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...impossible to say how many children have gay parents, in part because there are no solid numbers on gay adults. Charlotte Patterson, the University of Virginia psychologist who testified for Sharon Bottoms, concedes that any estimate of children of gay parents -- hers is "millions" -- is an educated guess. A considerably lower yet still sizable figure is implied in a 1983 study by the Family Research Institute, a conservative think tank that distributed questionnaires in Los Angeles, Washington, Denver, Louisville and Omaha. Of 877 respondents who were fathers, 22 (about 1 in 40) labeled themselves either bisexual or homosexual...
Social science cannot clearly answer whether gay parents produce gay children, and if so, whether the cause is environmental or genetic. University of Virginia professor Patterson, considered a leading researcher in the field, says she has reviewed 22 studies involving offspring of gays ranging from toddlers to adults. She found none convincing that the children had suffered or were more than normally inclined to be gay. Says Patterson: "It's a question of ignorance or fear." Her own research includes studying the sexual identity, social skills and self-image of 37 children (average age: 6) of lesbians...
...both Patterson and Appiah say it would be unfair to dismiss all Afrocentric scholarship as unfair or illegitimate...
...department came into being... under enormous student pressure," says Professor of Sociology Orlando Patterson. "They made appointments under the gun, so to speak, in a great hurry...
...department under Guineer was an isolated one, according to PAtterson. Guineer rejected joint appointments