Comments on: I Love These Kids

By: Marriage Week: Larry And Robert » The Digital Cuttlefish

Marriage Week: Larry And Robert » The Digital Cuttlefish — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:21:03 +0000

[…] Based loosely on these wonderful kids, and on my very real neighbors, whose names have been changed. […]

By: Markita Lynda—it's Spring after the Winter that wasn't

Markita Lynda—it's Spring after the Winter that wasn't — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:24:16 +0000

The article in the Star-Tribune says that the amendment is for limiting marriage to same-sex couples. Are marriages of different-sex couples going to be dissolved or will there simply be no new ones allowed?

By: Winterwind

Winterwind — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:06:13 +0000

@Interrobang #8

Good point. I guess in the Catholic hierarchy of unfit parents, foster mothers are slightly better than unwed single mothers?

By: Interrobang

Interrobang — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:47:14 +0000

So let me get this straight — the Catholic Church, who, for years specialised in coercing young unmarried mothers to give up their babies for adoption, thinks that families that contain adoptees aren’t really families.

I wish I could say I was surprised, but since we all know that opposition to abortion really isn’t about the potential babies at all, and is actually about keeping women under their heels, I’m not. As an adoptee, what I am is highly pissed off, though.

By: Winterwind

Winterwind — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:52:33 +0000

“… thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”

By: M Groesbeck

M Groesbeck — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:38:03 +0000

Wow. As a gay guy who was raised Catholic by my mother alone for several years after my father died, I guess I get to be three times as irritated as usual with the Church. How depressing.

Good to hear the kids weren’t putting up with it, though.

By: Crudely Wrott

Crudely Wrott — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:39:22 +0000

As an older generation once looked to mine to lead the way into the future, my generation now looks to our children to carry on the worthy enterprise of bringing all people under the common umbrella of civilization.

Looks like these youngsters have a good start. Perhaps in a generation or two these battles will have been won and such exercises will not be necessary. Perhaps not if history is any guide. At least technique will be more finely honed, I do so dearly hope.

By: gwen

gwen — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:01:49 +0000

Hooray for these well educated kids! I wonder how the school will spin it in the long run. I think they will think twice before having another such assembly.

By: tricycle

tricycle — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:49:05 +0000

This story made the rounds at my neighborhood coffee shop even before it was written up in the Minneapolis newspaper. People are pissed.

It’s worth looking at the comments to the Star Tribune article. When I checked this morning it was about 80 to 4 in support of the students.

By: dan-o

dan-o — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:22:10 +0000

I would be intersted to know the number of students against the speakers versus the ones who were not. I noticed it did not mention this as my guess it was only a small few but I could be wrong.