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The maker of a popular home carbonation product produced a gushing animated commercial spot to make a pro-LGBT statement during pride month. “Bubbles are best enjoyed with the ones you love,” SodaStream USA tweeted about its commercial. “Check out our lovely, limited edition Pride Packs for a pop of color. #SodaStream #PrideMonth.” @SodaStreamUSA  🌈 Bubbles are best enjoyed with the ones you love. Check out our lovely, limited edition Pride Packs for a pop of color. #SodaStream #PrideMonth It opens with a man and a woman at a park, each with a child, and the setup infers they are there together. Against a backdrop of sentimental music, the man and the woman push the children on the park’s swings as the kids shout for joy. Next is a trip to the ice cream shop and more cheers, before a dog takes a child’s ice cream and the other child falls down, so both need the comfort of a parent. The man and the woman along with their respective child then return to neighboring home...

A  new study  purports to have found that children of gay fathers and lesbian mothers show fewer psychological problems than children of opposite-sex parents.   Don’t believe it. Conducted in Italy, the study is deeply flawed, based on a non-random sample of 190  gay and lesbians parents, as well as an equal number of opposite-sex couples. The  researcher’s conclusions  about the psychological health of the children of gay parents are based not on interactions with the children, but solely on the parents’ response to “self-report questionnaires ... administered through an online survey,” in which, unsurprisingly, gay dads gave themselves high grades: Gay fathers generally reported themselves as more competent and satisfied in their couple relationship and living in the most cohesive and flexible family environment.   In other words, the researchers had no access to these children, only the opinions of their parents .  The authors o...