Today is "Blogging for LGTB families" day. I didn't know about it until I read Terrance's post on Republic of T. Now you might ask why would a straight woman care about lesbian and gay families.
Because an attack on any type of family is an attack on all families. Including mine.
Why should these families be treated differently? What makes the man/woman/child family somehow superior than any other combination?
I think the problem lies with the conservatives. Now maybe you believe that the man/woman family is best. I'm not going to argue that. But having an opinion doesn't make it so. So in typical conservative style, they seek to criminalize behavior they can't control. Control, I believe, is the keyword there.
My opinion is that when these conservatives (particularly christian ones) see g&l families flourishing, they feel threatened. They feel threatened because they must believe their belief system is right, absolutely and unquestionably, or their entire belief system falls apart.
So if they can't convince people to be straight for Jesus, they will marginalize, penalize and criminalize the g&l family.
I've found that g&l families tend to be excellent families. Maybe because they have to fight for being recognized as a family, they take it more seriously. I don't know. But I do know that 10 years as a foster parent, I've seen no kids taken from gay families and put into foster care. However, I've seen many gay families open their doors to foster children and adopting them.
Something I don't see these conservative Christians doing.
Tags: Blogging for LGBT Families
2 days ago
2 comments:
I came by way of Mombian and I loved your post. I am so glad that there are voices like yours. . voices of reason and strength.
I posted an announcement of my daughter Kristi's pregnancy. TWINS! I figured it would be a wonderful way to celebrate Families Day.
Sorry to have missed this, Julia, as it's certainly something to which I would have eagerly lent my support. I'm glad you took the time to do so.
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