Goodbye AskTheBigot, Hello Them Before Us
“Children are not items to be cut and pasted into just any romantic adult arrangement. Rather, children are vulnerable individuals who deserve to have their inherent rights to their mother and father respected and protected by the only people in society powerful enough to do so – adults.”
Katy Faust for those who don’t know, is a tireless advocate for children, one who has “argued for traditional marriage on behalf of a child’s right to be known and loved by both their mother and father.”
We often don’t hear a whole lot from kids who grow up in families with same sex parents, but those voices should be heard, too. There are changes going on in the world as we know it, absent fathers, single parents, same sex relationships, and we need to be listening, to be paying attention. I too grew up separated from my own father, within this cultural cognitive dissonance that says father’s don’t matter. They do matter.
So a new project, new website, for Katy http://thembeforeus.com. Check it out, she’s awesome.
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Katy said:
Thanks so much!!
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Clyde Herrin said:
Thanks for sharing this link. This looks like an excellent site that brings up matters that are too often overlooked.
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SLIMJIM said:
THanks for sharing
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Yoly said:
I agree with you. Kids need both parents to develop healthy.
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violetwisp said:
Just to clarify that Katy didn’t ‘grow up’ with same sex parents. Her parents separated when she was an older child (somewhere between 8 years old and 11?) and she clearly resented her mother’s new choice of romantic partner. It’s a common scenario. Most of us get over it and get on with life. But if you find a bigoted religious agenda to attach to the pain, it can become a harmful public campaign against divorce and remarriage, or against same sex relationships as in this case. I think it’s best to look at what professional organisations conclude around the world – children flourish and are happiest with love and stability, regardless of sexual orientation of the parents.
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