Not exact matches
But the next
time you see a
gay or lesbian person and think to yourself, «They are sinful, they are lost, they are wrong, or they are an abomination...» understand that you may very well be speaking about your own partner, your own
child, your own parent or brother or sister... and you don't even know it yet!
She said she felt she had to get her son educated and protesting at a young age, because
gays «are trying to get our
children from the
time they're in kindergarten... in the cradle even!»
After decades of hearing messages from high church officials that lesbian and
gay people were a threat to humanity and a danger to
children, I had to rub my eyes a few
times to make sure that I was reading this new, more positive language correctly.
As parents have been conceiving
gay children since the beginning of
time.
The day a
gay or lesbian couple knocks on the pastor's door to request that their
child be baptized is not the
time for the congregation to struggle with how it will respond to this request.
Some Christians have tolerated violence against
gays, women and
children, minorities, etc., for a very long
time.
What the book tells us is that every single
time a person has a major change in attitude around this issue, it involves getting to know a person who is lesbian and
gay, finding out that it is a
child, is a friend, is a brother, a sister, you name it.
I can't tell you how many
times I've heard a well - intentioned Christian say something about how
children in
gay families suffer (this is not true) or how all
gay people are pedophiles (also not true).
Who knows, maybe he even wrote the recent
Times editorial claiming that institutions teaching that homosexuality is morally questionable can not be trusted with the guidance of
children, or the related editorial asserting that the Boy Scouts are not part of the American mainstream because they do not allow
gay scoutmasters.
«I am against
gay marriage as all cultures all over the world from the beginning of
time developed marriage for a man and a woman to have
children and was a ceromony to celebrate that union.»
In a
time when there seems little exposure on this kind of lifestyle within the
gay community, I was happy to see that the future generations - our
children - are finally being acknowledged as part of
gay culture.
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Reports suggest this way could see the new discrimination laws delayed for Catholic adoption agencies to give them
time to ensure the
children in their care were provided for if they decided they would rather close than allow
gay couples to adopt.
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The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf
children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her
time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen
Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.
Today's law students will no doubt regale their
children with their memory of a
time when, believe it or not,
gays and lesbians couldn't marry.
«
Gay adoption push renewed»: The St. Petersburg
Times today contains an article that begins, «Florida's three - decades - old ban on allowing
gays to adopt
children is under attack once again.»
In the Lords (2.30 pm) question
time ranges across the impact on
children of the two -
child limit policy of some benefits to the decision to offer HPV vaccinations to
gay men.
At this
time an important area of divorce for lesbian or
gay couples is if there are
children involved, as it may not be so clear cut.
Research has found no evidence that
gay men are mentally ill, that
gay men's relationships with sexual partners leave little
time for ongoing parent -
child interactions.
While
gay adoption is controversial to some, LGBT couples and singles are four
times more likely to adopt than heterosexual couples or singles, and six
times more likely to be fostering
children from state foster care systems.
Gender - typed behavior over
time in
children with lesbian,
gay, and heterosexual parents.
For the longest
time, the state had a law on the books that
gay men and women were forbidden from adopting a
child.