I am acquainted with a number of gay couples.

As to the canard about gay men abusing adopted kids, one of the couples I know have adopted two boys, at different times, from a Chinese orphanage. I have watched these kids grow up. And there is obviously NOTHING untoward in their upbringing. They refer to one of the men as "Daddy" and the other as "Papa." They have plenty of contact with girls and women, because the sisters and women friends of the two men often take care of them, and both in school and at the church they attend they have plenty of contact with girls and women. One of the boys is an acolyte in the church. The other is still too young, but he attends my wife's Sunday school class.

Incidentally, the two men were married—whether the state recognized it or not—in this church.

These two lads are going to have—and are having—a far better life than they would have had if they had just been left in the Chinese orphanage.

And I know another gay couple who have four children. They hadn't quite planned it that way, but it's the kind of surprise that same sex couples sometimes get! One of the men had a child (in vitro fertilization) with a surrogate mother. After the child, a boy, was born, the other man also intended to have a child by the same method with the same woman. They wanted to use the services of the same surrogate mother so that the children would be at least half-siblings. But the vagaries of biology altered the plan a bit. Surprise surprise!! She gave birth to triplets!!! All boys.

It's a real snort when these two guys come to church with their horde of kids in tow. Believe me, the young 'uns have lots of women doting on them. Between female relatives and friends, the boys have plenty of exposure to the fair sex.

So—what's the problem!??

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Well, North Carolina . . . welcome to the Dark Ages!

Don Firth