Gay Adoption

At this point, I would normally say it was a good debate. However, I can't say this. Pro has made this so un-enjoyable that I didn't even feel like responding to this argument. However, Ikizo! (pardon my spelling)FRC:Their Goal:"Family Research Council's mission is to advance faith, family and freedom in public policy and the culture from a Christian worldview."They're interested in science. However, they mainly want to promote a Christian view of the world. Thus, the studies they post will likely be studies they find valid that support their position. What He Admits:"As I said before it also uses many quotes from experts but like my opponent it doesn’t put them into a cohesive argument – it’s just a list of negative statistics to make gays look like diseased, irresponsible and sex crazed."He admits my study is backed up by experts and that those statistics are correct. Instead of trying to refute said statistics, he just claims that I could do the same if I was against interracial adoption, I could do the same with black people. However, all races are factored into the study. That's also not what the study was aiming for. It said that children raised by homosexual parents were more likely to become confused about their sexuality which would lead to said statisitcs. However, he neglects to read the study.""The probability of violence occurring in a gay couple is mathematically double the probability of that in a heterosexual couple," write the editors of the National Gay & Lesbian Domestic Violence Network newsletter. The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that "people with same-sex sexual behavior are at greater risk for psychiatric disorders"—including bipolar, obsessive-compulsive, and anxiety disorders, major depression, and substance abuseAssociated Press reported last June [2001] that a "new study by two University of Southern California sociologists says children with lesbian or gay parents ... are probably more likely to explore homosexual activity themselves ... (and) grow up to be more open to homoerotic relations." [emphasis added] A major Australian newspaper reported February 4 [2002] on a British sociologist's review of 144 academic papers on homosexual parenting: "Children raised by gay couples will suffer serious problems in later life, a study into parenting has found. The biggest investigation into same-sex parenting to be published in Europe claims children brought up by gay couples are more likely to experiment with homosexual behavior and be confused about their sexuality." [emphasis added] Which means children adopted by adults involved in homosexual behavior face not only secondhand exposure to the risks of such behavior by their "parents," but are more likely to suffer firsthand by engaging in the same high-risk behavior themselves. Young people who model the homosexual behavior of their adopted "parents" face other risks: The Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry published a study of 4,000 high school students by Harvard Medical School, which found that "gay-lesbian-bisexual youth report disproportionate risk for a variety of health risk and problem behaviors ... [from] engag[ing] in twice the mean number of risk behaviors as did the overall population." What my opponent fails to see or just simply doesn't want to see is their train of thought.!. It's proven that children raised by homosexuals are more likely to become homosexuals themselves. 2. Homosexuals have many risk factors including what I put above.It is also proven they are more likely to be violent and have mental probelms.3. Thus, it opens the child up to said risk factors.More Evidence Supporting My Claim:Authored By:W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia William J. Doherty, University of Minnesota Helen Fisher, Rutgers University William A. Galston, University of Maryland Norval D. Glenn, University of Texas at Austin John Gottman, University of Washington (Emeritus) Robert Lerman, American University Annette Mahoney, Bowling Green State University Barbara Markey, Creighton University Howard J. Markman, University of Denver Steven Nock, University of Virginia David Popenoe, Rutgers University Gloria G. Rodriguez, AVANCE, Inc. Scott M. Stanley, University of Denver Linda J. Waite, University of Chicago Judith Wallerstein, University of California at Berkeley (Emerita)What It Claims:(1) more likely to participate in college, (2) are physically and emotionally healthier, (3) are less likely to be sexually or physically abused(4) not as likely to use illicit drugs, (5) less likely to be incarcerated for delinquent behaviour and ((6) less likely to become a parent before they are ready (i.e. in their teenage years). (1)Download first PDF file to read full study."No Difference" Theory: On the contrary, ‘no difference’ theory has run into trouble with many different experts. In a review of the APA statement on gay parenting, Sociologist Loren Marks found that 26 of the papers she looked at did not meet the scientific standards required to be research in which the APA could conclude upon: “[the] strong assertions, including those made by the APA, were not empirically warranted” [2]. Another review by Pscyhologist Tray Hansen found that researched produced by Pro-gay authored, addressing ages 14 and above studies all had “methodological flaws… including small, non-representative samples, lack of control groups, and non-longitudinal designs” [21]. Hansen concluded her review by arguing that “the research studies we have to date suggest that non-heterosexuals are far more likely to raise non-heterosexual children than heterosexual children” [3]. " Moreover, existing research on children reared by homosexuals is not only scientifically flawed and extremely limited (6,7,8) but some of it actually indicates that those children are at increased risk for a variety of negative outcomes.(6) Other studies find that homosexually parented children are more likely to experiment sexually, experience sexual confusion, and engage in homosexual and bisexual behavior themselves.(5,6,9) And for those children who later engage in non-heterosexual behavior, extensive research reveals they are more likely to suffer from psychiatric disorders, abuse alcohol and drugs, (10) attempt suicide,(11) experience domestic violence and sexual assault, (12)and are at increased risk for chronic diseases, AIDS, and shortened life spans.(13,14,15) It shouldn’t be surprising that studies find children reared by homosexuals are more likely to engage in homosexual behavior themselves (16,9,17) since extensive worldwide research reveals homosexuality is primarily environmentally induced. Specifically, social and/or family factors, as well as permissive environments which affirm homosexuality, play major environmental roles in the development of homosexual behavior.(18,19,20,21) There’s no question that human sexuality is fluid and pliant.(22) Consider ancient Greece and Rome—among many early civilizations—where male homosexuality and bisexuality were nearly ubiquitous. That was not so because most of those men were born with a “gay gene,” rather because sexuality is malleable and socially influenced." Homosexual Faithfulness:I'm out of characters so I'll just link an article to back up the claims I made about infidelity which he has addressed poorly. (4) In conclusion: Homosexuals are not fit to be parents.There are proven downsides to homosexual parentingIt is unethical to let children go to bad parents.Sayonara! Vote Con!Anime OP:http://tinyurl.com...;1. https://www.google.com.au...;2. http://www.sciencedirect.com...3. http://www.drtraycehansen.com...;4.http://exodusglobalalliance.org...;