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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com March 15, 2011
Gay Parents More Accepted Than Single Moms
By Advocate.com Editors
A new survey shows that Americans tend to be more accepting of gay and
lesbian couples raising children than single parents.
One third of Americans say they are comfortable with a variety of family
situations, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. That group is
called "acceptors." Another third, called "skeptics" by researchers, have
mixed views on nontraditional family structures. The final third group,
known as "rejectors," believe nontraditional families can have a negative
impact on society.
The majority of acceptors and skeptics say that families headed by gay and
lesbian parents are an acceptable, if not a positive, asset to society. The
view on single mothers, however, is quite polarized. Ninety-eight percent of
acceptors think women can raise children alone, but 99% of skeptics and 98%
of rejectors believe it's bad for society. The survey did not ask about
single fathers.
Katherine Stamps Mitchell, a professor at Louisiana State University in
Baton Rouge, told MSNBC that the gay and lesbian parents are favored because
they're providing a two-parent family, as opposed to a single-parent family
. She added that media helps with acceptance of gay and lesbian couples and
families.
“You’re seeing gay families more and more on TV in shows like Modern
Family and in movies like The Kids Are All Right,” Stamps Mitchell said. | g********d
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