I know that good kids can come out of every situation. As well as messed up kids....
I've never said that 2 loving "people" couldn't be of benefit to a child. Yves On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:43:14 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:148367 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
