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Children of Lesbians More Likely to Be Gay, Study Shows

A study examined by Glenn T. Stanton of Focus on the Family and reported in the Baptist Press showed that 64 percent of children raised in lesbian households will consider a homosexual encounter, compared to only 17 percent of children from heterosexual households. Girls with lesbian parents are seven times more likely to consider a homosexual encounter than those raised by heterosexual parents; they are also twice as likely to self-identify as lesbian or bisexual.

“We already know that girls who grow up without fathers are more likely to be sexually adventurous, and it has a lot to do with being fatherless,” Stanton commented. “Two lesbians can be the most loving moms in the world, but they can’t give a girl the kind of positive attention and other-gendered affirmation she needs from a dad.”

“These studies consistently show a markedly greater likelihood of children raised by same-sex parents to identify with and experience same-sex or bi-sexual contact than children raised in heterosexual homes,” read Stanton’s comments posted on Focus on the Family’s website.

The study information came from the U. S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study, which is the nation’s largest, longest study of same-sex families.

You can read more of Stanton’s comments on this study by clicking here.