Comments on: The Parent Flap

By: Raymond Takashi Swenson

Raymond Takashi Swenson — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:38:29 +0000

I work in environmental regulation. The law will not allow us to build a shopping center without assessing al, the posdible impacts on local wildlife. Yet we ate willing to rush headlong into same srx marriage as an institution without any real idea how it will affect family life and tge development of the next generation of Americans.

By: Anymouse

Anymouse — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:04:37 +0000

“if it eventually turns out homosexual households are inherently unstable and/or the children in these families will have long term problems—perhaps some even into adulthood– gay marriage advocates will pronounce these studies extraneous and unconnected to the issue”
You are undoubtedly correct.

By: CJ Wolfe

CJ Wolfe — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:13:44 +0000

This is important research for constitutional reasons- it provides a “Rational Basis” besides anti-homesexual animus for laws banning gay marriage. The older “no difference” thesis was cited in not so many words in Judge Walker’s ruling in Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

I wasn’t surprised that Robert George’s Witherspoon Institute helped fund the research(http://www.winst.org/announcements/2012-06-14_NFSS_debut.php); they’re sharp guys and probably could tell the older research was bunk just by looking at the sample parameters. I always was skeptical of it because we don’t know what living with homosexual parents does to children psychologically when they get older- that is data we of course don’t have yet

By: Peter Lawler

Peter Lawler — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:37:17 +0000

Mick–You’re almost right: “They” will say that you can’t prove that mainstreaming and dignifying gay relationships will eradicate any pathologies your study might show. The burden of proof is on those who may be confusing prediction with “natural” prejudice–see U.S. v. Virginia.

By: Mick Lee

Mick Lee — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:13:49 +0000

Does anybody seriously think gay marriage advocates actually give a wit about the relative stability between these two family constellations? To the champions of same-sex marriage, when it comes to “rights” stability and instability are irrelevant. In our present controversy, these studies are interesting in and of themselves; but if it eventually turns out homosexual households are inherently unstable and/or the children in these families will have long term problems—perhaps some even into adulthood– gay marriage advocates will pronounce these studies extraneous and unconnected to the issue.