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Nothing Special Rights
I have so often heard arguments against marriage equality claiming that terrible damage will befall “the family” if gays are allowed to marry; implications that gay couples have drastically different...
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A Gay Dad Sounds Off: Since When Did the Culture Wars Become a Food Fight
At the 1992 Republican Convention, Pat Buchanan declared, “There is a religious war going on in our country for the soul of America. It is a cultural war, as critical to the kind of nation we will one...
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In Our Gay Family, Two Little Best Friends Became Brothers
Some of those fighting marriage equality these days, want you to believe that there is only a single possible right way to create a “real” family. The way they suggest is by means of unprotected,...
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5 Reasons Why the Supreme Court Ruling for Marriage Equality Could Be the...
One thing that I have learned as a parent to two 10 year old boys—sometimes while a child sometimes says he wants one thing, he secretly may be hoping that he doesn’t get it. Their voices quiver as...
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Marriage Equality is Too Big for Just One Political Party
Thank you: Ken Mehlman, Chairman, Republican National Committee, 2005-2007 Tim Adams, Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, 2005-2007 David D. Aufhauser, General Counsel,...
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A Gay Dad’s Bittersweet Belated Valentine to Meg Whitman
Last week was extraordinary. The issue of same sex marriage was discussed more intelligently than ever before. In depth thought and information, including an outstanding synopsis by the American...
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A Gay Dad Battles a Priest Over Cambridge University’s Praise of Gay Men as...
This week, Cambridge University released a study. It was published by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering. Their conclusion on the basis of the report was “Gay fathers, in particular,...
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A Gay Dad’s Open Letter to the New Pope
A few months ago, I had pondered on what the now retired Pope Benedict might observe and learn on a trip with my family to Disneyland. He had just made some rude and inaccurate observations about...
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A Mission Statement for the Social Conscience
A Mission Statement for the Social Conscience The Pre Ramble: I believe that I can be a better person tomorrow than I was yesterday only if I recognize my own faults and weaknesses today, and strive to...
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A Gay Dad’s Thank You to Justice Kennedy for Hearing My Kids’ Voices
The Watson Boys in Red on the Marriage Equality Before the Supreme Court Day A few months ago, I wrote a blog piece in anticipation of the Supreme Court review of marriage equality and the Prop 8 and...
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The Night a Son Told His Gay Dad That He Wanted to Become a Boy Scout
I really don’t know why I can’t seem to see these things coming. I blog about them. I write about prejudices, I have argued with countless anti-gay people, and I have diligently parented to the best...
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Did You Hear the One About the Homophobes Who Wanted to Adopt Out Their 16...
Image courtesy of LGBT Pink Panther Movement Jokes are supposed to be funny. They always start with a set up and then build to a crescendo where the plot twists and the listener bursts out laughing....
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The LGBT Declaration of Independence
Let the Revolution Begin It was “Dad’s night out” as I watched the end of a huge Hollywood blockbuster. In the movie, a fictional USA was in tatters having just overcome a violent and destructive...
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A Gay Dad Loses Sleep About His Nigerian LGBT Friend
Transgender in Nigeria I have a lovely friend. She is a transgender woman who lives in Nigeria. Her dream, at present denied her, is to be a professional dancer and actress. In her heart and in her...
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A Straight Man’s Coming Out Story
This story isn’t about me. Except that it is, because it’s all about me. Maybe some of you can relate to that. I’m the black sheep of the family. The traditional path has always been tough for me to...
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A Gay Dad Challenges Mike Huckabee to a Basketball Game
I have a confession to make. As much as I loathe clichés and generalizations, there is one that I live up to with incredible gusto. I typify the gay guy who doesn’t do sports. Not even a little bit....
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My Mother’s Day Card to Gay Dads (and All Other LGBT Parents)
Recently, author Jennifer Finney Boylan commented about her transgender experience: “After all these years, my own identity has wound up less altered than I had expected. It should not have been a...
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Homophobia’s Cruel Mother’s Day
It was the Friday before Mother’s Day. I had published a blog piece on the nature of Mother’s Day and the celebration of all who feel mother love running through their souls. I was finishing up a...
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A Gay Dad Note to the Parents Who Are Seeking to Devastate Their 15 Year-Old...
I did a double take when I first saw it. A teen girl was expelled and ARRESTED for having a relationship with another girl. I hunkered down in full fury mode reading the case. Then, my racing mind came...
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A Gay Dad Sounds Off About Fundamentalists Who Target My Kids
As a parent, my job one is the protection and care of my children. It is my job to be vigilant over their self-worth, to keep them physically safe, to show them how to be moral and productive citizens,...
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