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Gay affiliation, and especially gay parenting, has been in the cross hairs in recent days.
On Jan. 6, Republican presidential rosy Rick Santorum told a New Hampshire audience that children are mastery off with a father in prison than being raised in a home with lesbian parents and no ancestor at all. And last Monday (Jan. 9), Pope Benedict called gay marriage a intimation "to the future of humanity itself," citing the need for children to have heterosexual homes.
But examination on families headed by gays and lesbians doesn't back up these dire assertions. In details, in some ways, gay parents may bring talents to the table that straight parents don't.
Gay parents "keep an eye on to be more motivated, more committed than heterosexual parents on average, because they chose to be parents," said Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark University in Massachusetts who researches gay and lesbian upbringing . Gays and lesbians rarely become parents by accident, compared with an almost 50 percent unpremeditated pregnancy rate among heterosexuals, Goldberg said. "That translates to greater commitment on normal and more involvement.
Source: LiveScience.com