The Denver Daily News made good on its promise of a follow up article to the controversial front page story “Gay parents = gay kids.”

The article essentially re-states the comments of The Center’s Legal Director Mindy Barton we published yesterday. However, they did speak with a local psychologist who says the study by Dr. Tracey Hansen is hog-wash.

Denver psychologist Dr. Vivian Schaefer, who works closely with gay patients and is affiliated with GLBT studies courses at the University of Denver, said the children of her gay clients adjust to society the same way the children of her heterosexual clients do.

“These kids don’t experience anymore difficulty than children raised by their heterosexual counterparts,” said Schaefer, who added that her client-base is about 50 percent gay.

She said she hears the same concerns from her gay clients as she does from her heterosexual clients about their children, including issues like behavior at school and difficulty choosing colleges.

Schaefer said for every study that indicates children of gay parents are more likely to be gay themselves, there is a study to prove the opposite.