Doing collections, I often talk to people who have 4, 5, 6 kids and another on the way and laugh about not even knowing how their going to feed “this one”. It breaks my heart to hear that. When I see a 15yo girl pushing a crying baby in a stroller and she’s too busy talking on her cellphone and smoking to tend to her… I get angry. So many people just have no clue how lucky they are to be able to say “Oops… I made a baby”. What an amazing thing that must be to be able to say.
I was on an adoption blog the other day and a woman was going off about Elton John and his partner having a baby. Now between you and I, I don’t necessarily think anyone having a baby in their 60’s, regardless of sexuality is a great idea, but that’s just my opinion. Anyway, this woman was going off about gay families and how a family with 2 dads deprives children of having both a mother & a father.
I hate that argument because it is such a slap in the face to not only all the gay and lesbian parents out there but also to all of the single parents as well. How many people are raised by single moms and grow up to be incredible people… And so many of the gay parents I know are truly incredible parents because they had to work and struggle so much just to become parents.
Children need love. Children need stability and security. They need bedtime stories, and trips to the zoo, they need sandcastles and family barbecues. They need a family… Regardless of the genders of the people that make up that family. I just cannot wait until we have that.
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