Same-sex parents, research shows, are significantly more egalitarian than heterosexual parents in the way they divide household tasks and parenting responsibilities.

The study (Work, Love and Play) found that compared with heterosexual parents, both same-sex parents are much more likely to be working part time. Only 6 per cent of Australian couples with children under the age of 15 have neither parent working full time, compared with 23 per cent of lesbian couples.

Perhaps because of the extraordinary effort gay people must go to to have children, spending time with them is a big priority for both parents, the study found.

So, now we have moved from "gay and lesbian families are just like heterosexual families", to "gay and lesbian families are better than heterosexual families". I find it absurd that the media is hell-bent on attacking and destroying "traditional" relationships. Even the language used in this article (traditional = old-fashioned) is cleverly constructed to make normal people feel out-dated and inferior

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My son was recently a reindeer in a kindergarten nativity play. Over dinner, in a cautious whisper, he told us that the baby's name was a 'bad word'... my son thinks 'Jesus' is a curse, not the name of God's only begotten Son.

I'm not anti-religion, unless it's passed off as science, smuggled into education or used as a weapon of coercion.

But our family has no God or gods.

But for anyone who shares our spirit, the ambition's a good one: replace an off-the-shelf Christmas with bespoke atheist celebration.

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I don't necessaily agree with Mr. Smith about Karma; its the principle of sowing and repeaping. But the rest I agree