Children of gay and straight couples do equally well in school

Stanford research finds that children of gay and straight couples do equally well in school. Associate professor Michael Rosenfeld, Sociology, drew his research from census data.

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[lukosius1221]

Problem is that so many gay families have to go through much trouble in trying to adopt children which is INSANE. I don't understand why people don't understand that gay people are just as fine as straight people, that there are differences among all of us. There are more clever gay people. There are more clever straight people. More moral gay ppl,.The real problem is that some people are just prejudice towards gay ppl for no reason or based on lies. So get over! U have no justification not to.

[lukosius1221]

@littlemissmay yes, but you are no longer talking about possible gay parenting issues. What this man says is that children who grow up with gay parents do just as fine at school, by that meaning that they do not exhibit any externalizing behavior problems and that they are generally match with their peers. This is what any positive straight family arrangements can do most as children rearing goes on. If you want to infer to some other possible problems then it is not a gay parenting issue.

[grunder20]

discrimination.

[littlemissmay]

Problem is school performance is a very limiting measure of "doing fine"

[rainbowheartgirl]

@alvincay100 That's ridiculous. Society can't stop LGBT people from having kids. All it can do is make LGBT parents *and* their kids feel like crap because we're in a minority group. Sure, you can deny us equal rights in a stupid attempt to "discourage" our parents from having us. Which doesn't work, by the way - we're already born, in case you haven't noticed! And you don't have to take my word that we're "doing just fine." Why don't you bother doing some actual research?

[alvincay100]

@rainbowheartgirl What you call "doing just fine" is subjectively defined by yourself. Many communist in China would say they are "doing just fine," but we all disagree. "Doing just fine" in school is not a measure of morally "doing just fine." Society has a right to discourage behavior that it measures as immoral. Likewise it can encourage behavior it deems beneficial.  No one is denying anyone any rights by doing so.

[whoanonstop]

@rainbowheartgirl I think you're misunderstanding when I say "have". I was making a sarcastic remark. =)

[rainbowheartgirl]

@alvincay100 Uh, all gay and lesbian families are asking for is equal rights. I have two dads, and my family deserves to get treated equally by the government. We're not asking for anything extra. It's sad that there are people willing to spread lies about same-sex families, so that's why studies like this are important. They show that people raised by two moms or two dads are doing just fine. My brothers and I did well in school. We went to college. We have good jobs. We're just normal people.

[rainbowheartgirl]

@whoanonstop You need to get out more, lol. There are tons of gay couples with children.

[alvincay100]

@iceboy219 Double dumb ass on you. The clip doesn't make it clear what he is arguing for. All he does is make a statement. I'd would be willing to bet that this guy supports giving marriage licenses out to homosexuals though.