Texas bans homosexual and bisexual foster parents

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

That's initially how I felt, but then I remembered that there are a lot of Texans who would also disagree with this load of BS: Ann Richards, Willie Nelson, and Larry "J.R. Ewing/Major Nelson" Hagman to name but three.

Still, whenever these types of BS bills go through (like a constitutional ban on same-sex unions that was passed in my Ohio in November), I begin to hear a song in my head. It begins like this: "O' Canada, Our home and native land..." Heck, the same week Ohio banned same-sex unions, Saskatchewan legalized same-sex marriages! As a straight guy, one might ask why I feel so concerned. Well, for me, it's a civil rights issue, and an issue of dealing with reality. I came from a broken home. It would not have been to my advantage to have the traditional two-parent household. Yet, I came out okay. So I know first hand that their argument that all children need a two-parent home is BS. My other concern is that these (im)moralists are basically turning our society into a series of massive high school clicks. Well, I'm sorry, but I graduated.

Well put.