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."

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

What if the alternative is a single parent or a series of foster homes?

Let’s start by fixing the bureaucratic system that is making it so ridiculously hard to adopt because it is not in their personal best interest to find these kids good homes with mothers and fathers. We do that first and see where we stand then I am open to alternatives if there are still kids that need homes.

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by sportsshrink

What's your take on this article "lesbianpencildick" ?

****ING NAILED IT!!!!!!!

[Brock]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

Let’s start by fixing the bureaucratic system that is making it so ridiculously hard to adopt because it is not in their personal best interest to find these kids good homes with mothers and fathers. We do that first and see where we stand then I am open to alternatives if there are still kids that need homes.

Because there's a line a mile long of people waiting to adopt screwed up kids.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by Brock

Because there's a line a mile long of people waiting to adopt screwed up kids.

Anybody that has ever been through the adoption process knows how friggen ridiculously hard it is. If they fix the system I have no problem in talking about alternatives after that has been allowed to play it's way out..

[Brock]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

Anybody that has ever been through the adoption process knows how friggen ridiculously hard it is. If they fix the system I have no problem in talking about alternatives after that has been allowed to play it's way out..

I've been through it twice. If you want a white 3 month old baby, yeah, it's hard. If you just want to help a kid who really needs it, no, it's not hard.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Brock

I've been through it twice. If you want a white 3 month old baby, yeah, it's hard. If you just want to help a kid who really needs it, no, it's not hard.

Exactly. Some friends of mine have basically been told they could get a white baby in about five years or about 1,000 kids over the age of three before you can say "no givesies backsies".

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by vailpass

IMHO A good single parent is in no way comparable to a series of foster homes and shouldn't be equivocated with same. A good single parent can and has raised happy, well-adjusted children. A dedicated single parent would seem to be highly preferable over being raised by lesbians from both a social and emotional perspective.

I think single-parent homes have wrought havoc on our society. Why do you see this as preferable to lesbian parents?

[qabbaan]

For people who believe that gay behavior is not a choice - how would you explain the heightened incidence of children raised in same sex homes becoming gay themselves?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Brock

Don't really care what you think. You're just playacting anyway.

That's a convenient out for you isn't it?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by qabbaan

For people who believe that gay behavior is not a choice - how would you explain the heightened incidence of children raised in same sex homes becoming gay themselves?

I don't think it's a choice. I think that things can happen, particularly if they are traumatic, that can lead to abnormal sexual feelings.

That said, I would need to se the studies. Perhaps these people are simply more comfortable acknowledge their homosexuality than others thus giving the impression that a difference exists when out really doesn't.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

I think single-parent homes have wrought havoc on our society. Why do you see this as preferable to lesbian parents?

Obviously that is a question that has to be answered on a a case-by-case basis; sorry not to have been more clear on that. My generalization comes from the belief that a child has a much easier time from a social and emotional integration standpoint if they come from a single-parent home as opposed to a home with two lesbian women in it.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by vailpass

That's a convenient out for you isn't it?

It isn't my fault you've made it clear you're only here to yank chains. Speaking of convenient, you can easily take any viewpoint you like and then later laugh it off because you're "just playing around".

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Brock

It isn't my fault you've made it clear you're only here to yank chains.

True. Doesn't make your avoidance of the issues any less obvious. I'll honor your wishes and not pursue the issue any farther with you. I wouldn't want those beliefs out in a public forum either if I were you.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by vailpass

True. Doesn't make your avoidance of the issues any less obvious. I'll honor your wishes and not pursue the issue any farther with you. I wouldn't want those beliefs out in a public forum either if I were you.

I've made my beliefs pretty clear, and I'll debate them openly with anyone worthy of my time.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Brock

I've made my beliefs pretty clear, and I'll debate them openly with anyone worthy of my time.

Is that a hanger in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?