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Tue 04 Apr 2008Same-sex families on rise despite opposition
IF WE can't even decide whether vitamin supplements are good for our children - judging by one report last week by Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark - we can forget about relying on the raft of studies since the 1970s about same-sex parenting, despite the fact that the resulting data is overwhelmingly supportive.
Social science, religion, law and politics are colliding with dangerous results, even though nearly 40 years of studies on children of gay parents predominantly conclude it's the quality of care that counts.
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