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To: ivyleaguebrat

For instance, there are more “gay” children who have gay adopted parents than who have heterosexual parents.


“Nonsensical”

“QUOTE: Lesbian Activist Says ‘Gay’ Parents Produce ‘Gay’ Children
“Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights [NCLR] and a mother of two, is pleased to see evidence that children of lesbians and gay men are less likely to embrace rigid gender roles and limit their sexual expression to heterosexuality. ‘To say that there’s something wrong with that or to defend it by saying, “Oh no, that’s not true,” or to have any response other than “So what?” implies that there would be something wrong with a child growing up to be lesbian or gay,’ Kendall said….”
“Kendall also observed that her 5-year-old son, while very ‘boy-like’ in some ways, is not as traditionally masculine as some other boys his age. ‘He is a very gentle and sensitive kid, and I’d like to think that’s because he’s being raised in a household where gentleness is prized over stoicism.’…’”
— Kate Kendall of the San Francisco-based NCLR, responding to the 2001 study in American Sociological Review by Judith Stacey and Timothy Biblarz, which, based on a review of 21“gay parenting” studies, concluded that children of homosexual parents do turn out differently from those with traditional parents: e.g., they are less likely to conform to traditional gender roles, and more likely to explore homosexuality and identify as “gay” or bisexual. Source: article in Southern Voice, an Atlanta-based newspaper for homosexuals, “Do kids raised by lesbians turn out different? by Erin O’Briant, May 10, 2001.
Elated at Findings
“There’s only one response to a study that children raised by lesbian and gay parents may be somewhat more likely to reject notions of rigid sexual orientation — that response has to be elation,” Kendall said. “…If in fact our kids are somewhat more likely to identify as lesbian and gay — if we’re ashamed of that outcome, it means we’re ashamed of ourselves.”
— Kendall, quoted by AP National Writer David Crary, June 16, 2001, “New Report Says Children of Gay Parents Show More Empathy for Social Diversity,” which dealt with the same Stacey and Biblarz study.”

http://www.cultureandfamily.org/articledisplay.asp?id=432&department=CFI&categoryid=cfreport


99 posted on 05/23/2007 9:23:55 AM PDT by Sun (Vote for Duncan Hunter in the primaries. See you there.)
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To: Sun

I didn’t say they might not be more likely...

You said there are more gay children who have been adopted by gay parents than gay children who have been raised by heterosexual parents. That’s just impossible.


100 posted on 05/23/2007 10:05:53 AM PDT by ivyleaguebrat
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