TODAY'S QUEER DAY NEWS
July 25, 2003
Teen glad moms can marry
In April, Matthew Eaton-Kent stood before a Canadian House of Commons committee considering the issue of same-sex marriage and answered questions about his life as the 15-year-old son of a lesbian couple. Three months later, the media hoopla surrounding Ontario and B.C. provincial court rulings on same-sex marriage has mostly focused on happy couples racing to the altar, but less has been said about the kids. Eaton-Kent says he's pleased his mothers can now wed if they choose, but he doesn't think it will affect his life much, or those of other kids in his position. "It only affects them to see their parents happy or not," says Eaton-Kent.
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The interesting thing about such a statement - especially our willingness to accept such a statement - is that those who are mentally ill are evaluating their mental state with a flawed machine. It amounts to a ship's navigator looking at the lamp at the top of the mast instead of the stars and saying, "Appears we're right on course."
Eaton-Kent may be fine, but he is not in a position to evaluate it. As a child of an alcoholic, I thought I was fine, I just wanted my mom to stop drinking.
Shalom.