I saw an interview of Julianne Moore recently in which she cited the Gartrell/Bos study as illustration of how “given” it is that there are no fundamental, open questions about the mental health of kids raised in same-sex-parented families. I didn’t see the transcripts of Judge Walker’s hearing of the case against Prop 8, but I know Gartrell’s most recent chapter of her findings came out before the trial’s arguments closed, and that the “best interests of the children” was part of the defense.

I am reminded that a minority, but a significant one (by Pew’s recent estimate: 37% of American respondents) still feel we’re unfit parents by virtue of our doing so with members of the same sex. Studies like these kick in a door that needs (ultimately) to remain open, but swings shut for too many.