Gay Adoption

CASE 1 "Even some researchers supportive of same-sex parenting have acknowledged the significant methodological limitations in the research to date" By this I am assuming you mean the research concerning whether or not gay people should be able to adopt children. If so, then this statement also damages your argument, since if the research into this field is limited, then those who are against same-sex adoption have also limited research. CASE 2 I have read an article concerning Mr Cheng and Mr Powell (nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/05/biggest-anti-gay-marriage-study-was-debunked.html). In this article, it was stated the table you present shows all 236 adult children of gay parents Regnerus analysed. One of the most important thing on this table is, as Mr Cheng and Mr Powell noticed was that a full third of the adults spent four years or less living with a gay parent. Regnerus specifically used the term "raised". Mr Powell and Mr Cheng argue that while people can quibble over what it means to be "raised" by a parent, living with a parent for a year does not qualify and that four years is pushing it. Thus, a high proportion of the people Regnerus analysed weren't even in his category (the category being children who were raised by gay parents). CASE 3 Concerning the National Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence Network newsletter, you have not actually put a citation for the newsletter. Hence, this quote can be taken completely out of context. I could not find any citation for this study in your links at the end either. Concerning the Journal of the AMA and psychiatric disorders; you did not put any citation here either, so this may also be taken out of context. However, I will still address the issues it talks about. Members of the LGBTQ community do have higher suicide rates and depression rates. However, it's not the same-sex attraction itself that is causing these disorders. It is the prejudice towards LGBTQ members. Prejudice against this community has been massive, and while dwindling, still is quite large today. This prejudice leads to bullying and spite. These things can lead to some people forbidding LGBTQ people to do certain things (such as adopting a child), which makes the LGBTQ person feel inferior to Cis people. This, along with the bullying, can cause depression and anxiety, which in turn can lead to substance abuse. In short, it is not homosexuality itself that is causing these problems, but the homophobic community. Regarding your source "Associated Press". This has a problem with it. It is nearly a decade and a half old. Statistics describing people cannot be considered completely valid if they are a decade out of date. Moreover, you state that children raised by gay couples are probably (emphasis on that word please) more likely to explore homosexual activities themselves. So? What's wrong with trying out homosexual activities later in life? Nothing has ever proven that homosexual behaviour is wrong. Homosexual behaviour is harmless, if proper precautions are taken (such as contraception). Source... "go". You say it advocates intact biological families, and as gay couples are not included in this,it's an argument against homosexual couples. Wrong. A straight couple have adopted a child. Is this an intact, biological family? No. A gay couple have adopted a child. Is this an intact, biological family? No. It applies to BOTH straight people AND gay people. This source is against adoption in general, not gay adoption. CASE 4 Onto source six, wherein you go to Exodus Global Alliance. Now, while these guys are quite obviously biased (they preach they can change gay people into straight people, something that has never been proven to work. Moreover, they claim to do it by the power of Jesus), I won't use that as an argument. What I will use is that on average their sources are 24 years out of date. A LOT has change in over two decades. Their research - even if it wasn't biased and was properly conducted - is out of date by a long shot. Lastly, in reference to your last point, where divorce rates in Norway and Sweden were much higher for lesbians than for gay men, the study was published 10 years ago. Almost exactly 10 years ago actually (which is rather neat). Due to the amount of change in the world regarding same-sex couples, it may have been perfectly valid for Sweden and Norway at the time, it is not the best representation for now; there have been vast changes for homosexual couples over the past 10 years. PRO ADOPTION https://www.aamft.org... "Most research studies show that children with two moms or two dads fare just as well as children with heterosexual parents. " adolescents with same-sex parents reported feeling more connected at school. Another study reported that children in gay and lesbian households are more likely to talk about emotionally difficult topics, and they are often more resilient, compassionate and tolerant." And as I mentioned before, the cause of many aspects of the homosexual drug use, depression, suicide, are all consequences of homophobia and are not the fault of the homosexual, but rather the fault of the bully " "Some differences [in parenting] may include adapting to different types of family forms, the impact of social stigma on the family, and dealing with extended family members who may not be supportive of same-sex parenting. One of the biggest challenges facing same-sex parented families is that they must live in a culture that supports heterosexist and homophobic attitudes and beliefs, which can affect these families in a variety of ways"