What's best for the kids
Angela and I have talked about having children someday, but so far it's just us and the pups. Each time we think about how much we miss our nieces since they moved to Nebraska, the urge to have children of our own gets a little bit stronger and intiates conversations about where we might put a nursery. Perhaps that will happen at some point. Angela would make an incredible parent. We would both certainly do our best to create a healthy environment where children would feel loved and empowered, so they could remain confident and grounded in the face of any discrimination that did come our way. I suppose there will always be people who refuse to accept the fact that love is love no matter what outward, earthly form it takes on.
Check out this article:
School expels girl for having gay parents
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/09/092305calSchool.htm
The article says, "school policy requires that at least one parent may not engage in practices immoral or inconsistent with a positive Christian life style, such as cohabitating without marriage or in a homosexual relationship."
So I guess a child can have one gay parent, but not two? I don't get it.
Rather than take the time to get to know these lesbian parents and become familiar with the relationship that they have with their daughter, the school arbitrarily decides that the child is not worthy of attending. This sends the incorrect message that homosexuality is a disorder, and that having gay parents taints the child.
The only way these judgments will cease is if we continue to counter them with truth. "Positive Christian lifestyles" exist in both the heterosexual and homosexual communities, and they are not dependent upon gender or gender attraction. They are dependent upon the presence of God in our lives and in our relationships. It blows my mind to think that some people are only able to see God in those who most closely resemble themselves. But the truth can't be denied forever.
When we openly commit to our relationships and love the children in our lives with as much power and freedom as possible, anything that comes as an affront to that should be viewed as the injustice.
Check out this article:
School expels girl for having gay parents
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/09/092305calSchool.htm
The article says, "school policy requires that at least one parent may not engage in practices immoral or inconsistent with a positive Christian life style, such as cohabitating without marriage or in a homosexual relationship."
So I guess a child can have one gay parent, but not two? I don't get it.
Rather than take the time to get to know these lesbian parents and become familiar with the relationship that they have with their daughter, the school arbitrarily decides that the child is not worthy of attending. This sends the incorrect message that homosexuality is a disorder, and that having gay parents taints the child.
The only way these judgments will cease is if we continue to counter them with truth. "Positive Christian lifestyles" exist in both the heterosexual and homosexual communities, and they are not dependent upon gender or gender attraction. They are dependent upon the presence of God in our lives and in our relationships. It blows my mind to think that some people are only able to see God in those who most closely resemble themselves. But the truth can't be denied forever.
When we openly commit to our relationships and love the children in our lives with as much power and freedom as possible, anything that comes as an affront to that should be viewed as the injustice.
posted by Jen Austin at 1:51 PM
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