In the 2012 issue of the scholarly journal Social Science Research, two studies about same-sex parenting were published, one by Louisiana State University associate professor Loren Marks and the other by University of Texas associate professor Mark Regnerus.
Both studies challenge the established claim made in 2005 by the American Association of Psychologists that children’s development of same-sex parenting is no different from that of other children raised by heterosexual parents.
My piece will focus on the contribution penned by Marks.
In Same-Sex Parenting And Children’s Outcomes: A Closer Examination Of The American Psychological Association’s Brief On Lesbian And Gay Parenting, Marks asserts that the APA had, prematurely and inaccurately concluded in its 2005 brief on lesbian and gay parenting that “Not a single study has found children of lesbian and gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents”.
Marks argues that the APA’s conclusion is not empirically-warranted: the data presented does not validate their hypotheses. The samples used are not representative, they are too small and do not include data of the...
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