I'm not convinced homosexual couples can't raise good healthy kids (in fact I'm positive some can), but this study is about the biggest load of horse manure I've ever smelled. Polling mothers about how well-adjusted their kids are? Talk about bias! Why don't you ask their grandparents about how cute and smart the kids are while you're at it?!?!

In fact, lesbian mothers rated their 17-year-olds higher in social and academic skills, and lower in rule-breaking and aggression, than did mothers of teenagers who also had a father.

This tells me all I need to know about the quality of MSNBC's research and the objectivity of its news staff. Well, okay, it is possible that they haven't the slightest clue of experimental methods.

As nearly as I can tell, the only value this 'study' has is to serve as an example of how not to conduct basic research. Although, to be fair, in the process of writing four graduate-level research papers, I've read dozens of other studies which were equally flawed – from bad research designs which were unable to isolate the variables at play, to inappropriate statistical methodologies applied to the analysis of the data, to bad data gathering techniques. MSNBC is clearly not alone in their lack of scholarly rigour in producing this study.

a lesbian mother raising her teenage son in a same-sex relationship has more than motherly bias as a reason to shade the facts. She is also trying to justify her choice of lifestyle. To say that her children are faring worse than heterosexual couples would be to admit that her choice was wrong. MSNBC conducts research as well as they perform “in depth interviews” of liberal politicians and activists.