I recently read an article, Pandora’s Nursery: Adults Raised by Gays Take Up
the Cause of Children's Rights, by Terrell Clemmons
here at Salvo. The article discusses
the harm done to children in the name of family equality as chronicled in Bobby
Lopez’ book Jephthah's Daughters: Innocent
Casualties in the War for Family "Equality." I found the following paragraphs noteworthy:
“It is also important to
remember that, if marriage is a lifelong commitment of sexual fidelity, and if
gays are born gay and live according to fidelity in marriage, then (natural)
gay parenthood is a contradiction in terms, since gay couples cannot conceive
children together. In whatever way a gay family comes about, the children in it
will, in all cases, have been separated from at least one parent. Certainly, in
a fallen world, such separations will occur, but to willfully, intentionally,
and preemptively nullify a parental tie constitutes an existential crime
against the child.
Children are neither
property nor "rights." They are human beings who inherently possess rights, and it is incumbent on adults
to guard and secure them. The real enemy is not people who identify as gay, nor
is it the gay lobby or the indifferent public who lets Big Gay have its way,
though there's plenty of culpability to go around. (It's worth noting that Jephthah's Daughters also criticizes our laissez-faire
divorce culture, along with reproductive technologies by which gametes and
children are bought and sold without their consent.) The real enemy is the
self-centeredness that deconstructs natural marriage and the natural family in
favor of adult sexual choice. Selfishness is wholly incompatible with the very
call of parenting, which requires that adults put the well-being of children
before personal wants.”
What do you think? Don’t take my word for
it, read the article, don’t wait for the movie.
Have a little hope on me,
Roger
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