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Gay parents influence their child's orientation

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Image via Wikipedia A study due out next month has found that children raised by homosexual parents are far more likely to identify as homosexual themselves. Walter Schumm, a family studies professor at Kansas State University , told  AOL News  that he questioned the conviction - ironclad in both popular culture and the academic world - that parents could not influence their children's sexual orientation , while being able to influence so many other aspects of their lives. "I just want to know the truth about something," he said. In the  abstract  of the study, Schumm concluded that research conducted by pro-family leader Paul Cameron in 2006, although widely lambasted by media and professionals, accurately concluded that homosexuals are more likely to raise homosexual children. The study, an analysis of previous research, attempted to skew the results in favor of popular opinion, but still found Cameron's conclusion solid. "Despite numerous attempts to bias...

ABC or Gay BC

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Image via Wikipedia Homosexual marriage should not be permitted by law . We as a nation must affirm and protect children’s rights and the primacy of those rights over adults’ aspirations.  Family structures have altered significantly, becoming more diverse and less institutionalized, but nonetheless that in the best interests of children homosexual marriage should remain prohibited. It is not possible to think about marriage separately from filiation : the two questions are closely connected, in that marriage is organized around the child .  Marriage is not merely the contractual recognition of the love between a couple;  it is a framework that imposes rights and duties, and that is designed to provide for the care and harmonious development of the child.  Foreign examples demonstrate this: countries that have made marriage available to same-sex couples have all, simultaneously or subsequently, authorized adoption by those couples and developed systems fo...

TEN Australia drops religious program based on one complaint

Ten Drops TV Show for Gay Comments 5th October 2010  The TV Industry blog TV Tonight reports that TEN has dropped the Kevin Copeland TV show "Believer's voice of Victory" for comments about Homosexuality. Copeland is a US pentecostal minister with a large TV following. His "word of faith" movement teaches an extreme "prosperity gospel" that  believers could receive a hundredfold return on their giving. The last Copeland show on ten Aired in mid September. In a show aired in June, TV Tonight reports that Copeland said: “… the reason God condemned homosexuality is because of the severe attack it has on the fabric of the blessing, life, all that God created.” In response evangelical minister David Barton agreed, referring to the Bible: “….not only does God not approve homosexuality, it says He does not approve those who approve homosexuality …” The Kevin Copeland show is still on the air on the Australian Christian Channel on pay TV as well as some regio...