2010-06-08 Children of lesbian parents do better than their peers

2010-06-08 Jim Giles New Scientist \homosexuality\gay marriage http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19014-children-of-lesbian-parents-do-better-than-their-peers.html Children of lesbian parents do better than their peers Children of lesbian parents do better than their peers  The children of lesbian parents outscore their peers on academic and social tests, according to results from the longest-running study of same-sex families.

The researchers behind the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study say the results should change attitudes to adoption of children by gay and lesbian couples, which is prohibited in some parts of the US.

The finding is based on 78 children who were all born to lesbian couples who used donor insemination to become pregnant and were interviewed and tested at age 17. Now waiting for the rhetorical spin from the Right to explain how gay marriage will still destroy society...

&ldquo;The children of lesbian parents outscore their peers on academic and social tests, according to results from the longest-running study of same-sex families.&rdquo;   