples the right to wed. Because our kids are planned for, we don't need marriage rights. Because, uh, gee. Just because.
I'm a big believer in the "or better" for the reasons stated above--same-sex couples have to really want a kid to have one. But don't you fret how that message comes across to freaked out, homophobic straights?
Dan, I'm on the bandwagon. That said, the one point where any key details about the actual study show up came here...
The 74-page study references about 100 studies on parenting. It says that although most of the literature study was empirical, the vast majority of studies show that children living with two mothers and children living with a mother and father have the same levels and qualities of social competence.
What exactly defines 'social competence' in these studies?
No, I'm not expecting an answer, because it's a very broad question, but this article is making a very broad statement, based on a broad amount of unspecified research with unspecified qualifiers.
Maybe you should read the research online?
What do you expect from Canada?
I never read "the kid" sorry. I wonder about children who were created by different-sex parents but raised by same-sex parents turn out. My mother wasn't a lesbian when I was born, but was when I was in school, and my old landlords were a gay couple who each had children from their previous straight marriages.
This could regress out the planning/desire part of parenting and leave only the straight/gay part.
Uh oh, looks like it's time for another entry of "You will know we are Christians by our..."
Church pastor arrested for investigation of child rape
"GIG HARBOR, Wash. -- The pastor of a church here has been arrested for investigation of first-degree child rape.
Pierce County sheriff spokesman Jerry Bates said a 7-year-old girl told an older friend that Stephen Kerr had been molesting her. The friend told a youth pastor who contacted police."
OK, let's not freak. Sometimes kids make stuff up to get back at adults, right?
"Bates said Kerr, who is pastor of the Gig Harbor Church of the Nazarene, confessed to members of the church and told them he was going to surrender to police."
Oh, OK. Nevermind.
I think that the hypothesis that gay people who have children really want them, thus are just going to be better parents makes a whole lot of sense.
Can we extrapolate this to a broader, universal message that even straight people can apply to their lives? Yes, I think so. Here it is - The more a parent(s) wants and plans for a child the better adjusted and more successful this child will be. More happy and well adjusted children will lead to a better adjusted and happier society at large. Therefore we all benefit by ensuring that every child is planned for and born wanted.
How does this translate into policy? Medically accurate sex education, access to safe and effective contraception, ability to terminate a pregnancy if the woman chooses to do so, letting (encouraging) parents who really want children but can't easily have them to adopt(including and especially gay parents), etc.
What research, Will? The article only references '100 studies' without specifying where one can find those studies, what exactly was studied specifically and how the results were derived. It's a blanket statement without any substancial support, a weaksauce argument to a good conclusion.
Gloria @ 7 : Bite my beaver, you ignorant jingo-head!
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