Lesbian Parenting Is Conservative Star's Newest Target

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Mark Regnerus found that lesbians' kids fare worse, but critics blast his methods. “Liberty run amok can create extraordinary personal disaster,” he says.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/annanorth/le...tars-newest-ta

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Mark Regnerus's report today that lesbian couples' children turn out worse than straight couples ignited a firestorm, drawing cheers on the social right and denunciations from the gay rights movement.


The study was the latest in a series that have made Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology at UT Austin and married father of three, a darling of the right: His other findings tout the benefits of early marriage and the costs of "hookup culture."


But if he's become a star of the social right, he said in an interview, that's (almost) completely an accident.


"I'm not terribly politically-oriented myself," Regnerus told BuzzFeed Monday. "People probably won't believe it, but I've yet to vote for a Republican presidential candidate."

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by patteeu

All else equal, I'd go with the lesbian (or gay) couple over a single parent, and the male/female couple over the same sex couple.

As would I.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by Brock

I agree we have too many people. If it were up to me, we'd sterilize a pretty significant portion of the world's population. Barring that, you're not really proposing anything approaching a solution, nor commenting on the topic at hand.

Very interesting, indeed?

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by NewChief

How about a monkey and a horse raising a baby stolen by dingos? Better than dykes raising a kid? AmiRight?

We need a shrooms smiley.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

Very interesting, indeed?

Is it.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by Brock

Is it.

At times it amazes me how similar our viewpoints are on so many subjects. I have went rounds with Jazz going over your exact position there. I even layed out how I would go about it.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by NewChief

How about a monkey and a horse raising a baby stolen by dingos? Better than dykes raising a kid? AmiRight?

What are the race, gender, socio/economic status, and sexual orientation of the monkey and horse in question?

[ClevelandBronco]

I'm against allowing a lesbian couple to raise a boy. It's damn near a fundamental right for a lad to have a rich fantasy life that features two or more unusually attractive lesbians going at it insatiably. I fear that the reality of having two rather drab carpet munchers as mom and mom could irreparably damage a young man's normal development.

[King_Chief_Fan]

Originally Posted by VAChief

Studies? All the studies I have seen report no statistical difference whatsoever from heterosexual parent homes (your own personal experience not withstanding).

links?

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by patteeu

All else equal, I'd go with the lesbian (or gay) couple over a single parent, and the male/female couple over the same sex couple.

Pretty much agree. This opposition to lesbian/gay parents is kind of stupid because they aren't yanking kids out of the homes of hetero couples and redistributing them to the gays.

[VAChief]

Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan

links?

The British Longitudinal Study of Lesbian Mother Families found no difference in the percentages of children raised in gay households who identify as gay versus those raised in heterosexual households.

Bailey et al (1995) found that over 90% of sons of gay fathers were heterosexual. Sons' sexual orientations were not associated with how long they had lived with their father, or the quality of their relationships, or any of a number of factors having to do with relationships with their fathers.
Source(s):
The section on psychosexual development in:

Tasker F. Lesbian mothers, gay fathers, and their children: a review. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2005 Jun;26(3):224-40.