Government of Canada: Gay Parents are Often Better than Straight Ones

Gay couples make terrific parents, government says Janice Tibbetts The Ottawa Citizen

Sunday, April 25, 2004

Far from having inferior upbringings, the children of gay and lesbian parents may have an advantage over other kids, the Justice Department says in an impact assessment of its proposal to legalize same-sex marriage.

There are suggestions the offspring of gay couples have extra positive role models because their parents tend to have more "supportive and egalitarian" relationships, with more equal division of labour, the assessment says. "These strengths could contribute to parents' relationship quality and have a positive impact on children."

The three-page impact summary of gay marriage on children was compiled from dozens of international studies on the issue.

The Justice Department compiled the information last year, when the government announced Canada would become the third country in the world to legalize gay marriage, following several court rulings the existing ban is unconstitutional.

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"There is also some initial evidence to suggest that gay fathers may be more likely than heterosexual fathers to exhibit authoritative parenting practices," the assessment says. "In North America an authoritative parenting style that provides children with clear limitations in addition to warmth, affection and support has been found to be associated with positive child adjustment."

A Canadian government delegation used the impact assessment to support Canada's legislative plans when appearing last September at the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The assessment concludes the majority of research indicates there is no difference between children of heterosexual and homosexual parents as long as they are raised in loving and supportive homes.

Of course gay parents are better. Even God knows it.

Hey, He tried the whole 'parenting' thing with Adam & Eve, and they raised a murderer. God learns from his mistakes.

(Adam & Steve raised a Dentist.)

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Gay parents like straight parents can be great or horrible. Trying to paint homosexuals as different is a policy that encourages discrimination.

I belive this to be true. I have two gay Uncles, both came out after years of marriage and raising families. They simply couldn't live the lie anymore. They're both terrific guys and the best parents (beside myself ;) ) I've ever seen.
Of course Conservatives in the U.S. will view this study as pure rubbish. After all, it does come from that Socialist cousin up north. We all know that Cananda is a failed experiment in Democracy and should be annexed as our next state :eyes: to get them in line with the manifest destiny policies of the U.S.
Everyone must be exactly like us, or they're against us.

Got a link?

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I think the majority of people who have children try do to their best and I think that stating that somehow homosexuals are better parents then heterosexuals is just starting a fight for no good reason.

As one poster mentioned there are no "accidental" births with homosexual couples and when they want children they generally have to go through a lot to get them...however that doesn't mean that there may not be homosexual couples who aren't stellar parents.

While I am fully supportive of gay adoption I don't think we need to start a comparison war.... as the one sentence states...

"The assessment concludes the majority of research indicates there is no difference between children of heterosexual and homosexual parents as long as they are raised in loving and supportive homes"

and that is really the truth.

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Enjoy it while we can "Non 7-day subscribers have full access to calgaryherald.com until May 4th, 2004."

It appears to be the same article, same author Janice Tibbetts.

From the article:

"The summary is labeled "Protected: for internal use only" and was released to CanWest News Service through an access-to-information request.

The summary also notes gay fathers may have better parenting skills than heterosexual fathers."
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"gay fathers may have better parenting skills than heterosexual fathers"

THAT's a bit of a blow to the macho ego, say what?
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More from the article:

Some research also shows almost half of the kids of gay parents report being bullied or teased or say they experienced some form of discrimination by age eight.
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Well, the discrimination is the fault of OTHER people, and myself I experienced "discrimination" if you want to call it that, but it was because I am a "four-eyes" person.

Back then, "four-eyes" people were considered wimps, nerds (we didn't have that "nerd" word back then, but you know what I mean)

People tease and bully people that are different, so I don't take that as a specific disadvantage or reaction to being children of gay/lesbian parents.

There is always a group of people that will "gang-up" on anyone that is slightly different than "the gang".

I never have, never will agree with the "gang" mentality. Just being "in the majority" doesn't make it right. This is the inherent flaw in "democracy" where some believe that just because something is the will or belief of the majority makes it "right".

Canada's diversity of peoples, religions and cultures have made us more sensitive to the rights of the INDIVIDUAL, that's what our Charter of Human Rights is all about.

We as Canadians don't WANT to be like the rest of the world.

I hope we can maintain, even improve our individuality in the world, and support the individuality of our citizens.