OK becoming to much to respond to, so I will summarize my position and we can go from there.
I have no problem and support gay couples adopting even more so than single parent adoptions. I have stated this multiple times throughout the thread.
I agree with the experts and a proven history that a male, female home is the optimal parental arrangement for child rearing. This has nothing at all to do with gays adopting or raising a family.
Different levels of good exist.
You people seem to think everything is all or nothing. Get over it.
Regarding the bold. What experts? These experts say the that there is no scientific evidence that backs your statement...
There Is No Scientific Basis for Concluding That Gay and Lesbian Parents Are Any Less Fit or Capable Than Heterosexual Parents, or That Their Children Are Any Less Psychologically Healthy and Well Adjusted.
Although it is sometimes asserted in policy debates that heterosexual couples are inherently better parents than same-sex couples, or that the children of lesbian or gay parents fare worse than children raised by heterosexual parents, those assertions find no support in the scientific research literature.
- American Psychological Association
- California Psychological Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- National Association of Social Workers
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/...er_Psychological_Assn_Amicus_Curiae_Brief.pdf
The research literature on gay, lesbian, and bisexual parents includes more than two dozen empirical studies. These studies vary in the quality of their samples, research design, measurement methods, and data analysis techniques. However, they are impressively consistent in their failure to identify deficits in the development of children raised in a lesbian or gay household. In summarizing the findings from these studies, the psychologist amici refer to several reviews of the empirical literature published in respected, peer-reviewed journals and academic books.
These include:
J. Stacey & T.J. Biblarz, (How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?, 66 Am. Soc. Rev. 159 (2001)
Perrin & Committee, supra note 46
C.J. Patterson, Family Relationships of Lesbians and Gay Men, 62 J. Marriage & Fam. 1052 (2000)
N. Anderssen et al., Outcomes for Children with Lesbian or Gay Parents, 43 Scand. J. Psychol. 335 (2002)
J. Pawelski et al., The Effects of Marriage, Civil Union, and Domestic Partnership Laws on the Health and Well-being of Children, 118 Pediatrics 349, 358-60 (2006),
and recent empirical studies:
, e.g., J.L. Wainright et al., Psychosocial Adjustment, School Outcomes, and Romantic Relationships of Adolescents with Same-Sex Parents, 75 Child Dev. 1886, 1895 (2004).
As a recent article summarizes, “empirical research to date has consistently failed to find linkages between children’s well-being and the sexual orientation of their parents.” G.M. Herek, Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in the United States: A Social Science Perspective, 61 Am. Psychol. 607, 614 (2006).
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/...er_Psychological_Assn_Amicus_Curiae_Brief.pdf