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Tuesday,
February 17, 2004
Offspring of gay and lesbian couples shown more likely to inbreed By Blix Panda In what is being called by some gay and lesbian leaders as “a small minded attempt” by the religious right to further turn the American public against gay marriages, a prominent Christian group released a study today claiming that children from same sex marriages are more likely to inbreed. The two and a half week study, funded by Christians for a Saner America, found that children of same sex unions, whether adopted or conceived with the help of a donor, are up to seven times more likely to produce six fingered children. The organization, which claims to represent over 27,000 members, is no stranger to controversy. They first made waves with the movie industry in 1989 with a study refuting the then popular implication that “All Dog’s Go To Heaven.” Reverend S.D McCluskey of Valdosta, Georgia, who co-founded and acted as spiritual adviser to the study, said he first hit upon the possibility that gays and lesbians were more likely to conceive God-less children after a male parishioner from his church sought the reverend’s council concerning what McCluskey termed “an unusual attraction to his cousin.” “He was new to our church. He never said much and was a little reluctant to talk about his past. After several heart churning meetings about this attraction to his cousin, he was finally able to admit that he was adopted as a baby by two men from Truckee, California. When I heard that it didn’t take long to put two in two together.” Patricia Slocum, a gay and lesbian and rights activist with Dallas-based, Homos for Harmony, said he was “revolted” by the study, calling it “junk science.” “Really now, isn’t this about enough?” Slocum told The Wired Press. “It is closed minded groups like this that encourage hate. Is that what God would want? Is that what Jesus taught?” God, reached at his winter home in Scottsdale, Arizona, awaiting baseball’s spring training, told The Wired Press that he found it all quite amusing. “I kind of enjoy watching these two groups go at it to be honest. I don’t really like either of them so it’s kind of fun to see them at each other’s throats,” the Almighty said, adding that it is best that He not to take sides in such battles. “I don’t think it is My place to decide the right and the wrong of this. It’s your business. Deal with it.”
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