And this is what they got:
In the last 24 hours, I have seen this video bombarding my Facebook feed.
If you have even just a few liberal friends in your social circle – you’ve probably seen it as well.
But I just wanted to take a second to share it here in case you hadn’t.
Because for so many reasons I can’t even begin to explain – I love this.
Those of you who have been around here for a while know that my mother is a lesbian.
You also know she is totally loony-toons and hasn’t been a part of my life in quite some time.
But I will tell you what – my distance from my mother has absolutely nothing at all to do with her sexuality.
I had an acquaintance once (I say acquaintance, because this person and I were certainly not friends) years ago who was arguing with a friend of mine about why homosexuals should not be allowed to raise children. I sat silently in the corner of the room trying to ignore the conversation entirely, mostly because I knew it would not be a good one for me to jump in on. So imagine my horror when she turned to face me and said “I mean – look at your mom! She never should have been able to have kids, right?!?”
I was appalled. Struck. Stammering. I will be the first to admit that my mother was in no way, shape, or form a good mother. But I am also the first to point out that I cannot imagine what it must have been like for her. Growing up in the church, with a pastor as a father, forever feeling the need to hide this major part of who she was until one day… she just couldn’t hide it any longer. I feel plenty of anger towards my mother for not being the kind of mother I deserved, but… I also feel plenty of pity for her as well.
And I in no way believe for even one second that her failures as a parent are reflective of the kind of parents all homosexuals would turn out to be.
In fact, I have friends who are gay and who have turned out to be some of the most incredible parents I know. Sexual orientation has nothing to do with it.
Besides, I think most of us reading here can understand all too well the desire to be a parent.
That desire does not fade away simply because of one’s sexual orientation.
And as a woman who once fought to be a single mother, and faced (still faces today – even in the absence of any baby in my arms) judgment from strangers who just could not “get” why that would be the choice I would make – I love anything that points out a truth most of us already know: It doesn’t take a traditional family to raise a child right.
And who are any of us to try to dictate what a family should look like anyway?
So I suppose when I said that I loved this for so many reasons I can’t even begin to explain, I lied. Because I can explain it. I do know why I love this. Why it hits me so deeply. Why it seems so right.
And why I just knew I had to share it here.
In case you hadn’t seen it yet for yourself.
In case you don’t know anyone in your life who could relate to what this man is saying.
In case you yourself have questioned a time or two whether or not homosexuals should be allowed to marry; to raise children.
Two lesbians raised a baby.
And that is what they got.
Pretty incredible if you ask me.
Not to mention – totally crashworthy.
But, you know, that’s not the point. I know that. I get it. I do.
Still… I wonder if I could find a way to get his number?
Two lesbians raised a baby.
And you know what?
It seems to me that he turned out just fine.
Shocking, I know.
ADSPACE
