Posted on 04/19/2006 4:57:18 PM PDT by wagglebee
BOSTON, The Massachusetts government heard testimony last week from a young Canadian woman, Dawn C. Stefanowicz who had been raised from infancy by her homosexual father and his various “partners” in a “gay” household. She told the Massachusetts Judiciary Committee that her life submerged in the homosexual subculture had left her scarred psychologically and morally.
Stefanowicz made her statement during hearings, held April 11 by the Massachusetts government to consider establishing an amendment to the state constitution that would define marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Describing her father’s homosexual lifestyle as a culture without “boundaries and principles of morality and monogamy,” Stefanowicz said her upbringing was characterized by confusion and lack of affection, domestic violence and sexual abuse.
In her father’s world which he made hers, she said, “transsexualism, and transient and anonymous multiple partners were common…By age ten, for example, I was exposed to a gay nude beach, a sex shop, and a gay cruising park.”
In April, 2005, Ms. Stefanowicz read a statement at a Marriage Rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. In that statement, Stefanowicz said because of the sexual molestation she endured at an early age, she was at a high risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS. Her father and several of his former partners died of the disease.
In her Massachusetts testimony, Stefanowicz also delineated the legal and societal risks of adopting homosexual marriage and hate crimes laws. She warned US legislators that since the institution of such laws in Canada, essential political freedoms have been severely undermined or even curtailed. The homosexual lobby has used the courts and extra-judicial Human Rights Tribunals to silence opposition to their program of social change.
She said, “Freedom of speech and democracy are eroded by hate crime and same-sex marriage legislation, and by judicial activism. Human Rights Tribunals in Canada police speech, and penalize upstanding citizens for their expressed opposition to homosexuality.”
“May what is happening in Canada serve as a warning to Massachusetts. Where can the children find safety if legislation is in place legitimizing homosexual marriage?” she said.
The Protection of Marriage Amendment now awaits a vote by the Massachusetts legislature during the state Constitution Convention scheduled for May 10, 2006. If approved by 50 legislators this year and next year, the Protection of Marriage Amendment will appear on the November 2008 ballot for a statewide vote.
Read Stefanowicz’s testimony:
http://voteonmarriage.org/leghearing.shtml#dawn
Her father and several of his former partners died of the disease.
I empathize with single mothers, there's a lot of them out there. I was a single father with custody of two sons, from the time they were 8 and 9 years old respectively for the next 8 years until I remarried and got some great help.
I wasn't promiscious, no woman ever slept over at my house. I smoked and I heard about it from the do gooders how I was a bad influence on my boys, they are 32 and 33 years old now, neither of them smoke, and they are both members of this forum. ("smaagee" & "Ironman73")
I am no better than millions of single parents both male and female. Ask my sons if they think they would have been better off if the old man had a same sex partner.
To suggest that single mothers are no better than having same sex "parents" is ridiculous.
Sounds little different than "single mother" households to me.
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There is plenty of difference between single mother households and homosexual households - even taking the most base extremes and throwing them out - there's still a world of difference. You demean plenty of women with your thoughtless comments.
Congratulations on raising two fine children to adulthood by yourself. I hope someday I can say the same. My daughter is grown now and is about to leave home and I'm proud of her; my son still has six more years to go. Both children are in church every weekend.
Newzjunkey, you've made a very foolish post. And please don't try to weasel out of your silly remarks by saying that you didn't mean the single mothers on Free Republic, just all the others. Being a single parent is even more difficult than being a married parent, and finding fault with them as they struggle to make a living and raise good young people is very low.
tylendel signed up today to make this sole comment basically stating that heterosexual [normal] couples are full of weird sexual behavior too.
Just so you know.
Those who condone and enable the abominations that were described in Dawn's testimony will NOT fare well in the day of judgment.
Read Luke 17:2 and Matt. 18:6 to see what Jesus had to say about those who corrupt children.
Millstones all around.
Those who condone and enable the abominations that were described in Dawn's testimony will NOT fare well in the day of judgment.
Read Luke 17:2 and Matt. 18:6 to see what Jesus had to say about those who corrupt children.
Millstones all around.
My sole comment was that this particular heterosexual couple was full of weird sexual behavior, not all. You should work on your reading comprehension.
You assume I did nothing - shame on you.
I'm not sure I believe that, unless they were hippies or part of a cult or have embraced some sort of cultish belief system like Wiccan, for instance.
She's right. With homosexuals, everything is related to their sexual needs. Or sublimated. You can imagine what she went through. Abuse doesn't even begin to cover it.
Ever watch or see a promo for Jerry Springer or a show of that genre?
Interesting screen name. The only time I have ever seen that name it was that of a homosexual in a novel.
Having seen a goodly number of people who, on their first comment to FR, say something to support homosexuality as normal and natural and equivalent to natural sexual relations, your first comment on FR gave me pause.
What do you think about homosexuality? Normal variant? Should there be rights due to people because of their sexual practices? What about gay marriage, adoption, foster parenting, gay clubs in schools?
Tell us what you think.
I honestly haven't given it much thought. I don't believe that there should be special rights given to anyone. I do believe that there are certain inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc.
As for marriage, frankly I'm opposed to any government recognized institution along those lines. While I think that there is a role for the government in encouraging a healthy environment for raising children, I think there are better mechanisms than allowing any two opposite-sex (or same-sex) individuals to enter into such a legally recognized institution.
I'm opposed to any non-academic clubs in public schools. School is for learning. If students want to socialize with their friends, let them do it in the safety and comfort of their home (or their friends home).
As for adoption by gay couples... I refuse to say it should be banned outright. I think that every adoption needs to be handled on a case by case basis. I do not doubt, for a second, that there are gay couples who are more equipped to provide a safe and healthy environment for a child than some heterosexual couples, just as I'm sure there are gay couples who are thoroughly incapable of doing so. I think any prospective adoptive parent should have their life thoroughly examined under a microscope. And any parent, adoptive, biological, straight, or gay, who exposes their children to the situations poor Dawn was exposed to, should immediately be jailed.
Any other issues I should express my POV on to make sure I'm up to muster?
(I believe in a limited federal government, a strong national defense, and a persons right to own weapons to defend themselves with, if it matters.)
Oh, and I also believe that private institions, such as the University of the Cumberlands, should be able to pick and choose whatever individuals they do and don't want within their ranks for any reason.
(And private adoption agencies should be able to pick and choose prospective parents based on whatever criteria they set).
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