Posted on 03/25/2015 7:24:29 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Orlando, FL - Heather Barwick, who was raised by two lesbians, shared her compelling story and why she opposes same-sex marriage. Married to a man and raising four children, Heather has come to realize why same-sex marriage is wrong and why it harms children.
In her powerful story, Heather wrote in The Federalist: “Growing up, and even into my 20s, I supported and advocated for gay marriage. It’s only with some time and distance from my childhood that I’m able to reflect on my experiences and recognize the long-term consequences that same-sex parenting had on me. And it’s only now, as I watch my children loving and being loved by their father each day, that I can see the beauty and wisdom in traditional marriage and parenting.”
Heather, who was raised by lesbian mothers, writes what Liberty Counsel has been saying for years: same-sex marriage denies a child either a mom or a dad. “A lot of us, a lot of your kids, are hurting,” Heather wrote. She went on to say, “My father’s absence created a huge hole in me, and I ached every day for a dad. I loved my mom’s partner, but another mom could never have replaced the father I lost.” Heather’s story is a must-read, but her story is not unique. It is repeated over and over again.
“I grew up surrounded by women who said they didn’t need or want a man. Yet, as a little girl, I so desperately wanted a daddy,” Heather wrote. “It is a strange and confusing thing to walk around with this deep-down unquenchable ache for a father, for a man, in a community that says that men are unnecessary...”
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What daughter wants to shop for bras with their dad? Preposterous - same sex unions.
My dear nephew had a friend a few years ago - older than he - who seemed the pretty typical urban-culture hipster DJ that he hangs out with, because that is his “calling”.
This man already had a kid of 10, illegitimate, with problems of his own (boy, was he hyper). Taking care of him most of the time. They were actually living with my nephew’s family - because my dear sister RIP was always showing charity to everyone.
His background? Bad marriage ending in divorce of his parents, and mother who immediately went “lesbian” and picked out a “partner”. Partner shacked up with them even while he was in middle school. We’re talking late ‘90s here. Partner tried to act like another authority figure; resentment. Friend: “You’re NOT my FATHER!”
Geesh. His own “adult” life showed he didn’t get much out of all his formative years.
“I grew up surrounded by women who said they didn’t need or want a man. Yet, as a little girl, I so desperately wanted a daddy,” Heather wrote. “It is a strange and confusing thing to walk around with this deep-down unquenchable ache for a father, for a man, in a community that says that men are unnecessary...”
The really insulting thing about this is how this is forced on kids, while OTHER kids suffer the same basic thing because of something more natural.
My 1st-grade son’s class (total, 28) already has 3 - THREE - children whose mothers have died, one just before Christmas this year.
Why add to this tragedy by forcing your child to have no mom or dad because that’s what you like?
All I'm saying here is that the argument should not center around whether some homosexually-inclined people (or single mothers, or grandfathers, or orphanage care-givers) have good parenting skills. Some of them do.
The argument should center around whether kids need and have a right to their mothers and their fathers. They do. They have a right to be conceived and raised in the natural way, because it is predicated upon the needs of our human nature. Normalcy should be recognized as better, and should be the default choice. Yes, it should be legally privileged over non-normal arrangements.
I mentioned that Walker Percy and his two younger brothers were raised by their homosexual second cousin, William Alexander Percy (whom they called "Uncle Will") after both their father and mother had committed suicide. Obviously the birth-parents were unfit (as well as too soon dead) and Walker Percy lauds Uncle Will for giving them an excellent upbringing.
"Uncle Will" was a homosexual, but a closeted one. As far as I have been able to see from biographical materials, Uncle Will never practiced his proclivities except when he was on foreign vacation jaunts --- he craved "handsome Aegean youths" --- and (anonymously) publishing a book of Uranian poetry.
I'll grant that Uncle Will did very well by his three adopted nephews. But I would have a different judgment if he had had a same-sex "spouse" or steady partner or multiple revolving partners, or if he had disclosed his sexual conduct to them before they reached adulthood.
Open homosexual behavior is a very corrupting thing, especially when it acquires the undeserved highlighting of legal recognition and social approval.
Very well said.
Thank you.
YES!!
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