This is one of my favorite videos, not least because of the
tiny adorable accents:
The subject of gay marriage has been a hot one, for a long
time, but a particular article has been floating through the Internet lately
and it has me wanting to break my usual silence. The article presents the
testimonies of children raised by homosexual parents, speaking out against gay
marriage.
Now as young adults, the individuals in the article detail
some of the abuses they suffered at the hands of their homosexual parents. The
argument in the story is that homosexual marriages are inferior, and that a
family with a homosexual parenthood breeds only sexual and emotional perversion.
I think this argument is ridiculous; to me, it becomes
obsolete when you consider the vast amount of research done that shows that
gay/lesbian parents are equal if not superior to heterosexual unions, raising “happier and healthier children.” It makes sense that a couple who has had to
go through a great deal in order to stay together, be financially stable enough
for adoption/surrogate pregnancy, and wants
children – would create the ideal environment for a child.
I do not want to dismiss the pain of the children speaking
out in the article, they had rotten parents. The victims in the article did
suffer at the hands of their gay/lesbian guardians; I could never say that all
homosexual parents are a success – they are not – but then we have to look at
heterosexual parents: clearly, not without fault.
1 in 10 children suffer from child maltreatment. 1 in 16
children suffer from sexual abuse. Nearly 1 in 10 children are witnesses to
family violence. Considering that only 3.5% of Americans even identify as LGBT,
and only 25.3% of homosexual couples have children – they could not possibly
comprise of all this abuse – it isn’t mathematically possible.
The argument that “gays/lesbians aren’t fit for
parenthood” is a cruel and senseless one to me. The comments section of the
article about it was grotesque, calling homosexuals “sick,” “animals,”
“heathens,” and perhaps most frighteningly things
to be “extinguished.” Family is something hard to define. To me, families love and protect each other. Families are units of growth and progression, many homosexual parents provide that.
Whether you support marriage equality or not, it
is above all, most important to love people.
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human
knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of
knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in
another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of
understanding.”
— Bill Bullard
For some nice videos concerning the LGBT community:
This asks children:
This uses hugs:
And this is an amazing Irish ad:
