Regnerus deconstructed: How a new study misrepresents same-sex parents

"How different are the adult children of parents who have same-sex relationships? Findings from the New Family Structures Study"
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/...

"Gay parents: Are they really no different?"
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_...

"Kids of gay parents fare worse, study finds, but draws fire from experts"
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_16...

"More Info about the Study on Adult Children of Parents who have Same-Sex Relationships"
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/blackwhi...

Video transcript: http://freethoughtblogs.com/zinniajon...

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[forestguy2009]

Zinnia strikes again!!

It is like saying - well, yeah I acknowledge my study is studded with fucked up flaws, but I can't avoid them, so I might as well meddle extensively and declare its outcome reliable. Wow. How self-consciously disingenuous.

[David E. Jones]

It seems to me that quoting this study in any context other than to point out that it is utter bullshit, indicates the lengths to which bigoted heteros and bible thumpers will go to to try to discredit any group with which they do not agree. Good job Zinnia.

[Bobby P]

Way to kick ass, Z!

[Sam Heald]

can't believe how fucked up this study is.

[AtheistTower]

Alright then, it's good to see some proper skeptics out there then.

[COEXISTential]

Cool, then you'll a) have noticed my use of the word 'seems' in my original comment, because I didn't read the report, I commented on the video presentation thereof, and b) I'm not discounting negative outcomes in a normal range for all populations in the study, I was suggesting post hoc stigmatisation on the basis of the results without looking at social and psychological factors that, whilst outside the scope of the report, nevertheless were limitations on the report. That's all.

[AtheistTower]

Look back at the original study yourself and read the methodology - it was attacked before it was even published. I'm a member of the skeptics society, a science teacher and a researcher in a specific field of biology, I am more than capable of understanding a paper.

[COEXISTential]

Again? And the previous occasion was?

Also, have you seen the raw numbers from this report to justify your comment? Or are you referring to other studies on the same "phenomenon"? If so, which studies?

[AtheistTower]

There is no evidence of stigmatisation here - negative outcomes appear irrespective of the social background and even an entire generation of acceptance - again your putting ideology and opinion above actual science because it doesn't suit you.

[AtheistTower]

The methodology of this paper is significantly more valid than the LGBT funded ones that support SSM - the SSM arguments are unfounded in science - yet clearly you are showing your own unscientific bias in this video.

[Casuli Waterdragon]

Also, I'd like to mention: straight, biological parents (NOT 18 years)/ later divorced/ stepfamily (6 years)/ single parent (biological father).

[Casuli Waterdragon]

I wonder what kind of "scientist" did that study. Maybe the same ones who 'discovered' that blue-eyed people are inbred.

I fit most of that criteria (under lesbian mothers), even though I was raised by a mother and father.