Posted on 06/14/2012 10:15:35 PM PDT by neverdem
The widely circulated claim that parents engaged in same-sex relationships do just as well as other parents at raising children—a claim widely known today as the “no differences†thesis—is not settled science. Two new peer-reviewed studies released this week by the academic journal Social Science Research challenge the claim that there are no differences in outcomes between children raised by parents who have same-sex relationships and those raised by their biological mother and father in intact, stable marriages.
In the first article, family studies scholar Loren Marks of Louisiana State University reviews the 59 studies that are referenced in the 2005 American Psychological Association brief that came to the conclusion that there are “no differences.†Marks concludes that “not one of the 59 studies referenced … compares a large, random, representative sample of lesbian or gay parents and their children with a large, random, representative sample of married parents and their children. The available data, which are drawn primarily from small convenience samples, are insufficient to support a strong generalizable claim either way.â€[1] Marks’s study casts significant doubt upon the older evidence on which the APA brief, and thus the “no differences†paradigm, rests.
The second article, by sociologist Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas at Austin, presents new and extensive empirical evidence that shows there are differences in outcomes between the children of a parent who has same-sex relationships and children raised by their married, biological mother and father. This new evidence was gathered by Dr. Regnerus, the lead investigator of the New Family Structures Study (NFSS) of the University of Texas, which in 2011 surveyed 2,988 young adults for...
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I’ve been taking a break from pinglisting but this article makes me want to start up again. Thanks. You can always ping wagglebee.
I just couldn’t handle it, I get like that every two/three years...
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“not settled science” ... Is this even a matter for science? This is our life and our flesh and blood. This is the miracle of God’s creation as we live it and breathe it every day, and I say this as an unbeliever, and as a grandparent.
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Ah, those lefties love equality, even when it's not true. Women = men. Homosexual = straight. Two daddies = two mommies = one dad and one mommy. Muslim countries = Christian countries. Single parent family = traditional family.
Interesting. My first concern upon reading that was whether that size of sample would contain sufficient examples of kids raised in homosexual households for any statistical analyses to give significant results.
Then I started reading the article, where Dr. Regnerus was discussing the statistical insufficiency of the previous studies in the field, where samples were small and self-selected. While I still have doubts about the statistical validity, this study is infinitely more reliable!
Anyway, I will have to read the rest of Dr. Regnerus' study later. I have to go to work and read studies that are actually relevant to my profession...
What same sex couples either do not care about or do not realize is they are setting children they may adopt up for a life of ridicule and scorn from their school peers. I’ve seen first hand the brutal teasing a child endured because his mother left his father for another woman.
“Two new peer-reviewed studies released this week by the academic journal Social Science Research challenge the claim that there are no differences in outcomes between children raised by parents who have same-sex relationships and those raised by their biological mother and father in intact, stable marriages.”
Pssst—the FACT of the matter is that the parents really don’t give a crap about this these studies OR their kids. As far as I can tell, children of these self absorbed creeps are only trophies.
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Indeed. Equality over freedom.
They would also say:
Adultery=Fidelity.
Deceit=Honesty.
And back during the Cold War-
U.S.S.R.=U.S.A.
They never let reality or common sense get in the way of their utopian rose colored glasses.
(making all the characters readable)
Two new peer-reviewed studies show that family structure matters and children do best when reared by their married biological mother and father.
The widely circulated claim that parents engaged in same-sex relationships do just as well as other parents at raising children—a claim widely known today as the “no differences” thesis—is not settled science. Two new peer-reviewed studies released this week by the academic journal Social Science Research challenge the claim that there are no differences in outcomes between children raised by parents who have same-sex relationships and those raised by their biological mother and father in intact, stable marriages.
In the first article, family studies scholar Loren Marks of Louisiana State University reviews the 59 studies that are referenced in the 2005 American Psychological Association brief that came to the conclusion that there are “no differences.” Marks concludes that “not one of the 59 studies referenced … compares a large, random, representative sample of lesbian or gay parents and their children with a large, random, representative sample of married parents and their children. The available data, which are drawn primarily from small convenience samples, are insufficient to support a strong generalizable claim either way.”[1] Marks’s study casts significant doubt upon the older evidence on which the APA brief, and thus the “no differences” paradigm, rests.
The second article, by sociologist Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas at Austin, presents new and extensive empirical evidence that shows there are differences in outcomes between the children of a parent who has same-sex relationships and children raised by their married, biological mother and father. This new evidence was gathered by Dr. Regnerus, the lead investigator of the New Family Structures Study (NFSS) of the University of Texas, which in 2011 surveyed 2,988 young adults for
Only 2 out of the 15,000 screened spent a span of 18 years with the same two mothers. Among those who said their father had had a same-sex relationship, 1.1% of children reported spending at least three years together with both men.
The sampling appears to have been even greater.
of course parents of different sexes is better. moms and dads provide different assistance to children because men and women are different.
I wonder, since this was peer reviewed, if the big push by Obama and the Pink Mafia to advance the pro-homosexual agenda and speed things up was because this study was broadcast by a reviewer to friends on the Left. They’d certainly have enough time to generate a political response and now with DA/DT “repealed” it gets harder to reverse the trend.
And the evidence more damning. Clearly an unstable home life is detrimental to the normal development of children. The instability can come from divorce, marital strife including violence, single motherhood, and the vagaries of the homosexual lifestyle.
The evidence presented seems to support this in general. It’s the instability that’s the problem, not necessarily homosexuality per se. If additional studies come out showing that children of homosexual couples are as at risk and perform as poorly as children of unmarried, teens without a HS diploma that it will be obvious how bad homosexual “adoption” is for children. The income advantage will be totally reversed and quashed by the detrimental effects of homosexuality itself.
And the evidence more damning. Clearly an unstable home life is detrimental to the normal development of children. The instability can come from divorce, marital strife including violence, single motherhood, and the vagaries of the homosexual lifestyle.
The evidence presented seems to support this in general. It’s the instability that’s the problem, not necessarily homosexuality per se. If additional studies come out showing that children of homosexual couples are as at risk and perform as poorly as children of unmarried, teens without a HS diploma then it will be obvious how bad homosexual “adoption” is for children. The income advantage will be totally reversed and quashed by the detrimental effects of homosexuality itself.
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