Summary: In an article about the legal battle over adoptions by same-sex couples, The Denver Post uncritically reported the dubious claim by Focus on the Family that "research says children do best with a married mother and father." In fact, "
ot a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged ... relative to children of heterosexual parents," according to the American Psychological Association.
A November 16 Denver Post article about laws governing adoptions by same-sex couples uncritically reported the dubious contention of Focus on the Family spokeswoman Carrie Gordon Earll that "he social science research says children do best with a married mother and father."
In fact, as Colorado Media Matters has noted (here and here), the American Psychological Association (APA) concluded in a 2005 study of lesbian and gay parenting that "ot a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents." The study also said that "the evidence to date suggests that home environments provided by lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those provided by heterosexual parents to support and enable children's psychosocial growth."
http://colorado.mediamatters.org/items/200611170001