In the debate over gay marriage in our country, one of the chief
bones of contention has to do with the effects that gay marriages have
on child-rearing. There have been many studies in the past showing that
children of intact biological families fare better than those of single
or cohabitating families. But there have not been very many studies
showing how children of homosexuals fare. Indeed in 2008, Robert George et al. observed that,
The current research on children reared
by them is inconclusive and underdeveloped—we do not yet have any
large, long-term, longitudinal studies that can tell us much about how
children are affected by being raised in a same-sex household.
Enter Mark Regnerus and a team of researchers who just published an
important study to help fill this gap.
Recently published in the journal
Social Science Research,
the study surveys 3,000 U.S. adults ages 18-39 about factors such as
income, relational stability, mental health, and history of sexual
abuse. The results of this study are explosive for a number of reasons,
but here is Regnerus’ summary: Continue at Denny Burk
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