“People have asked us if it’s hard on the kids having gay dads. Well, it’s easier to get along in our culture if you’re Christian, but does that mean that we Jewish folks should raise our kids Christian? Should black people not have children because bigotry will make their lives too rough? Hogwash!”-Michael Serkin-Poole, gay father

What an interesting take on the issue of gay families and that familiar argument that children will be oppressed and come out all twisted and ugly from having gay parents (I am, of course, exaggerating here, but I’m sure there has been some right wing Conservative type who has said something similar). There is oppression, and life is hard. Kids get picked on for wearing the ‘wrong’ kind of clothes, or not having their hair cut in the latest style, or for not having a ‘cool’ car, or lunch box (though kids probably don’t use those anymore…ignore my ignorance!). It sucks, but it happens. No matter how you raise your kids, they’re probably going to get harassed at some point over something. It’s the nature of the beast.

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