Obviously I do believe that gay couples are as good as straight couples for raising children.

To me, there doesn't seem to be any logical reason that gay couples should be inferior. One might suggest that both a man and woman is necessary for raising a child right, but what is there that a man can do which a woman can't? And what is there which a woman can do that a man can't? I submit that there is nothing one can do which the other cannot.

So I don't think there is any real logical reason to believe that one is inferior to the other. But what do studies on this subject say about it? Well, there haven't been any widespread studies on the subject, since that would be near impossible to conduct. But every reputable study we do have suggests that children of gay couples fare as well or better than children of straight couples.

For evidence of these studies, see these links:

http://www.srcd.org/journals/cdev/1-...%20summary.pdf
facts about children raised by gay and lesbian parents (reference the studies listed here)
SSRN-(How) Does The Sexual Orientation Of Parents Matter? by Judith Stacey, Timothy Biblarz
http://www.gottman.com/research/projects/gaylesbian/

So it seems to me that logic and evidence agree: gay couples are as good or better than straight couples for raising children.

Why do you feel differently?