If Fox news says so, then it must be true
But in this case, it actually is. In a policy paper issued today, the The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute supported adoption by gay parents.
The report, "EXPANDING RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN: Is Adoption By Gays and Lesbians Part of the Answer for Boys and Girls Who Need Homes?", includes among its findings:
See here for a pdf file of the full report.
This report arrives on the heels of yesterday's Pew Research Center's findings that opposition to gay marriage is declining. They report "Less Opposition to Gay Marriage, Adoption and Military Service" and that only 34% support the South Dakota abortion ban.
View the full report here.
Okay, that number is still way too high, but at least it -- and these reports -- show that discrimination is simply not a mainstream American value.
BUT, that doesn't mean the battle lines won't continue to be drawn across the country... in Minnesota... in Maryland... and just too many other states.
The report, "EXPANDING RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN: Is Adoption By Gays and Lesbians Part of the Answer for Boys and Girls Who Need Homes?", includes among its findings:
* Against a backdrop of increasing public acceptance, social science research concludes that children reared by gay and lesbian parents fare comparably to those of children raised by heterosexuals on a range of measures of social and psychological adjustment.Pppplllbbbttt, Florida.
* Studies are increasing in number and rigor, but the body of research on gay/lesbian parents is relatively small and has methodological limitations. Still, virtually every valid study reaches the same conclusion: The children of gays and lesbians adjust positively and their families function well. The limited research on gay/lesbian adoption points in the same direction.
* Though few states have laws or policies explicitly barring homosexuals from adopting, some individual agencies and workers outside those states discriminate against gay and lesbian applicants based on their own biases or on mistaken beliefs that such prohibitions exist.
* Laws and policies that preclude adoption by gay or lesbian parents disadvantage the tens of thousands of children mired in the foster care system who need permanent, loving homes.
See here for a pdf file of the full report.
This report arrives on the heels of yesterday's Pew Research Center's findings that opposition to gay marriage is declining. They report "Less Opposition to Gay Marriage, Adoption and Military Service" and that only 34% support the South Dakota abortion ban.
View the full report here.
Okay, that number is still way too high, but at least it -- and these reports -- show that discrimination is simply not a mainstream American value.
BUT, that doesn't mean the battle lines won't continue to be drawn across the country... in Minnesota... in Maryland... and just too many other states.
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