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Children of Same-Sex Parents Are Healthier: Study
cbs news ^ | 7-7-2014 | KATIE HOLLIDAY

Posted on 07/07/2014 5:27:27 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

Children of same-sex parents have above average health and well-being, research by the University of Melbourne shows.

The research was based on data from the Australian Study of Child Health in Same-Sex Families, which involved input from 315 same-sex parents and a total of 500 children. Of these participating families, 80 percent had female parents while 18 percent had male partners.

"It appears that same-sex parent families get along well and this has a positive impact on health," said Dr Simon Crouch from the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, Centre for Health Equity at the University of Melbourne.

"We know that same-sex attracted parents are more likely to share child care and work responsibilities more equitably than heterosexual parent families, based more on skills rather than gender roles. This appears to be contributing to a more harmonious household and having a positive impact on child health," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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So ... because opposite sex couples don't feel like their roles are the same it leads to disharmony and negatively impacts their children?
1 posted on 07/07/2014 5:27:27 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

“Same sex parents” is a misnomer, as basic biology says there can be no such thing.


2 posted on 07/07/2014 5:28:34 PM PDT by Edward Teach
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To: Citizen Zed

What a joke


3 posted on 07/07/2014 5:28:53 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Citizen Zed

I’d say this study is premature.

There’s also the likelihood of self-fufilling data selection and poor controls in this study. Many politically touchy studies have the goals they wish to prove in mind before they do the social “science” research.


4 posted on 07/07/2014 5:29:23 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Citizen Zed

Well, there’s no such thing. So....I would expect them to be as healthy as your average unicorn.


5 posted on 07/07/2014 5:29:24 PM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: Citizen Zed

How old are these kids? Wait until they’re old enough to realize what they’ve been raised in, and how it’s really supposed to be.

I’m calling BS.


6 posted on 07/07/2014 5:29:33 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Citizen Zed

Was this study done at the Stonewall Festival, in Savannah, Key West or at the Green Iguana?


7 posted on 07/07/2014 5:30:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Citizen Zed

They immediately discredit their “study” by launching into propaganda about the roles of normal couples being less harmonious. This was a study of kids’ health?


8 posted on 07/07/2014 5:30:25 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Citizen Zed
Children of Same-Sex Parents Are Richer Healthier: Study
9 posted on 07/07/2014 5:30:29 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Citizen Zed

This study has already been torn apart here. Poor science with poor statistics.


10 posted on 07/07/2014 5:31:49 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Citizen Zed

And if you disagree you are a homophobe and perhaps even a racist.


11 posted on 07/07/2014 5:32:38 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: Citizen Zed

World’s shortest book:
“Gay Evolutionists: The Next Generation”


12 posted on 07/07/2014 5:33:09 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: Citizen Zed

Every time I see an article like this, the first thought that comes to my mind is, Just Say NO To Drugs.


13 posted on 07/07/2014 5:33:28 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The future must not belong to those who slander bacon.)
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To: Citizen Zed
Not reading it—don't need to. This is pure propaganda, nothing more.
14 posted on 07/07/2014 5:34:13 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Citizen Zed

There might be a smidgen of truth to that if the mother is a women’s libber.


15 posted on 07/07/2014 5:36:54 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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So, if same sex parents make healthier kids, shouldn’t evolution have selected for same sex parenting? Or did this revelation just occur in 2014?
I’m so confused.
And why is little Johnny’s butt so sore?


16 posted on 07/07/2014 5:37:22 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
it seems to me that this so called "study" had an agenda before one iota of data was collected....

now lets see the study about domestic violence,alcoholism, drug abuse, and disease among the homosexual "community"...

17 posted on 07/07/2014 5:37:22 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Fungi

Agreed..

Tune into CBS,

Expect to See B S


18 posted on 07/07/2014 5:37:59 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: Citizen Zed

Our colonies on Mars continue to produce vast wealth for all Americans.


19 posted on 07/07/2014 5:38:01 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: Citizen Zed

Will Obama’s next proposal be to take children away from their natural parents and give them to homosexuals, because “everyone knows” they will take care of them better??


20 posted on 07/07/2014 5:38:08 PM PDT by kaehurowing (FIGHT BULLYING, UNINSTALL FIREFOX)
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