UnTraditional Families - MSM says it's better than Mom, Dad and Kids

Warning - adult content, inappropriate for children under 18

This post will discuss an article I recently read on lesbian women who have children. That said, use your judgment in reading my post.

My cousin, who is quite liberal, sent me a link to this article from Time:

Kids with Lesbian Parents May Do Better Than Their Peers

I took a double take - what? Is there some scientific proof now that lesbians raise children better than the Biblically-advocated family, the family that's worked for millennia?

The answer is - of course not. On some psychological measures, children of lesbian parents scored better on 'self esteem' scores when contrasted against children of 'heterosexual parents.' Now, ignoring the difficulties I have with the cult of self esteem and modern psychology in general, let's look closer at the research.

This study was incredibly flawed, but Time flouted it as if it proved that the conservative agenda produced dysfunctional families and misery.

So, what was wrong with the study?
The authors didn't control for major demographic factors, for instance, race. Black and Hispanic Americans were included in the heterosexual families. But they were underrepresented in the gay families. Racism hurts children's self esteem.

The total gay-raised childrens' sample size was 78 children. Why so small? Currently, there are 270313 children raised in America by homosexual parents.

Lesbian parents also have the money and planning capability to become pregnant without a husband. They thought carefully before having children.

The study also noted that the gay parents "communicated frequently" with their children, as opposed to heterosexual parents.

So why not compare apples to apples? If I were to redo this study, I'd make the heterosexual group:
- 78 children being raised by traditional two-parent families.
- I'd make all 78 children have the same race as the gay parent families.
- I'd select parents who talk frequently with their daughters and sons.
- I'd choose parents who wanted their children, parents who believe that children are a blessing, and that it is their parental duty to raise them up in an appropriate, loving way.

Now this is not meant to single out the children of homosexual parents, or even the parents themselves (even if I disagree strongly with their choices). This is about scientific propaganda and a subtle media attack on Christian values.

This article takes the fundamental building block of society, the nuclear family, and presents it as unnecessary - in fact, an imperfect model of family. A second best. The authors cloak their findings in scientific wording, and send news releases to magazines so that the flaws in the study are more difficult for the average Jane or Joe to find.

It's articles like this that remind me to be ever vigilant, ever critical, and to always turn your mind to - what's wrong with this picture? Because if something is antithetical to the Bible - it's generally antithetical to logic and common sense, too.