A Washington appeals court recently addressed these issues in the unpublished case of In Re: Marriage of Cheng. [read post]

Based on a re-evaluation of the data, it concludes there are minimal differences in outcome for children raised by same-sex parents and married opposite-sex parents. [read post]

Joiner had can cause small-cell lung cancer.[13] Perhaps the most egregious lapses in scholarship occur when Ranges, a newly minted scientist, and her co-author, a full professor of law, write: “For example, Bendectin, an antinausea medication prescribed to pregnant women, caused a slew of birth defects (hence its nickname ‘The Second Thalidomide’).49”[14] I had to re-read this sentence many times to make sure I was not hallucinating. [read post]