Study: Gay couples as fit to adopt as heterosexuals

From Reuters:

Gay or straight, the sexual orientation of adoptive parents does not have an impact on the emotional development of their children, according to a new study....

"We found that sexual orientation of the adoptive parents was not a significant predictor of emotional problems," Paige Averett, an assistant professor of social work at East Carolina University, said in a statement.

"We did find, however, that age and pre-adoptive sexual abuse were," she added.

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Bill Clinton comes out fully for gay marriage

Towleroad has the full interview (well, good excerpts at least):

I think it’s a good thing not a bad thing. And I just realized that, I was, probably for, maybe just because of my age and the way I’ve grown up, I was wrong about that. I just had too many gay friends. I saw their relationships. I just decided I couldn’t, I had an untenable position.

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