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I think it's a combination of nature and nurture. I would agree that homosexual couples are more likely to raise homosexual children.
If you look at the chances... I wonder how many "happily married" straight males are banging the post man?
Think we can find a correlation between fake straight couples and homosexuality?
I bet if ya get caught its a federal offense if hes on duty. Homeland security would be forced to argue your fu%$#ing the government.
I believe that gay couples will probably raise more 'practicing' gay children (as in people who actually have homosexual sex on a regular basis, rather than those who are attracted to members of the same sex, but do not act on their attractions). I suspect this would be due to the kids being raised in an environment where they're around gay people much more and see it as more normal.
Overall, if you were somehow able to determine whether people were attracted to members of the same sex or the opposite sex, you would see similar levels of homosexual desires in people raised by hetero- and homosexual couples. I think the ones raised by hetero couples would just hide it more often.
I believe that gay couples will probably raise more 'practicing' gay children (as in people who actually have homosexual sex on a regular basis, rather than those who are attracted to members of the same sex, but do not act on their attractions). I suspect this would be due to the kids being raised in an environment where they're around gay people much more and see it as more normal.
Overall, if you were somehow able to determine whether people were attracted to members of the same sex or the opposite sex, you would see similar levels of homosexual desires in people raised by hetero- and homosexual couples. I think the ones raised by hetero couples would just hide it more often.
I think most people already assume that gays and lesbians are more likely to raise homosexual children, so I don't see it having a great affect on public opinion.
Well fortunately, the opinions of the masses don't determine civil rights.
Unfortunately, whether civil rights actually occur, as we've seen throughout history, the opinions of the masses DO determine them.
Well fortunately, the opinions of the masses don't determine civil rights.
I think this is actually a fortunate turn of events. If conservatives try to use this to push their battle against civil rights for gays, it would likely backfire. It opens up the "child" argument. Even if a child who was raised by a gay man or woman is more likely to identify as gay, that same research indicates that child's outcome is likely to be positive. The question is then purely whether homosexuality is acceptable in society and the ideological debate on that is almost purely based on religousity.
Although Dr. Schumm is not a psychologist, a summary of his testimony is included in this section because he conducted a methodological analysis of the works of psychologists on homosexual parenting. When reanalyzing studies on outcomes of children raised by gay parents, he found some differences in outcomes as a factor of parental sexual orientation where the original researchers reported no differences (the null hypothesis). He suggests that his reanalysis, mostly unpublished, should be accepted over the analyses of well respected researchers in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Schumm admitted that he applies statistical standards that depart from conventions in the field. In fact, Dr. Cochran and Dr. Lamb testified that Dr. Schumm's statistical re-analysis contained a number of fundamental errors. Dr. Schumm ultimately concluded that based on his re-analysis of the data, there are statistically significant differences between children of gay and lesbian parents as compared to children of heterosexual parents. Dr. Schumm understands that much of the scientific community disagrees with his conclusions and concedes to the possibility that some gay parents may be beneficial to some children.
I am shocked that anybody would vote yes in this poll. Thanks for giving into the bigoted notion that gay can somehow rub off:roll:
I am shocked that anybody would vote yes in this poll. Thanks for giving into the bigoted notion that gay can somehow rub off:roll:
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