In 2004 AD (with revisions in 2013 AD) Michelle Cretella, MD, FCP, and Den Trumbull, MD, FCP published the paper Homosexual Parenting: Is It Time For Change? in via the American College of Pediatricians which “is a national medical association of licensed physicians and healthcare professionals who specialize in the care of infants, children, and adolescents. The mission of the College is to enable all children to reach their optimal physical and emotional health and well-being.”
One things that jumped out at my straight away was the qualifying term “asserting” within the abstract:
Are children reared by two individuals of the same gender as well adjusted as children reared in families with a mother and a father? Until recently the unequivocal answer to this question was “no.” Within the last decade, however, professional health organizations,1 academics, social policymakers and the media have begun asserting that prohibitions on parenting by same-sex couples should be lifted.
In fact, it goes on to specify that these are “far-reaching, generation-changing assertions” and that:
…any responsible advocate would rely upon supporting evidence that is comprehensive and conclusive. Not only is this not the situation, but also there is sound evidence that children exposed to the homosexual lifestyle may be at increased risk for emotional, mental, and even physical harm.
If you read my article History of homosexual socio-political psychiatric activism part 1 and part 2 you will note that there is a good reason for referring to “generation-changing” as this is an issue wrapped up in socio-political attempts to purposefully change culture. Also, in some cases such as James Rennie’s very many pedophiles are homosexuals and many pedophiles involve themselves in organizations that are meant to advocate for children. Rennie advocated for homosexual adoption of children only to ensure that pedophiles had legal access to their victims, see Pedophiles in high places.
I recall how often during the reality TV show “Wife Swap” poor little children would state that all they want is a mother and a father. Also, recently a divorced woman was telling me about her child and how he acts like a tough-guy when with his dad but like mommy’s little boy when with her: this proves that the child needs a mother and a father or else he would be utterly one sided. As the paper notes, “Clearly, apart from rare situations, depriving a child of one or both biologic parents, as same-sex parenting requires in every case, is unhealthy” (emphasis added for emphasis).
The paper notes that more than three decades worth of “of research confirms that children fare best when reared by their two biological parents in a loving low conflict marriage.” This helps children “navigate developmental stages,” become “more solid in their gender identity” and even “perform better academically, have fewer emotional disorders, and become better functioning adults.”2
Also, children who grow up in “single parenthood, adoption, and remarriage…face unique challenges.3 This is due to greater financial challenges, time constraints, spending significantly less time with both biological parents, etc.
I have been calling this and/or the upcoming generations Generation Emotive Monosyllabic Mouth-Breathing Sociopath and the paper touches upon aspects of this noting that children who are raised under such circumstances—which are all the hip rage de jour—“experience difficulties forging a relationship” and deal with “divided loyalties.” For example, a “baby momma” or “baby daddy” like to see how their temporary sex partner de jour “does with kids” and so kids experience a parade of people who come and go so that the child learns to not build relationships and not develop deep emotions since the evidence before them is that when they do so the next thing they know the person is gone and in comes the next one. Add to this absentee “parents” and divorced parents who do not get along and you have the makings of a sociopath who is most likely to do the same to the next generation.
The paper emphasizes the aforementioned need of a mother and father as in male and female, “There are significant innate differences between male and female that are mediated by genes and hormones and go well beyond basic anatomy.” For example, “mothers and fathers parent differently and make unique contributions to the overall development of the child.”4 It is noted that “mother-love and father-love are qualitatively different.”
Now, while “Psychological theory of child development has always recognized the critical role that mothers play in the healthy development of children” poop-culture is socio-politically telling us otherwise based on the concept of misery loves company and so attempts are made to make more people like ourselves so as to attempt to alleviate the misery.
If you read my articles on Professor of Psychology Paul Vitz you will see that Sigmund Freud far-reachingly and generation-changingly asserted that religion was an evolutionarily beneficial expression of a human desire for a loving father. Well, he was on to something as Vitz turned the tables, researched the lives of the world’s most well-known Atheists and determined that in each and every case they had difficulties with their fathers. Either the father was abusive, neglectful, viewed as being weak, was absentee, died while the child was young, etc. Thus, a child’s rejection of their earthly lead to a rejection of their Heavenly Father.
See my research of over 100 Atheists wherein I noted just how early in life they became Atheists. It shows that it was not due to science, logic, philosophy, etc. but more based on childish rebellion and childish reasons (and there if a fine line between reason and excuse), see When and why they became Atheists – Patterns & Statistics.
The paper notes, “Girls without fathers perform more poorly in school, are more likely to be sexually active and become pregnant as teenagers. Boys without fathers have higher rates of delinquency, violence, and aggression.5 That is quite the price to pay just so that an extreme minority of our population can have their “PRIDE” and heterosexuals can behave like dogs as Ricardo Montalban once put it, “A great lover is someone who can satisfy one woman her entire lifetime and be satisfied with one woman his entire lifetime. It is not someone who goes from woman to woman; any dog can do that.”
It is noted that “Studies that appear to indicate neutral to favorable child outcomes from same-sex parenting have critical design flaws. These include non-longitudinal design, inadequate sample size, biased sample selection, lack of proper controls, failure to account for confounding variables, and perhaps most problematic – all claim to affirm the null hypothesis.”6
Also, “Data on the long-term outcomes of children placed in same-sex households is sparse and gives reason for concern.7…children reared in same-sex households are more likely to experience sexual confusion, engage in risky sexual experimentation, and later adopt a same-sex identity.8…adolescents and young adults who adopt the homosexual lifestyle are at increased risk for mental health problems, including major depression, anxiety disorders, conduct disorders, substance dependence, and especially suicidal ideation and suicide attempts.9…children reared by same-sex couples fare worse in a multitude of outcome categories than those reared by heterosexual, married couples.”10
Other concerns for children in same-sex households is that there is “considerable risks to children exposed to the homosexual lifestyle. Violence between same-sex partners is two to three times more common than among married heterosexual couples.”11
Moreover, “Same-sex partnerships are significantly more prone to dissolution than heterosexual marriages with the average same-sex relationship lasting only two to three years.”12
Plus, homosexuals are “promiscuous, with serial sex partners13…are more likely…to experience mental illness,14 substance abuse,15 suicidal tendencies16 and shortened life spans.”17
And in case some would blame homophobia, the paper specifies, “Although some would claim that these dysfunctions are a result of societal pressures in America, the same dysfunctions exist at inordinately high levels among homosexuals in cultures where the practice is more widely accepted.”18
In a most interesting turn of phrase, the paper concludes by noting that both “tradition and science agree that biological ties and dual gender parenting are protective for children…plays a critical role in forming a secure gender identity, positive emotional well-being, and optimal academic achievement.”
This is based on “Decades of social science research” versus “The limited research advocating childrearing by same-sex parents” which “has severe methodological limitations.”
Thus, “the American College of Pediatricians believes it is inappropriate, potentially hazardous to children, and dangerously irresponsible to change the age-old prohibition on same-sex parenting, whether by adoption, foster care, or reproductive manipulation. This position is rooted in the best available science.”
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- 1. American Academy of Pediatrics, “Co-parent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents,” Pediatrics. 109(2002): 339-340
- 2. Multiple references:
Heuveline, Patrick, et.al. “Shifting Childrearing to Single Mothers: Results from 17 Western Countries,” Population and Development Review 29, no.1 (March 2003) p. 48.Kristen Andersen Moore, et.al. “Marriage from a Child’s Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children and What Can We Do About It?” (Washington, D.C.: Child Trends, Research Brief, June 2002) pp.1-2.
Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandfeur, Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994), p. 45.
Sotirios Sarantakos, “Children in Three Contexts: Family, Education, and Social Development,” Children Australia, vol. 21 (1996): 23-31.
Jeanne M. Hilton and Esther L. Devall, “Comparison of Parenting and Children’s Behavior in Single-Mother, Single-Father, and Intact Families,” Journal of Divorce and Remarriage 29 (1998): 23-54.
Elizabeth Thomson et al., “Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Economic Resources vs. Parental Behaviors,” Social Forces 73 (1994): 221-42.
David Popenoe, Life Without Father (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996), pp. 144, 146.
- 3. Multiple references:
Glenn Stanton Why Marriage Matters (Colorado Springs: Pinon Press, 1997) p. 97-153.SchneiderB, AtteberryA, Owens A. Family Matters: Family Structure and Child Outcomes. Birmingham, AL: Alabama Policy Institute;2005:1-42.Available at www.alabamapolicyinstitute.org/PDFs/currentfamilystructure.pdf.
- 4. Multiple references:
Sax, Leonard. Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences (New York: Doubleday, 2005).Blankenhorn, David. Fatherless America. (New York: Basic books, 1995).
Byrd, Dean. “Gender Complementarity and Child-rearing: Where Tradition and Science Agree,” Journal of Law & Family Studies, University of Utah, Vol. 6 no. 2, p. 213, 2004.
- 5. Multiple references:
Blankenhorn, David. Fatherless America. (New York: Basic books, 1995).Byrd, Dean. “Gender Complementarity and Child-rearing: Where Tradition and Science Agree,” Journal of Law & Family Studies, University of Utah, Vol. 6 no. 2, p. 213, 2004.
- 6. Multiple references:
Robert Lerner, Ph.D., Althea Nagai, Ph.D. No Basis: What the Studies Don’t Tell Us About Same Sex Parenting, Washington DC;Marriage Law Project/Ethics and Public Policy Center, 2001.P. Morgan, P. Morgan Children as Trophies? Examining the Evidence on Same-Sex Parenting, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Christian Institute, 2002.
J. Paul Guiliani and Dwight G. Duncan, “Brief of Amici Curiae Massachusetts Family Institute and National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality,” Appeal to the Supreme Court of Vermont, Docket No. S1009-97CnC.
- 7. American Academy of Pediatrics, Perrin, EC, and the committee on psychosocial aspects of child and family health. “Technical report: Co parent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents,” Pediatrics. 109(2002): 343. The Academy acknowledges that the “small, non-representative samples … and the relatively young age of the children suggest some reserve.”
- 8. Multiple references:
F. Tasker and S. Golombok, “Adults Raised as Children in Lesbian Families,” American Journal of Orthopsychiatric Association, 65 (1995): 213.J. Michael Bailey et al., “Sexual Orientation of Adult Sons of Gay Fathers,” Developmental Psychology 31 (1995): 124-129.
Ibid., pp.127,128.
F. Tasker and S. Golombok, “Do Parents Influence the Sexual Orientation of Their Children?” Developmental Psychology 32 (1996): 7.
Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz, “(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter,” American Sociological Review 66 (2001): 174, 179.
Nanette K. Gartrell, Henny M. W. Bos and Naomi G. Goldberg, “Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Risk Exposure” Archive of Sexual Behavior, 40 (2011):1199-1209, p. 1205.
- 9. Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz, “(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter,” American Sociological Review 66 (2001): 174, 179.
- 10. Multiple references:
Mark Regnerus, How Different are the Adult Children of Parents who have Same-Sex Relationships? Findings from the New Family Structures Study 41 Social Science Research 752 (2012)Daniel Potter, Same-Sex Parent Families and Children’s Academic Achievement 74 Journal of Marriage & Family 556 (2012)
- 11. Multiple references:
Gwat Yong Lie and Sabrina Gentlewarrier, “Intimate Violence in Lesbian Relationships: Discussion of Survey Findings and Practice Implications,” Journal of Social Service Research 15 (1991): 41-59.D. Island and P. Letellier, Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence (New York: Haworth Press, 1991), p. 14.
Lettie L. Lockhart et al., “Letting out the Secret: Violence in Lesbian Relationships,” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 9 (1994): 469-492.
“Violence Between Intimates,” Bureau of Justice Statistics Selected Findings, November 1994, p. 2.
Health Implications Associated With Homosexuality (Austin: The Medical Institute for Sexual Health, 1999), p. 79.
- 12. Multiple references:
David P. McWhirter and Andrew M. Mattison, The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984), pp. 252-253.M. Saghir and E. Robins, Male and Female Homosexuality (Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1973), p. 225; L.A. Peplau and H. Amaro, “Understanding Lesbian Relationships,” in Homosexuality: Social, Psychological, and Biological Issues, ed. J. Weinrich and W. Paul (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1982).
Schumm, Walter R. (2010) ‘Comparative Relationship Stability of Lesbian Mother and Heterosexual Mother Families: A Review of Evidence’, Marriage & Family Review, 46:8,299-509.
M. Pollak, “Male Homosexuality,” in Western Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present Times, ed. P. Aries and A. Bejin, translated by Anthony Forster (New York, NY: B. Blackwell, 1985), pp. 40-61, cited by Joseph Nicolosi in Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality (Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc., 1991), pp. 124, 125.
- 13. Multiple references:
A. P. Bell and M. S. Weinberg, Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978), pp. 308, 309; See also A. P. Bell, M. S. Weinberg, and S. K. Hammersmith, Sexual Preference (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981).Paul Van de Ven et al., “A Comparative Demographic and Sexual Profile of Older Homosexually Active Men,” Journal of Sex Research 34 (1997): 354.
A. A. Deenen, “Intimacy and Sexuality in Gay Male Couples,” Archives of Sexual Behavior, 23 (1994): 421-431.
“Sex Survey Results,” Genre (October 1996), quoted in “Survey Finds 40 percent of Gay Men Have Had More Than 40 Sex Partners,” Lambda Report, January 1998, p. 20.
Marie Xiridoui, et al., “The Contribution of Steady and Casual Partnerships to the Incidence of HIV infection among Homosexual Men in Amsterdam,” AIDS 17 (2003): 1029-1038. [Note: one of the findings of this recent study is that those classified as being in “steady relationships” reported an average of 8 casual partners a year in addition to their partner (p. 1032)]
- 14. Multiple references:
J. Bradford et al., “National Lesbian Health Care Survey: Implications for Mental Health Care,” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 62 (1994): 239, cited in Health Implications Associated with Homosexuality, p. 81.Theo G. M. Sandfort, et al., “Same-sex Sexual Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders,” Archives of General Psychiatry 58 (January 2001): 85-91.
Bailey, J. M. Commentary: Homosexuality and mental illness. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 56 (1999): 876-880. Author states, “These studies contain arguably the best published data on the association between homosexuality and psychopathology, and both converge on the same unhappy conclusion: homosexual people are at substantially higher risk for some form of emotional problems; including suicidality, major depression, and anxiety disorder, conduct disorder, and nicotine dependence…”
- 15. Joanne Hall, “Lesbians Recovering from Alcoholic Problems: An Ethnographic Study of Health Care Expectations,” Nursing Research 43 (1994): 238-244.
- 16. Multiple references:
R. Herrell et al., “Sexual Orientation and Suicidality, Co-twin Study in Adult Men,” Archives of General Psychiatry 56 (1999): 867-874.Vickie M. Mays, et al., “Risk of Psychiatric Disorders among Individuals Reporting Same-sex Sexual Partners in the National Comorbidity Survey,” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 91 (June 2001): 933-939.
- 17. Robert S. Hogg et al., “Modeling the Impact of HIV Disease on Mortality in Gay and Bisexual Men,” International Journal of Epidemiology 26 (1997): 657.
- 18. Sandfort, T.G.M.; de Graaf, R.; Bijl, R.V.; Schnabel. Same-sex sexual behavior and psychiatric disorders. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 58 (2001): 85-91.