"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."

Centurion: thanks for the input, although I'm left puzzled why the results aren't quoted more to silence the bigots. Anyway, thanks again, I shall go track down those surveys...

Well, bigots as a rule don't like to deal with facts, so you can't depend on them to post 'em. :) So, it leaves it up to the "other side" to do so.

What about the harrasement/taunting aspect that a kid might experience from his/her peers when raised by homosexual parents? What kind of effect will that have on a young kid? I am not disagreeing with what you stated, just throwing this out to play devils advocate.

Care to put any more words into my mouth? Eat my ass.