TheProgressivePatriot
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This clap trap is put out by the ultra conservative Heritage Foundation. The same Heritage Foundation that published This tripe:Now, for some reality checks on the fake science; they both come from links, too, which is all that is needed to establish proof right, links n stuff?
The Research on Same-Sex Parenting: “No Differences” No More
In its 2004 endorsement of what is commonly referred to as the “no differences” theory, the American Psychological Association (APA) declared that “there is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation: lesbian and gay parents are as likely as heterosexual parents to provide supportive and healthy environments for their children,” and “research has shown that the adjustment, development, and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation and that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those of heterosexual parents to flourish.”[1]
These conclusions have been cited in numerous amicus briefs filed in court cases, including Obergefell v. Hodges,[2] the marriage case scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Court on April 28, 2015. In recent years, however, this position has been contradicted by more rigorous studies indicating that children raised by parents in a same-sex relationship face greater emotional, developmental, and other difficulties than those raised by mothers and fathers, particularly by their married biological parents.
Flawed Early Studies Found No Differences
It is well understood in experimental design that the preferred method is to conduct (1) a blind experiment (2) on a representative sample (3) using a statistically powerful hypothesis test. Early studies of parents in a same-sex relationship were lacking in at least one of these three design criteria, and most such studies were lacking in all of them.[3]
First, the participants were aware that the purpose was to investigate same-sex parenting and may have biased their responses in order to produce the desired result.
Second, participants were recruited through networks of friends or through advocacy organizations, resulting in a sample of same-sex parents of higher socioeconomic status than is typical of parents in a same-sex relationship generally.
Third, on average, samples of fewer than 40 children of parents in a same-sex relationship virtually guaranteed findings of no statistically significant differences between groups.
While many individual authors acknowledged the difficulties of studying a group that is relatively rare and difficult to identify through typical survey methods, the APA nonetheless used these flawed studies as a whole to support the “no differences” theory.
Even the more enlightened sociopaths at Slate find these sudden surges of 'Homos Are Wonderful!!! fake studeis being publiched all at once, usually just in time for some propaganda campaign or other, elections, SCOTUS cirucuses, et al.
Does It Really Make No Difference If Your Parents Are Straight or Gay?
And, the main reason these outfits like the APA never have a study that contradicts the Official PC Line is they have the same policy the HY Times and most other MSM media outlets, have, and that they deliberately refuse to publish anything at all that contradicts their political agendas. It's that simple, and yet another fine example of how all that 'scientific rationalism' works in the real world.
Heritage Foundation: Gay marriage means less marriage and more abortions - AMERICAblog News
As the argument goes, allowing for same-sex marriage dilutes the norm of marriage being between one man and one woman, which leads fewer men and women to bother getting married. And since unmarried women have more abortions than married women…voila! All of those straight women who would otherwise get married and have babies are instead going to get knocked up and have abortions JUST BECAUSE the gays are getting married.
They just make this crap up. And if I'm not mistaken, YOU PEOPLE accused liberals of using biased sources. What a joke. I'm sure that they're lying about the APA study as well but I can't find a copy of the actual study. I'm not finished here though