[Theoria]

For instance, 38 percent of those who had a lesbian mother said they were currently on public assistance, compared with 31 percent of those whose parents divorced late and 10 percent of those who grew up in a traditional family.

[11th Commandment]

The article does mention a study is need on “stable” gay parents compared to stable heterosexual parents. This is an interesting one personally for me. My wife has a gay friend and he and his partner adopted a Girl and Boy (siblings) that were going from foster home to foster home. On the surface, seems like a good idea to have a stable place to live; however, the men were adjusting to raising a girl. He would ask my wife for advise raising a girl... Anyhow, I wonder in the long run if it will turn out better for the children...

[LibertarianLiz]

I love the use of the word "modestly" when talking about the differnce in childrens' outcomes gay vs. traditional family.

"One deficit is particularly worrying: Less than 2 percent of children from intact, biological families reported experiencing sexual abuse of some nature, but that figure for children of same-sex couples is 23 percent"

Two percent vs. 23 percent is NOT a "modest" difference.

[Boogieman]

Now, the important thing to remember about those statistics, is that gays are maybe 2-3% of the population. So, they may cause 10% more problems, but there are 20-30 times fewer of them causing problems for their kids than all the irresponsible heteros divorcing out there. Actually probably even fewer, since people get multiple divorces and repeat the damage.

So, why does hardly anyone on the right have any interest in reforming divorce laws? Am I cynical for thinking it must be selfishness or cowardice?

[Chainmail]

It seems astonishing to me that anyone would need a study to know that divorce and same-sex relationships are damaging to children and that a normal and unified family is superior. Everyone was a child once, so everyone would know that they needed the stability and support of a good father and a good mother for the best child rearing experience (just as, it would go without saying, that all "gay" individuals had to have normal, heterosexual parents to exist).

I guess these studies are needed to try to prove that "gay" couple can raise children normally but since these studies always point to the damage that is done, they are discounted or attacked by the homosexuals as biased and/or flawed.

I have known more than my share of "gays" in my life - and none of them should be anywhere near children, much less responsible for providing a stable and supportive basis for their development.

[Ell]

My husband’s first wife left him for another woman. They are both teachers (surprise), and even team teach in the same class. Their dream was to replace the children’s father with this other woman. They are extremely liberal, pro-abortion, anti-man, controlling, OCD weirdos. We spent many hours and thousands of dollars fighting for the two children. The children now live with us full-time, and do not see their mother at all.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You need a married mother and a father for optimal results. Why is that so strange? Both boys and girl learn how to be men or women and how they should treat and be treated by the opposite sex from their parents.

Anything else is like trying to sit on a three legged stool that only has two legs. It can be done but it is a lot of work and concentration.

It is amazing how they are willing to run ads saying that home ownership will improve your child's life but are unwilling to even consider that having male/female married pair to raise said child will improve it far more.