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J. D. Hayworth: I Am Schtoopid

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Aceofwhat?3/15/2010 12:00:10 pm PDT

re: #203 prairiefire

My cousin was married to his long time partner in CA when it was still legal. We celebrated this as a family. I explained to my then 10 and 5 year old that about 10% of the population is attracted to their own sex. My boy said “well, I like girls”, my girl said “well, I like boys”. I said that’s great, then everything is all settled for you. But what if one of them had said “hmmm?” Defining it early for them is not a threat to their sexual development. It’s a path to understanding if one of them were gay.

Perfectly done. I’ve had the same conversation with one of my kids. I am opposed to the conversation being belabored by their school. Were that on the agenda, I would have more antipathy towards the subject of state-supported gay marriage.