I am on Google News and I am just keep refreshing for every single article that comes up with this research in it and I either post a comment or directly contact the author. I am determined that this will get nipped in the bud right away, before it goes out without and rebuttal. Thank GOD Jim worked his butt off on Saturday and posted this on Sunday. I got in touch with Regernus before the story was widely disseminated. If Jim wouldn’t have done that when he did Regernus no doubt today wouldn’t talk to me as he is swamped with requests for interviews. Thank God Jim got this out there right away which gave me that little space to communicate with Regernus before he was swamped.

Now that the story is out we have the TRUTH to immediately put out there.

Anyway I always include a link to your pic in every comment because I think that one pic says more than I can say in 1,000 words.

[snip]“By the way, one of the key methodological criticisms circulating is that–basically–in a population-based sample, I haven’t really evaluated how the adult children of stably-intact coupled self-identified lesbians have fared. Right? Right. And I’m telling you that it cannot be feasibly accomplished. It is a methodological (practical) impossibility at present, for reasons I describe: they really didn’t exist in numbers that could be amply obtained *randomly*. It may well be a flaw–limitation, I think–but it is unavoidable. We maxxed Knowledge Networks’ ability, and no firm is positioned to do better. It would have cost untold millions of dollars, and still may not generate the number of cases needed for statistical analyses.[end snip] You can read the full e-mail exchange here-
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/11/45557

We know that only 1/3 of Mixed Orientation Marriages attempt to stay together after disclosure and of that 1/3, only half manage to stay together for 3 years or more (and it goes really down hill after 7 years).

FWIW I agree with Dr. Regnerus Mixed Orientation Marriages (or Mixed Orientation Sexual Relationships) that produce children are VERY BAD for the children. And that is what his study proves. It does not attempt and does NOT assess the outcomes of children raised by 2 loving moms or 2 loving dads. It.Does.Not.”

This pic by Rob Tsinai describes this research perfectly. I know he will let you re-post it.
http://wakingupnow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/quit-damning5.png

Jim brilliantly analyzes the study and lays out its flaws in layman terms. And Rob puts that analysis in one cartoon graphic. I’m surrounded by genius.

But if there are though, would anyone try and use them to justify discriminatory laws for the public “good”? I just don’t think that would go over very well to say the least.

If there aren’t studies like that though, then we should not stand for it either.

http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/qh/amicus-briefs-in-support-of-blag-in-golinski-case/#idc-container

I see that our crack media organization, GLAAD, is nowhere to be found. They should be getting in front of this story, insisting that editors not permit it to be spun as a study on “gay parenting” or as a comparison between similarly situated gay and straight families. Maybe GLAAD will get around to doing something by the time it is too late to matter.

Rob drew this cartoon.