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Perhaps. But in that case, your contention that government should be keeping children away from gays on the basis of absence of evidence is rather offensive. It smacks of a presumption of guilt, making gays less than citizens.
It isn't hard to find studies on this question, and most show no difference, but I can't comment on the long-term effects, as most of the studies are recent. Still, there is pretty good evidence that being raised by gay parents does no harm to a child or affects gender preference in adulthood.
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mousehop
on February 8, 2009 at 10:06 AM
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Are there really enough statistics at this point? I guess we need more time to examine the adolesant and adult lives of children raised by gays.
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calmcantey75
on February 6, 2009 at 4:06 PM
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I can't say that 'I know perfectly well that a mother and father is a better scenario for a child'. It depends on that actual people involved. One advantage of adoption is that adopting families of any configuration have been reviewed by social workers, something not done for birth parents or grandparents. So it is quite possible that the gay couple will provide a much better home than the grandparents would. I don't know. I leave that judgment to the professionals, who have some facts in the case. But as a general principle, I can say that gay and lesbian couple make good parents generally. I've witnessed it myself, and statistics on their children confirm that.
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mousehop
on February 6, 2009 at 8:53 AM
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lets cut to the chase. You know perfectly well that a mother and father is a better senario for a child. In cold numbers maybe once in while two men might have a more harmonious relationship than a man and a woman, but your over balanced sympathy for the iconoclastic effects of homosexuality on traditional institutions, and your fetish for agitation, is what is at play here as opposed to any actual concern for the health of children.
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calmcantey75
on February 6, 2009 at 4:36 AM
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common sense is that homosexuality has been demonstrated to be extant in all types of animals.
there is no common sense at all in supposing that homosexuals cannot raise children as well as hetros.
posted by
Xeno-x
on February 5, 2009 at 7:40 PM
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I like your comment better than mine.
posted by
calmcantey75
on February 4, 2009 at 7:17 PM
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Now here's the question...would you rather be swinging a broad sword in 1658 or be raised by gay parents in 2009?
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mordent
on February 4, 2009 at 4:24 PM
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Of course you don't see it, since it involves common sense and a basic observation of centuries of sociolgy spanning almost all cultures, religions, not to mention nature, anatomy and biology. But, your mind is mired in the 1960's.
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calmcantey75
on February 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
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the particular case is sad
but I don't see any difference between a homosexual couple and a heterosexual in terms of ability to raise children.
but again you are mired in a medieval state of mind.
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Xeno-x
on February 4, 2009 at 6:24 AM
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by who?
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calmcantey75
on February 4, 2009 at 5:09 AM
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And all because the grandparents were deemed too old???
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 4, 2009 at 4:37 AM
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