This post is in honor of National Child’s Day, a time declared by President Bush to “reaffirm our commitment to America’s children” and “to take an active role in helping nurture the minds and character of our Nation’s children.” It draws upon entries from Blogging for LGBT Families Day.
- “Being a parent isn’t about sex, gender, race, color, creed, sexual preference, religion, social class, education level, or any other cross-section. It’s about raising a child to be the person they want to be, whatever that is.” —Individual Results May Vary
- “My opinion being that a gay family is the same as a straight one. In both situations, the parent is responsible for instilling in the child confidence in his or her self and the morals as they see fit. Like queer parents, straight parents have the same opportunity to raise their children with fewer prejudices than they were taught. We can do better for our kids.” —2c Sundrie
- “Beckett has some amazing role models in his life. Strong moms, resilient grandmas, handy and loving grandpas, fashionable uncles — he’s luckier than a lot of babies with both a mother and a father.” —The Boys in Our Life
- “Ultra-conservatives who oppose the mere existence of gay families wring their hands asking what about the children? It is unfair to subject children to this lifestyle. At the same time, they conveniently refuse to acknowledge that these families already exist. The laws they try to pass to invalidate gay families erode children’s sense of dignity and security.” —Damn Straight
- “We have families some big some small some just beginning the journey. We all have the common bond of wanting to be parents. Our children reflect a greater part of what and who we are. Our children go through the same thing every child does. Why on Earth would anyone want to ostracize these kids?” —Ker’s Korner
- “Natalie wants you to know that babies with two moms scream and fuss and want their moms to pay attention to them instead of the computer just like babies with straight parents.” —Addition Problems
- “You are what I was put here for. To spend time with you, sing to you, laugh with and at you, play soccer and softball and basketball and hockey and what ever else you want to play with you. . . . I had no idea I would feel this way. I had no idea that you would infuse my life with so much meaning that when I look at your faces, I know I can quit searching for I have found my home. I thank your Mommy for making you possible and for knowing what I perhaps did not then, that I was meant to be your Mama. And you are meant to be ours.” —The Baby Juggler
Please visit the links above to read the full posts of the original authors. They give me hope for our children and our world.
