Lesbian Researcher Claims ‘Gay’ Families ‘Just as Happy’
(FPN) – A lesbian professor at the University of Virginia has co-authored “research” claiming teenagers whose parents are in lesbian relationships are just as happy and do just as well in school as teenagers whose parents are in heterosexual relationships. However, the activist nature of her overall career and personal life – not to mention the subjective nature of her “findings” – render her conclusions meaningless.
– Gay parenting “researcher” has a female “partner” and three children:
Patterson among homosexual activists demanding marriage benefits from UVA
(See next-to-last paragraph at the above link)
– Researcher “well-known” for studies of homosexuals with children:
UVA news release boasts professor’s “credentials”
– Objective conclusions from subjective research questioned:
FPN President calls the study “a pursuit of silliness.”
– Sidebar: Even Rosie knows kids need a mom and a dad:
Son of Rosie’s “partner” wants to have a daddy
The following research from Family Research Council calls into question the ability of the aforementioned and similar studies to provide credible data:
Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk
by: Timothy J. Dailey, Ph. D.
Family Research Council
A number of studies in recent years have purported to show that children raised in gay and lesbian households fare no worse than those reared in traditional families. Yet much of that research fails to meet acceptable standards for psychological research; it is compromised by methodological flaws and driven by political agendas instead of an objective search for truth. In addition, openly lesbian researchers sometimes conduct research with an interest in portraying homosexual parenting in a positive light. The deficiencies of studies on homosexual parenting include reliance upon an inadequate sample size, lack of random sampling, lack of anonymity of research participants, and self-presentation bias.
The presence of methodological defects–a mark of substandard research–would be cause for rejection of research conducted in virtually any other subject area. The overlooking of such deficiencies in research papers on homosexual failures can be attributed to the “politically correct” determination within those in the social science professions to “prove” that homosexual households are no different than traditional families.
However, no amount of scholarly legerdemain contained in an accumulation of flawed studies can obscure the well-established and growing body of evidence showing that both mothers and fathers provide unique and irreplaceable contributions to the raising of children. Children raised in traditional families by a mother and father are happier, healthier, and more successful than children raised in non-traditional environments.
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Review the entire essay on the FRC website:
Family Research Council analyzes “gay parent” studies