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Published 11/05/2009 by USA Today


Do gay, heterosexual couples parent differently?

So many gay couples today have kids that it has become a cultural phenomenon ? there's even a new TV show about a modern family that includes a gay couple with an adopted baby. ELECTION: Maine voters reject gay marriage GAY/STRAIGHT: Similarities in age, income FAITH &...

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...research shows. "The sexual orientation of a parent has really little to do with their parenting" Goldberg says
...else's" but "think it is much more unusual that they are triplets than that they have gay moms."
"Gay men are just as likely to want to parent as straight men, but are less likely to parent because of all the barriers in their way" Goldberg says

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