Yesterday, Focus on the Family released a reaction to an article written by Jennifer Chrisler, of Family Pride, in Time magazine. Ms. Chrisler’s article was a rebuttal to an article by James Dobson.
In Jennifer Chrisler’s original Time article, she wrote:
According to the 2000 census, the vast majority — more than 75% — of American children, are being raised in families that differ in structure from two married, heterosexual parents and their biological children.
However, in the current Time article online, she writes:
According to the 2000 census, the vast majority — more than 75% — of American households differ in structure from two married, heterosexual parents and their biological children.
I discovered this discrepancy this morning when I was preparing to blog about the Focus on the Family rebuttal.
Maggi Gallagher posted a letter from Jennifer Chrisler explaining a bit more about the matter.
Obviously Time corrected it but it is unclear how it initially came to their attention.
There is an unconfirmed report that the US Census may ask Ms. Chrisler to refrain from quoting Census data…