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The American College of Pediatricians (ACP) has expressed grave doubts about homosexual parenting. A trend in favour of accepting homosexuals as adoptive or foster parents has recently developed, in opposition to received wisdom and accepted practice of only a few years ago. The scientific basis for this trend is sparse, controversial, and of very recent origin—and contrary to the well-supported finding that children tend to fare best when raised in stable households headed by married biological parents.
The ACP article outlines the scientific issues impinging on accepting homosexuals as parents on the same basis as heterosexuals.
Data on long-term outcomes for children placed in homosexual households are very limited and the available evidence reveals grave concerns. Those current studies that appear to indicate neutral to favorable results from homosexual parenting have critical flaws such as non-longitudinal design, inadequate sample size, biased sample selection, lack of proper controls, and failure to account for confounding variables. Childrearing studies have consistently indicated that children are more likely to thrive emotionally, mentally, and physically in a home with two heterosexual parents versus a home with a single parent. Therefore, the burden is on the proponents of homosexual parenting to prove that moving further away from the heterosexual parenting model is appropriate and safe for children. [footnotes omitted]
Scientific research on the effect on children of being raised by homosexuals is simply too limited for pediatricians and other relevant experts to sign on to the current trend, which is driven far more by political agendas than by empirical evidence. The best science available at the present time indicates that it is inappropriate to permit homosexuals to become adoptive or foster parents.
h/t: Anglican Mainstream
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