The research appears to show that it doesn't matter, kids coming from a more conventional family or one in which both parents are gay seem to, on the average, grow up just fine:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1446541&dopt=Citation for the link challenged: http://tinyurl.com/4785b Child Dev. 1992 Oct;63(5):1025-42. Related Articles, Links Children of lesbian and gay parents. Patterson CJ. University of California, Berkeley. This paper reviews research evidence regarding the personal and social development of children with gay and lesbian parents. Beginning with estimates of the numbers of such children, sociocultural, theoretical, and legal reasons for attention to their development are then outlined. In this context, research studies on sexual identity, personal development, and social relationships among these children are then reviewed. These studies include assessment of possible differences between children with gay or lesbian versus heterosexual parents as well as research on sources of diversity among children of gay and lesbian parents. Research on these topics is relatively new, and many important questions have yet to be addressed. To date, however, there is no evidence that the development of children with lesbian or gay parents is compromised in any significant respect relative to that among children of heterosexual parents in otherwise comparable circumstances. Having begun to respond to heterosexist and homophobic questions posed by psychological theory, judicial opinion, and popular prejudice, child development researchers are now in a position also to explore a broader range of issues raised by the emergence of different kinds of gay and lesbian families. On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:36:24 -0400, Yves Arsenault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the biological issue outside of a committed relationship then > affects family structure. > > We would have to question if it is beneficial for a child to have a > mother and father. > > I also know there are fine single parents out there. Some of which > would be content to stay single, while others continue to look for a > significant other. > > But the main question to be asked would be "What is more beneficial to > the child?". In my opinion. > > Yves > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:18:02 -0400, Jochem van Dieten > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yves Arsenault wrote: > > > > > > Because they are very different biologically. If we are strickly > > > saying marriage is just a choice people make to be together, then > > > there is no difference. But there is the sexual biological issue in > > > marriage if sex is a big part of marriage. > > > > Does that sexual biological issue only exists in sex between married > > partners, or does that issue exist outside the marriage too? > > > > If you believe the possibility of procreation when having sex is a relevant > > distinction, distinguish by that distinction. Not by some other one which > > may largely coincide with it. > > > > Jochem > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148293 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
