Introduction of my research proposal

INTRODUCTION
1. Homosexuality is a topic that continues to spark controversy throughout the world. This topic alone is a sensitive subject, but when you add the factor of raising children it becomes children? The purpose of this proposal is to answer the following research question: Does homosexual parents have any effect on their children becoming gay? As we go through this paper we will look at both aspects of this research proposal. Research has been shown to support both sides of this topic.
Some believe that a homosexual couple will raise a homosexual child. A new study by two sociologists from the University of Southern California showed that children raised by homosexual couples are more likely to show more empathy to social diversity, are less conformed to gender stereotypes, and are probably more likely to participate in homosexual activity themselves. According to the sociologists the emotional health of the children is the same as normally raised children. The co-author in the study, Professor Judith Stacey found that, compared to the daughters of heterosexual mothers, the daughters of lesbians more frequently dress, play and behave in ways that do not conform to sex-typed cultural norms, they show greater interest in activities with both masculine and feminine qualities,and they have higher aspirations to occupations that are not traditionally female. One study examined by the researchers indicated that a significantly greater proportion of young adult children raised by lesbians had engaged in a same-sex relationship (six of 25 interviewed) than those raised by a heterosexual mother (none of 20 interviewed).
What I recieved from both journals Heterogeneous couples in heterosexual marriages: gay men and straight women and Gay and lesbian identity development: A social identity perspective feel that just because a child is raised by a homosexual couple does not mean they will be homosexual. The committee report found that none of the several hundred children studied evinced gender identity confusion, wished to be of the other sex or consistently engaged in cross-gender behavior, no differences were found in the toy, game, activity, dress or friendship preferences of boys or girls with gay parents compared with those with heterosexual parents, nor any differences in sexual attraction or self-identification as gay. The study also showed that the children raised by a homosexual couple were "more tolerant of diversity and more nurturing toward younger children than children whose parents are heterosexual."