Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 12, 2014, 09:55:05 AM

Quote from: 5flags on June 12, 2014, 06:20:17 AM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 12, 2014, 03:39:01 AM

And gay couples are 20 times likely to abuse their foster children, compared to the straight parents. More than one-third of all the child abuse is homosexual in nature, despite gays constituting to no more than 1-2% of the total population.

Citations, citations, citations.

I had earlier posted the research journal papers on the subject here. Right now I can't find them, so I'll post a few others.

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS02E3

1. Almost all sex crimes against children are committed by men.
2. Up to one-third of all sex crimes against children are committed against boys (as opposed to girls).
3. Studies indicate that, contrary to the inaccurate but widely accepted claims of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, homosexuals comprise between 1 to 3 percent of the population.
4. Individuals from the 1 to 3 percent of the population that is sexually attracted to the same sex are committing up to one-third of the sex crimes against children.
5. Some homosexual activists defend the historic connection between homosexuality and pedophilia. Such activists consider the defense of "boy-lovers" to be a legitimate gay rights issue.
6. Pedophile themes abound in homosexual literary culture. Gay fiction as well as serious academic treatises promote "intergenerational intimacy."

What you cite doesn't back up what you are saying. It's a pretty poor understanding of statistics.

(1) is correct.

(2) may be correct.

(3) may be correct.

Here's where it gets fuzzy.

(4) Yes, but this doesn't indicate causality, nor does it give any reliable indicator of how likely an adult is to abuse a child.

(5) No content

(6) No content.

You then go on to say:

"And gay couples are 20 times likely to abuse their foster children, compared to the straight parents."

This is simply a poor understanding of statistics.

And furthermore, you cite the FRC. The FRC!! It is the FRC's position that, and I quote, "homosexual conduct is harmful to the persons who engage in it and to society at large, and can never be affirmed", the FRC that spent money trying to block congressional condemnation of the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, the FRC that has been listed as a homophobic hate group!

Now, there is a valid discussion to be had on same sex foster parenting, but citing the FRC isn't the way to do it. It's like citing Stormfront to illustrate what is wrong with Jews.