Dear speegster,
suggested reading that may help.'
Same sex adoption is not a game by Rick fitzgibbons.
35 years as a respected psychiatrist. Written nov 2011.
Available on www.mercatornet.com.

Clear evidence = children are affected by ss parents.

Reading no 2
strained relations by bill muehlenberg.
A very disturbing read . Read it and weep.

Again same sex marriage will have negative affects on children
regards
phil

Kipp - in the study you refer to reported in the Age, the results of the study are based on the views of the parents - "lesbian and bisexual parents who completed the globally-recognised Child Health Questionnaire" not on the views of the children themselves. Further, the children were all under 17 and presumably still living at home.

Compare this to the study by Regnerus referred to in the second reference I gave you http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/06/5640/ involving 2988 young adults aged 18-39, who reported having a mother who had a same-sex relationship with another woman or a father who had a same-sex relationship with another man, compared with the outcomes of children who reported coming from an intact biological family.

You can read the paper itself at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X12000610

I would suggest that you too Spegster/Speegster look at that reference. The reference you give is only to an abstract so gives no detail -and refers to older studies, between 1978 and 2000. The abstract does say though that more studies need to be done and Regnerus study is very recent.

Speegster:
"Article 7- The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and. as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by HIS OR HER PARENTS.

Article 9 - States Parties shall ensure that a child shall not be separated from HIS OR HER PARENTS against their will".

The relevant definition of parent in the above context is "one who has begotten or borne offspring, father or mother".

To accommodate same-sex couples, requires redefining marriage in the law to make it conform to the definition: marriage is the public recognition of a committed relationship between two adults for their fulfilment.

What is not readily apparent is the most serious consequence of redefining marriage: removing marriage between a man and a woman from the law eliminates the only societal institution that unites children with their mothers and fathers.

Kipp: "Article in todays Age "Samesex parents raising healthier kids"
www.theage.com.au/victoria/samesex-parents-raising-healthier-kids-20130605-2npx.html "

The heading is typical of The Age's misleading and deceptive journalism. It can hardly be regarded as a rigorous conclusion, as the full results of the study are not expected until September 2013.

Look at what the fatherless generation has developed into & now we have the motherless. How much more can we deal with because between the two we're now well into the mindless as well.
Something has to give & it's not going to be very nice.