Proposition 8 in California must pass!

[pgp_protector]

Such children are not going to be raised with a proper view of what a solid Christian family is, since there are no examples in the Bible of gay families raising children. No doubt you'll be loving couples/parents and can meet the children's basic needs, but God's design of a family will not be modelled. As has been stated before on CF, studies have shown that children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues as they grow up.

So if the standard is a Christian family, I take it you would have the exact same objections to non Christians adopting children ? After all if a non Christian family has or adopts children, they also wouldn't have a proper view of a what a "solid Christian Family" is.

 

[HaloHope]

Such children are not going to be raised with a proper view of what a solid Christian family is, since there are no examples in the Bible of gay families raising children. No doubt you'll be loving couples/parents and can meet the children's basic needs, but God's design of a family will not be modelled. As has been stated before on CF, studies have shown that children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues as they grow up.

There are plenty of studies that also show that children raised by gay couples are just as healthy and well adjusted as those raised by hetrosexual ones.

I personally was raised by my grandparents after both my parents decided raising me was too difficulter responsibility by aged 2. While my grandparents undoubtedly cared about me, they were also pretty harsh and my grandfather in particular gave me a fair share of physical abuse. Peoples sexuality is no indication on whether a home will be a good or bad place to be raised for a child.

As for "Gods Design" for a family again as I believe "love" is the only key part of what makes Gods Design for a family im inclined to disagree. When our children are young im sure we'd take them to church with us, but I wouldnt "make" them go if they were older id let them choose. They would be raised in a Christian household just one that happens to have a same-sex couple in it. That is NOT a contradiction.

 

[Dogbean]

I personally wonder what would happen if a child were raised in the home of a gay couple that took them to church, and later on the child, through personal study of the Scriptures, accepted Christ and then came across passages that convinces him/her that homosexuality is a sin. I wonder what the child would think about his/her parents, if they were hypocrites or not. I imagine that would be a tough situation to be in.

 

[Dogbean]

There are plenty of studies that also show that children raised by gay couples are just as healthy and well adjusted as those raised by hetrosexual ones.

I personally was raised by my grandparents after both my parents decided raising me was too difficulter responsibility by aged 2. While my grandparents undoubtedly cared about me, they were also pretty harsh and my grandfather in particular gave me a fair share of physical abuse. Peoples sexuality is no indication on whether a home will be a good or bad place to be raised for a child.

As for "Gods Design" for a family again as I believe "love" is the only key part of what makes Gods Design for a family im inclined to disagree. When our children are young im sure we'd take them to church with us, but I wouldnt "make" them go if they were older id let them choose. They would be raised in a Christian household just one that happens to have a same-sex couple in it. That is NOT a contradiction.

Of course, some kids turn out all right, and some don't. And in loving Christian families, some kids turn out ok and some don't. There's exceptions everywhere.

 

[BigBadWlf]

No, he's a Christian who's pointing out that Scripture has been used to justify racism in the past.

David.

and is still used today

 

[Archivist]

I personally wonder what would happen if a child were raised in the home of a gay couple that took them to church, and later on the child, through personal study of the Scriptures, accepted Christ and then came across passages that convinces him/her that homosexuality is a sin. I wonder what the child would think about his/her parents, if they were hypocrites or not. I imagine that would be a tough situation to be in.

First, as has been pointed out, the passages regarding homosexuality are open to interpretation.

Second, all of our parents are/were sinners just as we are all sinners. Why would the child of a homosexual couple think any differently of his/her parents then the child of heterosexual parents?

 

[Dogbean]

First, as has been pointed out, the passages regarding homosexuality are open to interpretation.

Exactly! And since they are open to your interpretation, that means they are also open to my interpretation! And suppose they interpret it my way?

Second, all of our parents are/were sinners just as we are all sinners. Why would the child of a homosexual couple think any differently of his/her parents then the child of heterosexual parents?

They would think their parents were in need of some rebuke. If the child of such a couple gets saved, and their parents are legitimatly professing Christians, they are supposed to confront them with their sin, as it says in the Gospels.

 

[BigBadWlf]

Such children are not going to be raised with a proper view of what a solid Christian family is, since there are no examples in the Bible of gay families raising children. No doubt you'll be loving couples/parents and can meet the children's basic needs, but God's design of a family will not be modelled. As has been stated before on CF, studies have shown that children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues as they grow up.

False

Study after study have shown that children raised by gays and lesbians whether singly or as couples are emotionally happy and healthy and grow up to be well adjusted and happy adults.

“adult-aged daughters of lesbian mothers did not significantly differ from adult daughters of heterosexual mothers on gender identity, gender role, sexual orientation, and social adjustment.” Julie Schwartz Gottman Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents

“Found no differences in the social behavior and social interactions and the social adjustment of boys raised by homosexual fathers and heterosexual fathers. “ BignerJ.J. & Jacobsen R.B.child behavior and attitudes toward fathering: gay and nongay fathers

“The results demonstrate no differences on any measures between the heterosexual and homosexual parents regarding parenting styles, emotional adjustment, and sexual orientation of the child(ren).” Allem M., Comparing the Impact of Homosexual and Heterosexual Parents on Children: Meta-Analysis of Existing Research

Gay fathers did not differ significantly from nongay fathers in their reported degree of involvement nor in intimacy level with children. Gay fathers tended to be more strict, more responsive to children's needs, and to provide reasons for appropriate behavior to children more consistently than nongay fathers. Bigner, J.J Parenting Behaviors of Homosexual and Heterosexual Fathers

“A strong child-development orientation was found among lesbian mothers, undermining the stereotype of lesbians as aloof from children.” Miller, J.A. and R.B. Jacobsen The Child's Home Environment for Lesbian vs. Heterosexual Mothers

Responses of gay fathers did not differ significantly from heterosexual fathers on the majority of the items of the inventory, but differences were found on two subscales. Tradition-Continuity-Security and Social Status found. gay fathers tend to be more involved with their children’s day to day life than heterosexual fathers are with their children Secondarily gay fathers cite significant motivation for them to become parents. Bigner, J.J The Value of Children to Gay and Heterosexual Fathers

“were not statistically more likely to self-identify as bisexual, lesbian, or gay. To be coded as such, the respondent not only had to currently self-identify as bisexual/lesbian/gay, but also to express a commitment to that identity in the future.” S. Golombok and F Tasker Do Parents Influence the Sexual Orientation of their Children? Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Children raised by Gay and Lesbian Parents.

The commonly held assumption that children brought up by lesbian mothers will themselves grow up to be lesbian or gay is not supported by the findings of the study: the majority of children who grew up in lesbian
families identified as heterosexual in adulthood, and there was no statistically significant difference between young adults from lesbian and heterosexual family backgrounds with respect to sexual orientation.” .” F Tasker and S. Golombok Adults Raised as Children in Lesbian Families

“the nonbiological lesbian comothers are more skilled at parenting and more involved with the children than are stepfathers.” A. Brewaeys Child development and family functioning in lesbians mother families

“evidence to date provides no support for those, like Wardle (1997), who claim that lesbian mothers suffer greater levels of psychological difficulties (depression, low selfesteem)than do heterosexual mothers. On the contrary, the few differences observed in the studies suggest that these lesbian mothers actually display somewhat higher levels of positive psychological resources.” J. Stacey and Biblars, T.J (How) Does the Sexual Orientaion of Parents Matter?

no relationship has been found between parental sexual orientation and measures of children’s cognitive ability.” J. Stacey and Biblars, T.J (How) Does the Sexual Orientaion of Parents Matter?

“[A] rapidly growing and highly consistent body of empirical work has failed to identify significant differences between lesbian mothers and their heterosexual counterparts or the children raised by these groups. Researchers have been unable to establish empirically that detriment results to children from being raised by lesbian mothers.” Falk 1994

 

[Dogbean]

BBW, anyone can sift through studies and pick out the ones that actually favor what you are trying to say. I could just as easily dig around and find studies that show children of gay and lesbian parents grew up with issues.

So now what?

 

[BigBadWlf]

You can be sarcastic all you want, but in this instance (the instance of gay marriage), the ad hominem does not apply (background: The phrase "for the children", or "think of the children," is an appeal to emotion and can be used to support an irrelevant conclusion (both logical fallacies) when used in an argument. The phrase may also be seen as a valid appeal to a moral value that may be the basis for logical argument or action).

Do you understand that this was sarcasm reflective of attempts to use children and the myth that gays and lesbians abuse children as a means of justify hatred?

In this instance of gay marriage, we have a tangible and impending threat of child abuse--abuse of such scope and such magnitude that there will no doubt be unending lawsuits filed on behalf of adult children of gay households who suffered irreparable emotional harm. These lawsuits are sure to be filed against the judges who overturned California's ban on gay marriage.

You of course realize that child molesters are almost exclusively heterosexual don’t you?

But just imaging magnifying this ridicule to cover not just one boy with a very rich father, but an entire grade school campus because your parents are different (for whatever reason--in this case, being gay)! The emotional torment from having no friends and an entire body of boys and girls more or less constantly harassing you just because your dad and your dad wanted to make a political statement!
Imagine dragging this emotional baggage into high school, where the boys in the 8th grade now pick fights with you and continue their abuse well into the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades. Imagine further the fact that you'll likely journey four long years in high school without ever having a date.
Imagine the long fights such a kid will have with his gay parents, and the incalculable cost of counseling session after counseling session, all in the name of political activism.

If you were truly interested in the well being of the children of gay and lesbian parents you would be addressing the true issue, prejudice and bigotry, rather than supporting it

And we haven't even scratched the surface about how a child reared in a gay household will affect his view of gender differences in his formative years (those pre-high school years). What thoughts will be on his formative mind when he sees dad and dad hugging/kissing each other when every television program and advertisement his young mind sees shows a dad and a mom hugging and kissing? Just imagine the immense confusion such a young mind would have to consider!

http://christianforums.com/showpost.php?p=48602211&postcount=288

The children of gay and lesbian parents are happy and well adjusted and grow up to be happy and well adjusted adults

 

[BigBadWlf]

I personally wonder what would happen if a child were raised in the home of a gay couple that took them to church, and later on the child, through personal study of the Scriptures, accepted Christ and then came across passages that convinces him/her that homosexuality is a sin. I wonder what the child would think about his/her parents, if they were hypocrites or not. I imagine that would be a tough situation to be in.

I personally wonder what would happen if a child were raised in the home of a conservative Christian couple that took them to church, and taught them that God says its OK to hate and discriminate and later on the child, through personal study of the Scriptures, accepted Christ and then came across passages that convinces him/her that bigotry is a sin and God has no issues with gays and lesbains. I wonder what the child would think about his/her parents, if they were hypocrites or not. I imagine that would be a tough situation to be in.

 

[HaloHope]

BBW, anyone can sift through studies and pick out the ones that actually favor what you are trying to say. I could just as easily dig around and find studies that show children of gay and lesbian parents grew up with issues.

So now what?

You have to check to see which of the studies were peer reviewed, which type of study is the the majority, and if any of the people writing the study were biased against gay couples in the first place.

 

[Dogbean]

The children of gay and lesbian parents are happy and well adjusted and grow up to be happy and well adjusted adults

Every single one of them?

 

[Dogbean]

I personally wonder what would happen if a child were raised in the home of a conservative Christian couple that took them to church, and taught them that God says its OK to hate and discriminate and later on the child, through personal study of the Scriptures, accepted Christ and then came across passages that convinces him/her that bigotry is a sin and God has no issues with gays and lesbains. I wonder what the child would think about his/her parents, if they were hypocrites or not. I imagine that would be a tough situation to be in.

Wow BBW, did you come up with that one all by yourself? You got nothing else to say so you just tweak my post to suit your purposes? This is weak; you were doing better earlier. But you're still way too hung up on this idea that everyone but you is bigotted. Did you have a bad experience with true, Bible-believing Christians in the past?


Were you that kid on the playground who got teased and picked on all the time and the best you could come up with was "I'm rubber you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you?"

LOL

 

[BigBadWlf]

BBW, anyone can sift through studies and pick out the ones that actually favor what you are trying to say. I could just as easily dig around and find studies that show children of gay and lesbian parents grew up with issues.

So now what?

Well instead of ignoring the studies presented why don’t you provide us all an equivalent number of published, peer reviewed studies providing evidence for your claim that “children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues”


I can’t wait

 

[Archivist]

They would think their parents were in need of some rebuke. If the child of such a couple gets saved, and their parents are legitimatly professing Christians, they are supposed to confront them with their sin, as it says in the Gospels.

So, have you rebuked your parents for their sins? Have your children rebuked you for your sins?

 

[Dogbean]

Bos, H. M. W., van Balen, F., & van den Boom, D. C. (2004). Experience of parenthood, couple relationship, social support, and child-rearing goals in planned lesbian mother families. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 755-764.

The phenomenon of planned lesbian families is relatively new. The overall aim of this research was to examine whether planned lesbian mother families differ from heterosexual families on factors that are assumed to influence the parent-child relationship, such as experience of parenthood, child-rearing goals, couple relationship, and social support. One hundred lesbian two-mother families were compared with 100 heterosexual families having naturally conceived children. A variety of measures were used to collect the data, including questionnaires and a diary of activities kept by the parents. Lesbian parents are no less competent or more burdened than heterosexual parents. Both lesbian and heterosexual parents consider it important to develop qualities of independence in their children. However, "conformity" as a childrearing goal is less important to lesbian mothers. Furthermore, lesbian social mothers feel more often than fathers in heterosexual families that they must justify the quality of their parenthood. There are few differences between lesbian couples and heterosexual couples, except that lesbian mothers appear less attuned to traditional child-rearing goals and lesbian social mothers appear more to defend their position as mother.
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Ciano-Boyce, C., & Shelley-Sireci, L. (2002). Who is Mommy tonight? Lesbian parenting issues. Journal of Homosexuality, 43, 1-13.

Explored how 18 lesbian adoptive parents, 49 lesbian parents who formed their families biologically, and 44 heterosexual adoptive parents experience and perceive their parenting role, how they respond when their children seek them or their partner for particular nurturing, and how the parents negotiate the cultural expectation of a primary caregiver. Lesbian couples were more equal in their division of child care than heterosexual parents, and lesbian adoptive parents were the most egalitarian. In all types of dual-parent families, parents were sought by their child for different activities. In heterosexual adoptive and lesbian biological families, the child's parental preference was rarely a source of conflict between partners. Lesbian adoptive parents were more likely to report that this preference caused occasional conflict. Reasons for this conflict are discussed in light of societal expectations of women and the role of mother.
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Gartrell, N., Banks, A., Reed, N., Hamiliton, J., Rodas, C., & Deck, A. (2000). The National Lesbian Family Study: 3. Interviews with mothers of five-year-olds. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(4), 542-548.

This third report from a longitudinal study of lesbian families presents data obtained from interviews with mothers (aged 29-47 yrs.) of 5-year-old children conceived by donor insemination. Results indicate that 87% of the children related well to peers, 18% had experienced homophobia from peers or teachers, and 63% had grandparents who frankly acknowledged their grandchild's lesbian family. Of the original couples, 31% had divorced. Of the remainder, 68% felt that their child was equally bonded to both mothers.
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Article from http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/july8/7.11.html showing error in studies

Gay Parenting On Trial
More homosexuals seek custody or adoption of young children
John W. Kennedy | posted 7/08/2002 12:00AM


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Gays and lesbians are stepping up their national battle against restrictive state regulations, conservative Christians, and others to gain the same parenting rights as heterosexuals.
"There is no doubt that homosexuals love their children," says Suzanne Cook, a Christian who was raised in part by her divorced father living with his gay lover. "But it takes more than love to raise children in an appropriate and healthy way. We shouldn't be experimenting on another generation."
The Federal Appeals Court in Atlanta will decide this year whether to uphold a Florida law that says, "No person eligible to adopt … may adopt if that person is a homosexual." Also, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will rule on a legal challenge to the state's ban on "co-adoption" by a gay or lesbian couple. Only Florida, Mississippi, and Utah explicitly ban homosexuals from adoption.
Insider's view


Cook, a resident of Fort Worth, Texas, has an insider's perspective on homosexual parenting. Cook told CT that when she was seven years old her father left the family to pursue a homosexual relationship. Three years later, her parents divorced but shared custody. Cook and her younger brother spent every other weekend at the apartment of her father's partner. "They did not refrain from having sex when we were there," Cook says. "They didn't come out of the bedroom until noon."
Cook says her father's partner molested her brother for the next several years. "I had to deal with keeping my brother safe," Cook says. "I had to put on the role of a parent as a little kid. I felt the whole world on my shoulders." (Cook's father declined comment to CT.)
Confused about her sexuality as a young teenager, Cook supposed the only way to have a relationship with a man was to offer sex. Even her mother encouraged her to have sexual relations outside marriage so that she would not mistakenly wed a homosexual.
Cook's life included adultery, group sex, and an abortion. In time, her brother led Cook, now 44 and married for 16 years, to Christian faith.
Cook strongly supports a ban on gay adoptions. She says that children with homosexual parents avoid criticizing parental sexual behavior when responding to questions in research projects. (Experts say "self-presentation bias," in which those surveyed give an "overly positive picture of their family life," causes significant flaws in research.)
Civil rights, children's rights


University of Southern California researchers Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz published an article titled "(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?" last year in American Sociological Review. Stacey and Biblarz examined 21 gay-parenting studies. They concluded that there is "no notable difference between children reared by heterosexual parents and those reared by lesbian and gay parents."
Stacey, 59, told CT that society should consider the desires of adults as well as the welfare of children regarding gay parenting. "It's both a civil rights issue and a children's rights issue," she says.
The progay Lambda Legal Defense Fund, in a 1997 document, notes that "the last decade has seen a sharp rise among gay people planning and forming families through adoption, foster care, donor insemination, and other reproductive technologies. Some have described the current period as a lesbian and gay 'baby boom.' "
But homosexuals should not be permitted to adopt or provide foster care, because it's not in the best interest of children, said Alan Chambers, head of Exodus North America, a Christian ministry that assists individuals in overcoming homosexuality.
Some gay advocates are more interested in expanding their own civil rights than in providing stable homes for children, Chambers told CT in an interview. Courts have held there is no right to adopt.
An increasing number of individuals who contact Exodus have had homosexual parents, he said. "They were raised in gay-parent households, and it was detrimental to them, especially as they grew older."
Chambers says children raised by two men or two women are missing a role model. "It's important for a child to have a mom and dad in order to be secure in gender roles," Chambers says. "Even though a divorce situation isn't ideal, there are still significant male and female relationships patterned."
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In forming public policy and applying existing law, judges and state officials often look to doctors and social scientists to assess how homosexual parents influence young children, and what is in the best interest of a minor child who is orphaned or whose parents have divorced.
In turn, gay advocates urge politicians, doctors, and researchers to believe that homosexuals can be good parents and should be allowed to adopt or retain child custody after a divorce. Rosie O'Donnell, media celebrity and parent to three adopted children, declared on national television, "I am the gay parent."
Janet Reno, a Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, has pledged her support for overturning her state's ban on gay adoptions.
Homosexual activists have commended the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for a February statement that "a growing body of scientific literature demonstrates that children who grow up with one or two gay or lesbian parents fare as well in emotional, cognitive, social, and sexual functioning as do children whose parents are heterosexual." The academy urged its 55,000 members to support "second-parent" adoptions, in which a homosexual adopts a partner's children.
Conservative rejection of the AAP announcement was swift. British sociologist Patricia Morgan, author of Children As Trophies? (Christian Institute, 2002), told CT, "There's a tremendous bias in both the publishing and acceptance" of results that support homosexual parenting.
Morgan, who has written extensively on family development, says that four dozen studies cited by the AAP are in error because researchers failed to use control groups, used self-selected volunteers, and relied on nonrandom samples. Morgan, senior research fellow at London's Institute for the Study of Civil Society, says research supportive of gay parenting shows a tendency toward "extravagant claims" from sympathetic researchers. "Any critical evaluation or examination of the work … is apt to invoke furious reflex accusations about homophobia."
Researchers Robert Lerner and Althea Nagai, coauthors of No Basis: What the Studies Don't Tell Us About Same-Sex Parenting (Marriage Law Project, 1991), support Morgan's findings. Lerner and Nagai evaluated 49 studies on gay parenting, finding significant mistakes in all of them.
They particularly criticized "convenience sampling," in which investigators select whoever is available, and "snowball sampling," in which homosexual activists help researchers find volunteers willing to answer questions.
"These studies prove nothing," Lerner and Nagai wrote. They say reliance on this suspect research has strongly influenced policymakers toward a positive view of gay parenting.
Morgan believes the most reliable research clearly shows that "children reared in a home with a married mother and father do far better than children in other circumstances."

She criticizes the current tendency to tout homosexual parenting despite the evidence against it. "We can't compromise where there are moral standards or empirical standards," Morgan says. "Both have been compromised at the moment."
Copyright © 2002 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.

 

[Dogbean]

BBW, are you a practicing catholic?

 

[BigBadWlf]

I doubt you even bothered to read these…

Bos, H. M. W., van Balen, F., & van den Boom, D. C. (2004). Experience of parenthood, couple relationship, social support, and child-rearing goals in planned lesbian mother families. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 755-764.

does nothing to support your claim that “children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues” strike one

Ciano-Boyce, C., & Shelley-Sireci, L. (2002). Who is Mommy tonight? Lesbian parenting issues. Journal of Homosexuality, 43, 1-13.

Again nothing here to support your claim that “children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues” strike two

Gartrell, N., Banks, A., Reed, N., Hamiliton, J., Rodas, C., & Deck, A. (2000). The National Lesbian Family Study: 3. Interviews with mothers of five-year-olds. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(4), 542-548.

Strike three - This one actually contradicts your claim.

Article from http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/july8/7.11.html showing error in studies

Gay Parenting On Trial
More homosexuals seek custody or adoption of young children
John W. Kennedy | posted 7/08/2002 12:00AM


Gays and lesbians are stepping up their national battle against restrictive state regulations, conservative Christians, and others to gain the same parenting rights as heterosexuals.
"There is no doubt that homosexuals love their children," says Suzanne Cook, a Christian who was raised in part by her divorced father living with his gay lover. "But it takes more than love to raise children in an appropriate and healthy way. We shouldn't be experimenting on another generation."



Cook, a resident of Fort Worth, Texas, has an insider's perspective on homosexual parenting. Cook told CT that when she was seven years old her father left the family to pursue a homosexual relationship. Three years later, her parents divorced but shared custody. Cook and her younger brother spent every other weekend at the apartment of her father's partner. "They did not refrain from having sex when we were there," Cook says. "They didn't come out of the bedroom until noon."
Cook says her father's partner molested her brother for the next several years. "I had to deal with keeping my brother safe," Cook says. "I had to put on the role of a parent as a little kid. I felt the whole world on my shoulders." (Cook's father declined comment to CT.)

So….if someone was adopted by a heterosexual couple and not happy that is justification to deny all heterosexuals couples form adopting

BTW – Cook’s brother denies he was ever sexually molested.

But homosexuals should not be permitted to adopt or provide foster care, because it's not in the best interest of children, said Alan Chambers, head of Exodus North America, a Christian ministry that assists individuals in overcoming homosexuality.

and Chambers is basing this on what exactly?

I mean aside from his own prejudices

Some gay advocates are more interested in expanding their own civil rights than in providing stable homes for children, Chambers told CT in an interview.

and some Christians are more interested in promoting their political agenda than providing loving caring homes for children

Courts have held there is no right to adopt.

An increasing number of individuals who contact Exodus have had homosexual parents, he said. "They were raised in gay-parent households, and it was detrimental to them, especially as they grew older."
Chambers says children raised by two men or two women are missing a role model. "It's important for a child to have a mom and dad in order to be secure in gender roles," Chambers says. "Even though a divorce situation isn't ideal, there are still significant male and female relationships patterned."

check out some of Chamber’s other claims sometimes. They are good for a laugh.

A great example is Chamber’s claim that Exodus has changed “millions and millions of people have found freedom from homosexuality through Jesus Christ”

Just don’t ask him to produce any of the millions of former homosexuals, now happy hetersexuals...he can't

In forming public policy and applying existing law, judges and state officials often look to doctors and social scientists to assess how homosexual parents influence young children, and what is in the best interest of a minor child who is orphaned or whose parents have divorced.
In turn, gay advocates urge politicians, doctors, and researchers to believe that homosexuals can be good parents and should be allowed to adopt or retain child custody after a divorce.

and the evidence to support this claim?....well is anyone surprised that no evidence is provided?

Homosexual activists have commended the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for a February statement that "a growing body of scientific literature demonstrates that children who grow up with one or two gay or lesbian parents fare as well in emotional, cognitive, social, and sexual functioning as do children whose parents are heterosexual." The academy urged its 55,000 members to support "second-parent" adoptions, in which a homosexual adopts a partner's children.

Conservative rejection of the AAP announcement was swift. British sociologist Patricia Morgan, author of Children As Trophies? (Christian Institute, 2002), told CT, "There's a tremendous bias in both the publishing and acceptance" of results that support homosexual parenting.

yes…a bias for the truth

how dare the American Academy of Pediatrics tell the truth!!!

Morgan, who has written extensively on family development, says that four dozen studies cited by the AAP are in error because researchers failed to use control groups, used self-selected volunteers, and relied on nonrandom samples.

the fact that this isn’t true doesn’t seem to bother Ms Morgan

so what evidence did Ms Morgan provide to show that “children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues” or that such parents are bad? Well she didn’t provide any at all. (Is anyone surprised?)

published by “the Christian Institute” that says it all.

 

[BigBadWlf]

Tackleberry:

We are all still waiting for you provide us an equivalent number of published, peer reviewed studies providing evidence for your claim that “children raised by gay couples have a higher chance of having emotional and mental issues”