NARTH Publishes Report On Same-Sex Parenting And Children

May 12, 2005 – The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality has published an 80-page report on the dangers of same-sex parenting to the psychological and physical well being of children.The report, “Review Of Research On Homosexual Parenting, Adoption, And Foster Parenting” is by George A. Rekers, Ph.D., Professor of Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina.

In it, Dr. Rekers points to study after study that shows the dangers associated with children being reared in same-sex households.

He had originally written this report to defend an Arkansas state law that prohibited homosexuals from being foster parents. Portions of this report, however, were also used to successfully defend the Boy Scouts and a Florida law banning the adoption of children by homosexual couples.

In the introduction to his paper, Dr. Rekers observes:

In a household with a homosexually-behaving adult, the foster child would be exposed to additional stress with the impact of the significantly higher rates of psychological disorder (particularly affective disorders such as depression), suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, suicide completion, conduct disorder, and substance abuse in homosexually-behaving adults. Thus, a foster placement in a household with a homosexually-behaving adult would risk exposing foster children to a substantially higher level of harm because research indicates that parental affective disorder results in higher rates of child depression, child maltreatment and neglect, as mediated by interpersonal stress processes.

Further, research indicates that homosexual behavior is widely disapproved by the majority of the U.S. population. Aware of the social stigma of living with homosexually-behaving adults, school-aged children generally suffer stress associated with their shame, embarrassment, fears that others will discover their family member’s homosexuality, fears of peer rejection, actual disruption of valued friendships, suffering name-calling or ostracism, and/or seeing their family member disapproved.

This paper should be widely distributed and given to legislators, members of the media, pastors, and social service agencies.

TAKE ACTION: Download and distribute this important report on the dangers of same-sex parenting. Send a link to your state and federal legislators. Urge them to work against any attempts by homosexual activists to gain the “right” to marry, to adopt children or serve as foster parents.

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