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Monday, December 3, 2012

Two Straight Allies

Posted by on Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:25 AM

This one is a royal princess:

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit secretly traveled to India in order to care for infant twins born to the surrogate mother of a gay palace employee unable to get a travel visa, the palace said on Monday. Armed with a diplomatic passport that granted her immediate access, the future queen jumped on a plane in late October when the employee, who is also a friend, and his husband were unable to travel to care for their newborns. "For me, this is about two babies lying alone in a New Delhi hospital," Mette-Marit said in a statement. "I was able to travel and wanted to do what I could." She did not alert Indian authorities and spent several days with the babies at the Manav Medicare Centre, where staff assumed the wife of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon was a nanny. While the princess was away, her name continued to appear in the official palace calendar and her absence from a parliamentary dinner was not explained.

This one is a "Savage Love" reader:

I recently noticed a good friend of mine from high school came out on his Facebook page. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but when I was in high school I was ignorant and homophobic for all of the reasons a young man in the 80's and raised strictly Catholic were. I started to recall all of the hateful things I had mentioned while he was around and felt that I had to apologize for my former self. It wasn't long after moving away from middle earth and to Pittsburgh that I became aware that I was shallow and hadn't realized how very non threatening LGBT people were to straights. Anyway, he seemed very pleased with my apology even though I know it was more for me to clear my conscience than to make him feel good. I'm not telling you something you aren't aware of, but I'm a much better person since I've become aware of the real world. It gets better for us straight people too.—Matt S.

 

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gloomy gus 1
Such a lovely pair of stories! The second's reflection on history reminded me of something my sister sent me, Alex Ross's terrific "Love on the March" in this month's New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/…
Posted by gloomy gus on December 3, 2012 at 11:43 AM
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Yep. I recently had a "should I apologize" dilemma myself. The person in question wasn't gay, but I did something less than stellar once and for the past few years, after I figured out what was really happening, I've wondered whether I should apologize. After all, I'd be doing it mostly to make myself feel better, and it's possible that the person doesn't give a darn about the event itself any more.

One good thing about the holidays is that it's a fine time to send people cards and messages about old business like this.
Posted by DRF on December 3, 2012 at 12:04 PM
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It's a very sweet story, but a debate about surrogate motherhood would seem useful. I'm queasy about people renting out their bodies like that, and I've read stories of some surrogate mothers (hopefuly not this one!) being underpaid, sometimes being treated horribly, and sometimes not receiving what they were promised.
Posted by Warren Terra on December 3, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Pope Peabrain 4
I remember the first time I marched in a pride parade. That was over forty years ago. My, how things have changed.
Posted by Pope Peabrain on December 3, 2012 at 12:55 PM
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Commercial surrogacy is illegal under Norwegian law.
Posted by avr on December 3, 2012 at 1:50 PM
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Now THAT'S a princess. Pretty good friend as well.
Posted by westello on December 3, 2012 at 1:52 PM
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its always soooo embarrassing when you buy a little brown 3rd world baby then the fuck up the paperwork and can't go pick up your purchase.....
Posted by oh shit. does this mean I lose my deposit? on December 3, 2012 at 3:38 PM
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"She did not alert Indian authorities...."

why the fuck should she have?

the rules don't apply when the Homosexual Agenda is in play.....
Posted by Rules are for Other People on December 3, 2012 at 3:41 PM
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@3 Women can't be trusted to act in their own best interest based on anecdotal evidence that they are sometimes mistreated. Let's pass some laws to protect them from making choices.
Posted by By Golly on December 3, 2012 at 6:01 PM
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@9 I think banning surrogate motherhood would indeed imply just that, but right now the regulations and support systems just aren't there. Similar to my feelings about prostitution, it's not about banning it outright, but putting protections into place.
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