study; gay parenting upset

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[nfisher1226]

It sort of looks legit on the surface, but it's still apples to oranges. It's intact heterosexual couples compared to homosexual couples. In other words, the most stable heterosexual couples vs all homosexual couples, which could include homosexual couples who have been together since before the birth of the child as well as couples who have regularly switched partners the entire time the children were growing up.

A better representation would include only couples who have been married since before the children were born, of either orientation. Married, not shacking up. Married, not married vs civil unions.

This type of study is almost always flawed and almost always in similar ways. You can safely ignore it every time. Furthermore, anything less than full marriage equality and it's impossible to do a study that isn't going to have the same types of flaws. And let's not neglect the fact that kids of homosexual couples will almost certainly encounter issues with folks who want to pick on them because of their parents at some point. That can and will effect how they feel about a lot of things, but it shouldn't be used as an argument against gay parenting. Should interracial couples be taking flak if their kids get teased about their parents? Because that happens too.

Tolerance has been for the most part increasing and I continue to believe that trend will continue.

[Genersis]

nfisher1226's post is pretty good.
I'd like to add that another thing that makes comparisons difficult is that same-sex couples' children tend to be adopted; going through the adoption system is also bound to have repercussions on children.

[nfisher1226]

Anything that disrupts the household creates problems for a kid. What kids need is consistency, love, and connections with people that don't go away. Every time an adult comes into a kids life and then goes away it reinforces the message that those connections aren't permanent.