Polyamorous Oakland family finds parenting easier with two moms and a dad

SF Gate ^ | March 11, 2015 | Amy Graff

[C19fan]

An Oakland family has found what they think is the key to a happy household: three parents. Two women named Melinda and Dani Phoenix and the man they both consider their husband, Jonathan Stein, are in a polyamorous relationship and parenting two babies together under the same roof.

Melinda and Dani began their relationship as a lesbian couple and became domestic partners in 2010. A year later, Jonathan joined them as the third partner and the three married last summer in a ceremony that is not legally recognized.

Now they’re sharing their story to raise awareness about polyamorous families and hope that some day these arrangements can be widely accepted and legally recognized. With children entering their picture, they feel gaining support from the community is more important than ever.

[Shimmer1]

Oh good!!

[CatherineofAragon]

Thanks, Darks...should have pointed out the post number.

[CatherineofAragon]

He deserved it for being a deviant, and for being nasty to you.

[Darksheare]

Welcome.
I sometimes forget to do that myself.

But boy was this guy real...interesting.
If he’d made it a thread by itself I could move the UT to it.
*grumble*

[Waryone]

No kidding! I’m surprised the person lasted this long with that gaystapo technique. He or she might have been liberaltarian, or even a commiecon. Might even have thought him or herself a good e-republican. But in no way, shape or form was he or she a conservative.

[CatherineofAragon]

I’m going to have to go back and read the posting history. It must be an interesting one.

[Darksheare]

It..in light of his meltdown here, he sounds “off”.

[CatherineofAragon]

Yeah, some of the ranting was hard to follow.

[newfreep]

Ahhh, another follower of satan who rejects God and His perfect wisdom & morals.

You got a lotta hate & evil in your darkened heart, buddy.

Bottom lime, the sodomy & homosexual lifestyle choice is truly a mental disorder...and pure evil.

[Shimmer1]

Awwwwww I got back at him..I prayed for him! I just didn’t tell him because I didn’t want to egg him on to hate even more

[Shimmer1]

Wow. That made me really glad I didn’t snap at him! Like I told Catherine I got back him I prayed for him.

[KC_Lion]

[MHGinTN]

Hmm, seems ‘cankerous bigot’ is used there more to identify than just name call.

[MHGinTN]

“I am not a right wing religious zealot. I find them every bit as dangerous as Islamic zealots.” Growing very senile in your declining years, eh?

[Windflier]

What a strange one. I’ve seen it post here on occasion, but never noticed anything weird about it. Shows how much you can glean about a person from the occasional, passing post.

It’s truly amazing the stuff some people have bottled up inside them.

[Berlin_Freeper]

oldenuff2...ZOTHammer!

[VideoDoctor]

Polyamorous Oakland family finds parenting easier with two moms and a dad

Well gee whiz.. then THREE moms and TWO dads would be even BETTER and make it even easier. /s

[TheOldLady]

Well said.

[newnhdad]

if I have to deal with double the nagging, at least I want some eye candy and an occasional “show”, if you know what I mean. Those two look like 3am throwbacks.

[TheOldLady]

Yes, thank you, Berlin_Freeper. ;-)