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The myth of the heterosexual family (letter to editor)
Boston Globe ^ | august 15, 2005 | sheryl barnes

Posted on 08/15/2005 5:33:11 PM PDT by lexfreedom

The myth of the heterosexual family August 15, 2005

DONOVAN SLACK'S Aug. 12 news story ''Thou Art No Romeo" reveals a great deal about our culture's commitment to sustaining the myth that the heterosexual nuclear family is the only acceptable unit for adult couples, despite evidence to the contrary.

The story discloses that the beloved and deeply partnered swans at the Public Garden are (gasp!) both female. Although homosexual behavior is well documented among animals, a person in the story describes these two swans' behavior as ''lunacy." Which is crazier, accepting basic facts or attempting to deny evidence that the world does not fit into your view of how it should be?

Furthermore, this detachment from reality extends to a Parks Department spokeswoman who confesses that when children ask her, ''Which one's Romeo and which one's Juliet?" she doesn't want to ''spoil" the ''fairy tale" by telling them the truth.

Can't we do better than telling our children lies to save ourselves from facing reality? We claim to be protecting our children, but up to a third of the youths who commit suicide are gay or lesbian. Could it be because they can't imagine fitting into our fairy tale? That's a tragic price to protect a myth.

SHERYL BARNES Cambridge

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: family; heterosexual; homosexualagenda; humansequalsanimals; lesbianswans; lte; mediabias; moonbat; myth; swans
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

LOL!

VERY insightful...I liked the smirk, it fit perfectly!


21 posted on 08/15/2005 5:57:02 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: atomicpossum; All

You really have to check out this spoof on "The Sixth Sense"..called "The Seventh Sense"...

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2404708

I got a good laugh out of this one...but it is relevant to this thread!


22 posted on 08/15/2005 6:00:05 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: lexfreedom
up to a third of the youths who commit suicide are gay or lesbian

The losses in potential dildo sales are staggering.

23 posted on 08/15/2005 6:00:35 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: lexfreedom
What are the odds that Cheryl has a little "pen" of her own?
24 posted on 08/15/2005 6:00:58 PM PDT by iconoclast (Wastin' away again in hearts-and-minds'ville.)
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To: lexfreedom

Sheryl, go . . . . . um . . . . . go fist yourself.


25 posted on 08/15/2005 6:02:05 PM PDT by doug from upland (The Hillary documentary is coming -- INDICTING HILLARY)
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To: Dog Gone
Lemme guess. Sheryl is a lesbian.

Or a 15 year-old. Or both.

26 posted on 08/15/2005 6:03:27 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: lexfreedom
Bird-brained article by a bird-brained authoress ...
27 posted on 08/15/2005 6:04:17 PM PDT by GoldCountryRedneck ("A Liberal with a cause is far more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude." - - Unknown)
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To: IronJack

The losses in potential dildo sales are staggering.

Hilarious!!


28 posted on 08/15/2005 6:24:52 PM PDT by Bird Jenkins
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To: lexfreedom

Ok, let us assume that it is true that one third of teenage suicides are homosexuals. Since homosexuals are only about 3% of the total population, would that not lead one to believe that homosexuals are already predisposed to mental illness resulting in irrational behavior, ie: suicide.


29 posted on 08/15/2005 6:28:00 PM PDT by roylene
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To: Archon of the East
I have heard this argument before but have yet to see actual homosexual activity among any animals.

I have seen such activity, interestingly it was among waterfowl. Ducks specifically. Ducks do not strike me as very intelligent - they have a strong libido in the springtime but don't have the smarts to tell the difference between male and female ducks. The male ducks basically jump on anything that looks like a duck, regardless of gender, and hope for the best. I should note that these trysts look very violent, with the penetrating male jabbing the neck of his male or female partner with his beak very violently. If I had to compare it to human behavior, I'd say these ducks are rapists. Yet this is "natural." This is why it is so silly to use animal behavior as justification for human behavior. Lots of nasty behaviors come naturally to animals - does that mean people should emulate them?

31 posted on 08/15/2005 7:07:46 PM PDT by sassbox
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To: seamole

In the original Globe story, they noted that the city typically gets female swans only because male swans may be too aggressive towards tourists, etc...

But then again, given that it was a Globe story, they could have been making that up.


32 posted on 08/15/2005 7:16:26 PM PDT by CatQuilt (GLSEN is evil)
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To: sassbox
Thanks, I find that interesting and your opinion right on. It is truly bizarre that people use animals to claim legitimacy for their behavior.

Personally I really don't care what a person does, but don't force me or my family to accept it. I will treat all individuals with due respect but will never legitimize homosexual behavior. That being said a person is more than just a sexual being so being homosexual does not in my mind invalidate other qualities of that person.
33 posted on 08/15/2005 7:30:25 PM PDT by Archon of the East ("universal executive power of the law of nature")
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