Every time we think about same sex parents, "Oh my gosh" we exclaim

[lame54]

I mean 2 people who want to provide a protective and nurturing family environment - have they no shame?

from Roy Zimmerman's "Defenders of Marriage"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bja2ttzGOFM

Study of Lesbian Parents Finds Zero Instances of Abuse Over 24 Years
Just off the heels of a study saying lesbians raise extremely well-adjusted children comes another saying they're unlikely to abuse their kids. In fact, the number is zero percent.

Wow. Researchers at Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, which studies law and sexuality, has released new information on a decades-long study of lesbian families, interviewed the 17-year old children of their subject families about their upbringings:

The paper found that none of the 78 NLLFS adolescents reports having ever been physically or sexually abused by a parent or other caregiver. This contrasts with 26 percent of American adolescents who report parent or caregiver physical abuse and 8.3 percent who report sexual abuse.
That's right, not a single one. As Queerty blogger Max Simon wrote, these results plus the previous study pretty much demonstrate that "children are safer in the care of lesbians than Catholic priests."

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/?id=327508&t=study_of_lesbian_parents_finds_zero_instances_of_abuse_over_24_years

[SidDithers]

1. K&R...nt

Sid

[handmade34]

2. not surprised and

this needs to be common knowledge... thank you for sharing this

[lame54]

4. You're welcome...

did you listen to the song?

[handmade34]

5. the song is brilliant

thanks for that also...

[HopeHoops]

3. As a long-time teacher, my wife has found same-sex parents to be some of the most caring & involved.

And that includes a couple that split up but were very cooperative in raising the twins (biological by one of them). That's not a normal scenario with couples who have split up.

[lame54]

9. cool

[kick-ass-bob]

6. I don't have the study for confirmation

but I seem to recall the rate of sexual abuse in same sex parents is the same as different sex parents.

[lame54]

7. maybe you should find it

[AlabamaLibrul]

11. ...Before spouting unconfirmed bullshit. +1 n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

12. I didn't realize the blind hate was so prevalent here as well. n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

13. Maybe if I had time to root around on DU all day like some

I would have time to find all sorts of studies.

That's why I posted it the way I did, so maybe someone could find what I was talking about.

[donco6]

17. We do not exist to find your backup data for you.

Especially if you're going to contradict the OP. Find it yourself, or don't post. Simple, really.

[Romulox]

8. K/R. It must be incredible to grow up in a family with two engaged, loving parents.

"children are safer in the care of lesbians than Catholic priests"

Amen!

[lame54]

10. it is

[lame54]

14. .

[cynatnite]

15. Our cousin and her partner are raising three children together...

They are beautiful and happy children, too.

[haifa lootin]

16. One would surely grasp a simple fact: same-sex couples rarely have kids by accident...

or so it seems to me.