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To: freedumb2003
OK, here's the abstract, which answers some of the questions:

Do the sexual inclinations of parents influence those of their children? Of 77 adult children of homosexual parents who volunteered for three different investigations, at least 23 (30%) were currently homosexual: twelve (55%) of 22 daughters and three (21%) of fourteen sons of lesbians; five (29%) of seventeen daughters and three (17%) of eighteen sons of gays; none of six sons with both a gay and a lesbian parent. At least 25 (32%) were currently heterosexual. Of the ten with transsexual parents, one of nine daughters was currently lesbian, one was currently heterosexual, and one was transsexual. The son’s sexual preference was not reported. These findings suggest that parents’ sexual inclinations influence their children’s.

So, it seems clearly a meta-study of three separate studies presumably looking at other issues, and then therefore this was almost certainly not a representative sampling for the stated purpose at hand.

And, as a separate issue, this meta-study was submitted by Paul Cameron of the Family Research Institute - so there may be methodological objectivity questions as well.

20 posted on 04/27/2006 4:06:42 PM PDT by AntiGuv (The 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT!)
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To: AntiGuv

This "study" is junk science


43 posted on 04/27/2006 4:58:43 PM PDT by daivid
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