Posted on 02/18/2005 7:11:48 AM PST by srm913
Why can't my moms marry? His parents have been together for 27 years, yet many still question their right to tie the knot, says Matthew Eaton-Kent
It was the day before Father's Day and my Grade 1 class was just putting the finishing touches on the wooden desk organizers we had made. My class had spent weeks sanding down the blocks of wood, adding magnets for paper clips, holders for pens and a spot for an eraser. Today was the day we were going to engrave the word "Dad" into the top of the organizers.
I had worked really hard on my present but I had a problem. I was not going to give my organizer to my dad because I didn't have one. I was going to give my present to one of my two moms.
I wasn't sure what she would think if I brought it home and it had the word dad on it. So I sat there quietly as all the other children took turns hammering the metal stamps, which read "dad," into the wood. I was getting nervous as my turn with the engraving tool grew closer. Finally, I got up and approached the teacher's desk.
She asked me what was wrong. I reluctantly told her that I didn't have a dad and that I was making this gift for my mother. She told me I had nothing to worry about and handed me the stamps with the "m" and "o" for mom.
That's how it has always been in my family. One of my mother's celebrates Mother's Day while the other celebrates Father's Day. Sure, it was a bit awkward at school but it didn't make my family any less of a family. In fact we kids thought it was a great way to recognize both of our moms.
However, there is something that makes my family different from a lot of families. The difference is that my parents have never been married.
The reason my parents have never been married is not because they don't want to but because, by law, they couldn't.
Their relationship was not recognized because marriage was defined as between a man and a woman. It has been very hurtful to my parents, the gay community and believers in human rights that there has been so much opposition to same-sex marriage. It's been hurtful to my sister and me, too. Very hurtful!
Personally I am perplexed by the extreme opposition to changing the definition of marriage so it can include unions between two people, any two people. As someone born into a generation of political correctness and void of any blatant racism, sexism or xenophobia, it is hard to deal with the hateful nature of the opponents of same-sex marriage.
I am not sure why they don't view the love of my parents as equal to the love between two people of the opposite sex. If they question the commitment, they should note the 27 years my parents have spent together and the way they have cherished my sister and me.
I find a lot of the hate and opposition comes from many of the institutions that promote peace, love and understanding. Some churches have fought the right of same-sex couples to marry.
I wish they would look back in history to a time when religious freedom was jeopardized. People who were historically persecuted are all too willing to be prejudiced, all in the name of God.
I am a teenager growing up in an era of equality, an era where blacks are equal to whites, where a man is equal to a woman. This era should include same-sex marriage and my parents.
All of us are made in the image of God, are we not?
Matthew Eaton-Kent, 17, is a Grade 11 honours student and avid athlete. He lives with his two moms, 14-year-old sister, two dogs and one cat in Halton Hills, just outside Toronto.
I am going to go out on a limb and say that since your "moms are both women that is why they cannot marry.
i've had my cat boring, fat and grey for ten years. can I marry her? we love each other.
Proof that the sexually challenged cannot raise normal children.
only one of them is his mom, the other is the turkey baster operator.
Cloned?
They should look into the advantages of incorporating in Nevada!
Why Can't My Moms Marry?
Because they’re both chicks, stupid.
Where's the barf alert?
Do not bother sending this kid to plumbing trade school.
Who spends weeks sanding a block of wood?
Yes. And if you read God's Word he says women don't marry women. I get really sick of people using God to justify their immorality when they have no interest in finding out what God has to say about it.
She asked me what was wrong. I reluctantly told her that I didn't have a dad and that I was making this gift for my mother. She told me I had nothing to worry about and handed me the stamps with the "m" and "o" for mom.
Or “Mo.”
Might be because even the 4000 year old chineese symbol for "big trouble" is to women under the same roof.
Hurtful.. very hurtful...
There is no such thing as "gay" marriage - it's a fantasy, doesn't exist. If I thought the moon (wanted it to be)the was green, it does not mean the moon is green.
Since 1977 I've lived with a pair of shoes that have been a very important part of my life. I want to make a special committment to them, to love and keep them for life. I see no reason why I shouldn't be allowed to marry them....
I seem to recall that liberal policies were glorifying unwed relationships and children born out of wedlock. It appears that they wish to turn all of societal relationships upside down.
As for this young man - his "moms" live together. They appear not to be deprived. They all live in a fairly well off country where the Taliban isn't going to crush these "moms" under a brick wall for their preferences. Be glad with what you have; it's more than many could ever hope to expect.
Ivan
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