by Paul Cameron

About the author: Paul Cameron, a research psychologist, is chairman of the Family Research Institute and author of The Gay 90s: What the Empirical Evidence Reveals About Homosexuality.

On Feb. 4, 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended “legal and legislative efforts” to allow children “born to or adopted by one member of a gay or lesbian couple” to be adopted by the homosexual partner. Such a law effectively would eliminate the possibility of adoption by other family members following the death of the parent. It also would cause problems for numerous children.

The AAP, like many other professional organizations, apparently was too caught up in promoting identity politics to address all the evidence relevant to homosexual adoption. In its report, the organization offered only...