That starkly contrasts with this research: A disproportionate percentage--29 percent--of the adult children of homosexual parents had been specifically subjected to sexual molestation by that homosexual parent, compared to only 0.6 percent of adult children of heterosexual parents having reported sexual relations with their parent . . . . Having a homosexual parent(s) appears to increase the risk of incest with a parent by a factor of about 50.
Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk
As for politics, this is big winner for Bush.
+63% of Californians voted for the Defense of Marriage initative in 2002.
As for an important issue, I see it as important as discouraging incest:
warped childern, mental or emotional, is not in our society's intrest.
Overall, since the study was done by the Family Research Council, a group I put as much faith in their objectivity as an environmental study sponsored by Earth First or the Sierra Club. Or a study on the effects of tobacco funded by Phillip Morris.
I think the bottom line here is this; there is not enough scientifically supported data coming from either side to support the argument in either direction.
There is a significant amount of data pointing to children being molested by family members, children from heterosexual families. Granted, I am sure these families set off all sorts of alarm signals in terms of disfunctionality.
Studies such as the one you suggest are suspect because of the organization conducting the study. On Hot Button issues such as this, that becomes even more questionable.
I would argue, based on the sthat individuals who prey on the weak, especially children can be found in all walks of life. I think the jury is still out on whether homosexual couples are more of a threat, the same threat, or less of a threat.
I did find this study quite interesting, and have bookmarked it for further study. I will also attempt to track down all the supporting data.