Almalieque wrote:
Mdenham wrote:
Your question appears to be conflating a pair of same-sex parents with a single parent, which renders it moderately invalid.
It should be two questions:
* Do you believe that a child receives the same or more benefits from having two parents available than one?
* ...from having parents of both genders available than of only one gender?
You're half correct. They should be two different questions, but not the ones you listed.
*Do you believe good same sex parents (regardless of sexuality) provide the same or more benefits as a good single parent (regardless of sexuality)
*Do you believe good same sex parents (regardless of sexuality) provide the same or more benefits as good opposite sex parents (regardless of sexuality)?
Slightly different.
Not different at all in terms of the information gathered, actually.
As a single entity, the request would be "Rank the three in order from best to worst." It takes two questions - yours
or mine - to do so.
And the difference between your first question and my first question is solely that you're trying to intentionally load the language to get different answers.
(For what it's worth, my answer to all four questions would be "yes". Two parents, regardless of gender, makes it possible to have one stay-at-home parent, which is not feasible in general with a single parent, and thereby makes familial attachments more stable. "Standard" couples, compared to same-sex couples, allows for observation of traditional gender roles. If you asked me "what is the ideal family" instead, my answer would be "two men and two women", as this allows a stay-at-home parent of each gender, as well as two working adults to support the entire family.)