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Originally posted by jayeff
I don't pretend to have the first idea whether they may suffer in other ways. But that is the point. Rather than being primarily concerned with the rights of gay adults, shouldn't a decision on this issue be postponed until there are some solid stats as to whether children brought up in gay families suffer more or fewer problems than other children? There must be enough children being brought up by a natural parents who have moved into gay relationships to make such a study possible [I assume no such study has been done, because if it had, we wouldn't still be arguing theory].
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"The great majority of studies published in the past 20 years conclude that there are no notable developmental differences between children raised by heterosexual parents and those raised by lesbian and gay parents. Along the same lines, several medical and mental health professional associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Psychological Association have issued formal statements generally supporting equal access to parenting and adoption for gay men and lesbians."