The well-being of children with gay and lesbian parents.

The articles by Loren Marks and Mark Regnerus provide useful opportunities for readers to think about the current state of research on children with gay and lesbian parents. These articles raise two sets of issues. One involves the scientific status of research on this topic, and the other involves concerns about law, social policy, and civil rights. My comments focus on both sets of issues, beginning with the former. (Disclosure: I served for 2 days as a paid consultant on the design of the New Family Structures Study. I did so because I think that new research on gay and lesbian families, as well as other alternative family structures, should be encouraged.)