But this does not deter Patterson and others in the field. Unless care is taken to sift through the research and investigate the legitimacy of its claims, courts considering gay adoption and child custody will be presented with false and misleading testimony. We believe that the system of manuscript review by peers, for minimum scientific standards of research, was compromised in several of these studies. The conclusion that there are no significant differences in children reared by lesbian mothers versus heterosexual mothers is not supported by the published research data base. Of course not.
Some children manage to persevere in spite of traumatic disadvantage.
Human beings are capable of dealing with many types of adversity. Deconstructing fatherhood is a sure prescription for disaster. A review of data-based studies addressing the effects of homosexual parenting on children's sexual and social functioning. All Rights Reserved.