by John | Mar 22, 2013 | AME media releases, Australian news, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a new study which shows allowing same-sex couples to marry is good for their children. The American Academy of Paediatrics study released today recommends marriage equality as a means of “guaranteeing long term...
by John | Jun 12, 2012 | Australian news, News, World news
ARE gay parents really doing a bad job? On the face of it, the results of a large US study are alarming. University of Texas researchers studied 3000 young adults (aged 18-39) and found those with gay parents earned less money, had poorer mental health, poorer...
by John | May 15, 2012 | Australian commentary
“To the Doctors for the Family, We – Maeve Marsden, Maya Newell, Rowan Savage, Raj and Jesse Wakeling – are a group of adults aged in our 20s and 30s, raised in same-sex parenting environments. We would like to address the concerns you’ve...
by John | May 15, 2012 | Australian commentary
“[T]he evidence is clear that children who grow up in a family with a mother and a father do better in all parameters than children without.” That’s according to the Doctors for the Family’s submission to the Senate Inquiry into Marriage Equality. And it’s rightly...
by John | May 14, 2012 | Australian news, News
There is no scientific evidence to support the assertion of 150 doctors that children with heterosexual parents ‘do better’ than those in same-sex homes, psychologists say. There is no scientific evidence to support the assertion of 150 doctors that...