Jot statement om advocy groups lls study a "flawed, misleadg, and scientifilly unsound paper that seeks to disparage lbian and gay parents;" thor fends his study
Contents:
- KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
- WHAT DO THE SCHOLARLY REARCH SAY ABOUT THE WELL-BEG OF CHILDREN WH GAY OR LBIAN PARENTS?
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- ITALY BEGS REMOVG GAY MOTHERS OM CHILDREN’S BIRTH CERTIFIT
- A GAY COUPLE'S FIGHT FOR THEIR TW SON'S CIZENSHIP INSPIR
- GAY MARRIAGE: WHO’S MDG THE CHILDREN?
- GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*
- POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
* children of gay couples *
(CBS News) A new study that fds children of a gay or lbian parent may be more likely to have social and emotnal problems has sparked ntroversy on both sis of the same-sex marriage bate. But those earlier studi have advertently masked real diversy among gay and lbian parentg experienc Ameri. In a jot statement om the Fay Equaly Council, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Freedom to Marry, and the Gay and Lbian Alliance agast Defamatn (GLAAD), advot lled the study a "flawed, misleadg, and scientifilly unsound paper that seeks to disparage lbian and gay parents.
In a mentary Slate, William Saletan wr, "What the study shows, then, is that kids om broken hom head by gay people velop the same problems as kids om broken hom head by straight people.
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi.
WHAT DO THE SCHOLARLY REARCH SAY ABOUT THE WELL-BEG OF CHILDREN WH GAY OR LBIAN PARENTS?
Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favou … * children of gay couples *
Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favour of the null hypothis and allowg for up to 20 (of 63, 32%) dg errors, Cameron's (2006) hypothis that gay and lbian parents would be more likely to have gay, lbian, bisexual or unsure (of sexual orientatn) sons and dghters was nfirmed. Percentag of children of gay and lbian parents who adopted non-heterosexual inti ranged between 16% and 57%, wh odds rats of 1.
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * children of gay couples *
Data om ethnographic sourc and om prev studi on gay and lbian parentg were re-examed and found to support the hypothis that social and parental fluenc may fluence the exprsn of non-heterosexual inti and/or behavur. Fay rejectn as a predictor of negative health out whe and Lato lbian, gay, and bisexual young adults.
Overview: We intified 79 scholarly studi that met our creria for addg to knowledge about the well-beg of children wh gay or lbian parents. Of those studi, 75 nclud that children of gay or lbian parents fare no worse than other children.
Taken together, this rearch forms an overwhelmg scholarly nsens, based on over three s of peer-reviewed rearch, that havg a gay or lbian parent do not harm children. Evaluatg Studi that Conclu Gay Parentg Rais Risks: Wh regard to the four outlier studi, all share the same flaw.
ITALY BEGS REMOVG GAY MOTHERS OM CHILDREN’S BIRTH CERTIFIT
At most a handful of the children who were studied were actually raised by same-sex parents; the rt me om fai which oppose-sex parents raised their children for a perd of time, but which, often, one or more parent(s) subsequently me out as gay or lbian and left the fay or had a same-sex relatnship. Includg such children among those labeled as havg been “raised by same-sex parents” is so misleadg as to be accurate, sce the children were generally raised by oppose-sex fai and only later, after a fay disptn, did they live hoeholds wh one or more gay parent(s), and only rarely did two parents of the same sex, a stable, long-term relatnship, actually raise the children together.
A GAY COUPLE'S FIGHT FOR THEIR TW SON'S CIZENSHIP INSPIR
Authors of the outlier studi argue that, neverthels, such nfiguratns often reprent fai wh gay or lbian parents, and hence is reasonable to unt them as ditors of what happens when children live wh one or more gay parent(s).
Evaluatg Studi that Fd No Differenc Rultg om Havg a Gay Parent: Some crics of the LGB parentg rearch object to the small, non-random samplg methods known as “nvenience samplg” that rearchers the field often e to gather their data.
GAY MARRIAGE: WHO’S MDG THE CHILDREN?
Suggted Catn: What We Know Project, Cornell Universy, “What Do the Scholarly Rearch Say about the Well-Beg of Children wh Gay or Lbian Parents?
Below are 75 studi ncludg that children of gay or lbian parents fare no worse than other children.
GROWG UP WH GAY PARENTS: WHAT IS THE BIG AL?*
Click here to jump to the 4 studi ncludg that children of gay or lbian parents face add disadvantag. Below are 4 studi ncludg that children of gay or lbian parents face add disadvantag pared wh others.
POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
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