Is there scientific data, one way or another, regarding the impact on children of same-sex parents?
JACOBS: There are probably about 10 surveys that are focused and that follow the scientific requirements. And the data is pretty clear that if people are raised in a loving family, they’re in good shape. That’s the thing that’s most important. KEARNS: There actually have not been any third-party, unbiased studies. The data they’re referencing is actually produced by advocacy organizations. And then speaking of what the honorable Mr. Mathis said, about systems that work, we have one of the most important systems that works in the state of California, and that is our elections process. In the year 2000, millions of Californians went to vote for Proposition 22. And millions of people spoke on that. They spoke overwhelmingly, with more than 61 percent of the votes. Certainly that race is a bit closer these days than it was eight years ago, but the fact remains that to tell Californians that in essence your vote doesn’t count and four people, four activist judges up in San Francisco, can th
