[Mrs. Don-o]

I too would have liked to see this author use more social science research, especially --- as you mentioned --- Regnerus.

But it is revealing to see what criteria the feminists/queer theorists use to determine that a childraising outcome is "better."

I'm just rattling this off from the top of my head, but from the research I've read, the following descriptors counted in the "better" category for kids raised by homosexuals, followed by my translation:

• more sexually knowledgeable (knew about all kinds of perversions)
• less judgmental (lacked criteria by which to make sound judgments)
• more adventurous (engaged in risky behavior)
• more flexible or fluid in their opinions (less grounded, less supported by core convictions)
• more conversant with medical/health issues (more exposed to medical/health problems)
• more likely than average to examine and question their own sex/gender identity (more likely to identify as gay, lesbian, bi, trans or "genderqueer" -- gender nonconforming)
• well-informed about crisis intervention --- like dialing 9-1-1 --- at earlier ages (I think that speaks for itself)

You get the picture.

hen I come across a few of these articles, I'll post them with comments.

Pray for these kids, and for our disintegrating culture.

[lepton]

I’d noticed the same trends.

Tauted studies have also shown that for more reasonable definitions of “Better”, that children raised by rich, white, lesbians even with all of the benefits of money, status, and a supportive community, do no better than poor, single, heterosexual mothers and are still unlikely to fully develop mentally, socially, and much more likely to be incarcerated at some point in their life.