Beyond some of his interesting opinions about adjustment of children raised by homosexual couples, it is noteworthy that Dr. Lamb based his expert testimony solely on research documents completed by others, as he has never completed a single study of his own on the subject. Despite being offered as an expert in this case, he is not actually a clinical psychologist. He has never treated children raised by gay couples. In fact he has never treated a patient at all. He’s never interviewed a single child raised by gay men or lesbians, and his last interview of any child was more than 20 years ago.
This time...being an expert does not mean you have to be a clinical psychologist. He was introduced as a developmental psychologist. Developmental psychologists are experts in, surprise surprise, the development of children. His testimony on the development of children in heterosexual and homosexual households is based on that expertise. Treating children (or patients 'at all') is not required in order to have expertise in development. Additionally, perhaps children of gay couples don't need "treatment." :) I can't speak to this witness's level of expertise because I don't have enough information, but saying he's not an expert because he hasn't treated children and isn't a clinical psychologist is again, absurd.
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