Thursday, May 21, 2009
Hetero Gay People Can't Do That!
Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:11 AM
When ruling against same-sex marriage Washington state's Supremes and New York's Supremes both declared that their respective state legislatures could reserve marriage rights exclusively for heterosexual couples because marriage is about raising children and promiscuous heterosexual sex often leads to unexpected pregnancies and slutty heterosexuals to be induced to marry and take care of their children. Gay sex, on the other hand, leads only to damp hand towels, sore jaws, and loose stools. And the children being raised by same-sex couples? Planned for and anticipated, and therefore less in need of the protections of marriage. Because, um...
I'm still not sure how a planned child is less in need of the protections of marriage than an unexpected child. By that reasoning the state should annul the marriages of straight couples who adopt or are undergo fertility treatments—just to be fair. I mean, hey, if gay couples' planned-for kids don't need married parents, then straight couples' planned-for kids don't need married parents either, right?
But that wasn't the point of this post. This is:
Mother gives birth to twins with different dads
‘One-in-a-million’ occurrence involves two eggs and two different fathersA Texas woman wasn't planning on two conceptions for the record books. But that's what she got — along with two beautiful boys—when she gave birth to twins of different fathers nearly a year ago....
The mystery began to be solved when her partner, 44-year-old James Harrison, became concerned that Justin and Jordan, born only 7 minutes apart, looked so different. A paternity test followed.
When he discovered that Justin wasn’t his son, Harrison said, "I was hurt, torn apart—didn't know what the next move was gonna be," Harrison said in a taped NBC News segment.
According to MSNBC, if more than one man's sperm is lurking in a woman's vaginal canal and she releases two eggs during ovulation—surprise!—she can give birth to twins with different dads. And that's what happened in this case: Mia Washington had sex with two different men—her live-in boyfriend, her piece-on-the-side—close to a double ovulation. And so now she has one set of twins with two different dads and she gets to go on the Today Show and chat with Meredith Vieira about her new boys, the four-year-old she had by another man, and the baby she's carrying now (father TBD). And guess what? It looks like reserving marriage rights for heterosexuals—the law in Texas, just like Washington and New York—has convinced this mom and dad to contemplate tying the knot:
Washington and Harrison... say they intend to marry someday. They said they also plan on telling the kids the entire story when they're old enough to grasp it.
Yeah, you might want to wait. Wouldn't want to confuse the kids—that's a gay thing.
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DAN - THIS IS LOT LOGIC - IT IS THE POWER OF MOTHER NATURE TO INSURE THE SPECIES
AND WHY TRY TO MAKE MORE OF IT THAN REALLY IS HAPPENING?
SOUNDS LIKE THE KIDS WILL BE WELL CARED FOR AND A BIT OF COMMUNITY/FAMILY LEGEND.
SO THE POINT IS WHAT - AGAIN?
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Boy, those were the days...
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That's one of the reasons that breeders try to keep the female in heat away from all males except the intended mate. Litters where puppies may have sires of different breeds are not uncommon.
(for the record, I don't breed, but am required to have serious dog skills).
This is actually a fine example of why the government should not be handing out societal-stamps-of-approval for anyone's relationships, gay or straight.
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It's weird and/or scary and I don't like it!
Let's say that marriage developed as a way to insure a stable family for the raising of children. (Okay, but we all know that's not where marriage came from.) But let's just say that's the case.
So what! Marriage might have started out as a super-duper way to provide of benefit to children. But people are free to use marriage for any damn thing they want. You can get married because you're afraid of being alone. Or to please or piss off your parents. Or because you want to create a stable home for a child. Or because you're bored. Or because you need a pal. Or for any other wise or stupid reason you wish. They're all legal.
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Here's what a favorite female colleague of mine who happens to be pregnant said:
"Um, what is the worst part of this story?
The fact that she’s a whore?
The fact that she’s got 3 babies by 3 different men?
The fact that she just turned 20 and he’s 44?
Yep, the whole damn thing is disturbing!
But the baby/sperm part is kind of fascinating!
I think I’d go on a rampage, one night an asian, one night a samoan, one night a black man, one night, Hispanic, then throw in a whitey for fun. I’d have my own rainbow all at once. Of course, they’d all have to be double my age and their stuff may not be working at that age, but, whatev!"
Nuff' said.
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They said they also plan on telling the kids the entire story when they're old enough to grasp it.
OK, A) do we think that the older brother is in the dark about why the family is getting so much attention (and won't spill the beans at some point before the parents think they're old enough to "grasp it")?
and B) If not A, then what do we think the odds are that one of the twins will Google their parents before they have THE TALK and find out that way?
That'll be an exciting day, huh?!?
Some of these posters sound like Bible belt grannies of the worst kind.
Interesting, hope she gets tons of money for the pictures ... and yes, gay men who chase are lucky that birth control isn't required... or ....you know ... lots of fathers ... kids all different ... big time paternity problems.
. . .oh, you're being sarcastic. I am dumb. Didn't get that. My bad. :(
This is definitely the best part: "And it has a surprise: Washington, who has a 4-year-old son from a different father, says the clan will grow even larger in August. 'They're gonna have a baby sister,' she said." Damn, woman. Who's the father this time?
At least Dan knows who his baby's daddy is. ;)
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Why did their thoughts go straight to a paternity test and not say, a cheap book on genetics, or an internet search on twins (like that couple, both with a white and black parent who had twin daughters, one very much white and one very much black).
And how stupid is this woman who would agree to a paternity test so willingly since she had been cheating? I don’t think this is a gay-marriage story, I think it’s a how-stupid-are-people story.
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