The Kids are All Right, which premieres today in limited release, is about two lesbians (Nic and Jules) who use the sperm of a donor, and the technology of a laboratory to get one of them pregnant and have a child. Later, they have another child with the same sperm donor (Paul). Joni (female) and Laser (male), the two children, become interested in their father and so go looking for him. They find him and he comes into their lives, but there is resistence from the two lesbians.
If you haven't guessed already, this movie is meant to once again try to normalize homosexual relationships. The point of the movie is lesbian and gay couples have their problems, their ups and downs, just like every other couple. They're no different. They're just regular folk like you and me trying to get along in this world.
Homosexual activity is never portrayed as anything but normal in these movies. They want everyone to accept their new moral code and have no qualms about homosexual relationships.
The image that's presented though must be regarded as nothing but propaganda. We know from many studies that children, especially girls, fare much better when they have a father figure in their lives. This is not a social construct. If you look at every society in the world, marriage has always been between male and female. Ying and yang. Two complementary forces. We cannot change the human person simply by desiring it.
Another trend lately is to show homosexual partners as just your regular nuclear family that wants the same lifestyle as the typical 1950s family. This is simply not true. The vast majority of gay or lesbian couples do not want to have a family or children. In fact, statistics show promiscuity is extremely rampant within gay communities. So much so that monogamy really is the exception to the rule and a rarity.
I heard one time that there are about 1000 gay couples in the US that have adopted a child or otherwise had a child, out of 777,000 total gay couples in the US. Therefore only 1 out of 777 have any children, adopted or otherwise, which is 0.129%.
According to the US Census Bureau, 28% of households have children, which works out to about 32,000,000 households with children (total households: 115 million).
For every child who has "two mommies" or "two daddies", there are 32,000 that have a mommy and daddy. Why is it then that it seems nearly half of all children on TV or in movies are raised by gay parents? From this movie to "Modern Family", time after time, we see this portrayal of a loving gay couple wishing to have a normal family and adopt a child, yet according to actual statistics this arrangement is exceedingly rare. Sometimes, television stations will seek out real life examples of this. Not long ago, CNN had a one-hour program called Gary and Tony Have a Baby.
There seems to be an obsession with showing as many "normal" gay families as possible in order to increase acceptance.
But in this particular case, we can find an ulterior motive. The director of this film, Lisa Cholodenko, is herself in a lesbian relationship. She received an anonymous sperm donation and had a son Calder. She lives with a woman named Wendy Melvoin.
It is unfashionable to question these types of relationships, but let's focus on the children for a few minutes. They are not accessories to a style, or a political statement. They are living, breathing, gifts from God who have a right to know their parents and live in a complementary, loving atmosphere.
You wrote: "Why is it then that it seems nearly half of all children on TV or in movies are raised by gay parents?"
ReplyDeleteThis assertion is hysterical. I'd like to see this list of "all" of these children in current movies and shows with gay parents. I could count them on two hands.
Your reaction is typical when a majority starts noticing that the minority is challenging the status quo of power. Like the boardroom of 12 men who, when the second female is appointed, worry that the company is being "taken over" by women.
Just because TV finally has more than one family with gay parents doesn't mean they are getting equal time in the media -- even if it FEELS like that to you.
You wrote: "Why is it then that it seems nearly half of all children on TV or in movies are raised by gay parents?"
ReplyDeleteThis assertion is hysterical. I'd like to see this list of "all" of these children in current movies and shows with gay parents. I could count them on two hands.
Your reaction is typical when a majority starts noticing that the minority is challenging the status quo of privilege. Like the boardroom of 12 men who, when the second female is appointed, worry that the company is being "taken over" by women.
Just because TV finally has more than one family with gay parents doesn't mean they are getting equal time in the media -- even if it FEELS like that to you.
Dear anonymous 1 you said:
ReplyDelete'Your reaction is typical when a majority starts noticing that the minority is challenging the status quo of privilege. Like the boardroom of 12 men who, when the second female is appointed, worry that the company is being "taken over" by women. ''
What power and privilege are you talking about? My grandmother had 12 children, she worked night and day, she gave her life. That what's in question, it is the happiness of children, it is the survival of a society, your society.
As an heterosexual I'm absolutely not afraid of being "taken over" but of the desperation and emptiness that comes from doing just what you want, fulfilling all your egotistical desires, that I'm afraid of...