A team of researchers is arguing that their new findings on child development should lead to the end of existing bans on adoption by same-sex couples in the United States.
“From a policy perspective, our results provide no justification for denying lesbian and gay adults from adopting children,” Rachel H. Farr and Charlotte H. Patterson, of the University of Virginia, and Stephen L. Forssell of George Washington University write in an article titled “Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?” in the August issue of the journal Applied Developmental Science.
If all this sounds too wonky to you, keep in mind that three states — Florida, Mississippi and Utah — explicitly prohibit gay couples from adopting, and a similar law is being challenged in the Arkansas courts.
All of this comes from The New York Times Motherlode blog. Read more.
