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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Traditional marriage preference - The Data
When this article ran about a proposed, controversial policy in Butler County Children Services — which gives preference to married couples over single or gay parents in foster or adoption cases — one comment surfaced more than any other from readers:
Where is the data?
This is one of the challenges of covering ongoing stories: we have to give enough background to put things in context, but can’t retell every story leading up to the most recent one.
This paper, to date, is the only news agency that has actually asked for the data. You can find that in this story. An excerpt:
When asked for that data, Fox produced a series of studies conducted by the Family Research Council, which describes itself on its Web site as “as an organization dedicated to the promotion of marriage and family and the sanctity of human life in national policy,” including “combating the homosexual agenda.”
Citizens for Community Values uses the exact same studies. Here is the research they cite. All of the Mapping America studies come from the Family Research Council, here is their Web site.
State lawmakers sent their letters to county commissioners after being contacted by the CCV.
I am not saying there is anything right or wrong with these studies. CCV officials argue that the Family Research Council’s data is scientific and reliable, regardless of its agenda. I am just saying that this is the data Michael Fox and the CCV are referring to.
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