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http://trollprincess.livejournal.com/1636568.html) because her answer was just way too cool and I have to repeat it every single time I hear "I don't like it because I'd have to explain it to my kids" from now on:
Lesbian kisses at game ignite Seattle debate A quote:
"I would be uncomfortable" seeing public displays of affection between lesbians or gay men, said Jim Ridneour, a 54-year-old taxi driver. "I don't think it's right seeing women kissing in public. If I had my family there, I'd have to explain what's going on." *sigh* All right, let's try this again.
If you're out with your family and you see two people of the same sex kissing, you don't
actually have to explain anal sex or fisting or the workings of a strap-on or the precise anatomical location of the prostate or what a bear is or how to put on assless chaps or what gay-for-pay means or how edible flavored lube really is or why that well at the tip of a condom has to be there or what kind of batteries go into a dildo or how many sexual positions two six-foot-tall guys can get into in the cab of a pick-up truck or why Heath Ledger was robbed of that Best Actor Oscar or what Melissa Etheridge needed David Crosby for or what poppers are or why those really flamboyant guys in the Pride parade only wear a sparkly thong or Leonid the Magnificent.
If you're having such a hard fucking problem understanding what to say to your kids about gay people, ask them. Ten bucks says they will look at two guys or two girls kissing, shrug, and say, "They must like each other a lot."
You know, if you haven't already broken them, you moron.
No, we wouldn't want parents to have to actually
explain things to their kids! It's not like parents are in the explaining-fucking-business! Did the parental handbook ever say that parents would have to have discussions with their kids to explain the world around them? No, I don't think so!
Jesus fucking Christ. Kids are going to come in contact with the world. Sorry, it's just gonna happen. And "protecting" them from having any information about the society in which they live doesn't actually protect them. It leaves them completely defensless when they actually do come in contact with something that you didn't see fit to inform them about! And they will come in contact with that, I guaran-fucking-tee it! The moment you made your decision to carry the pregnancy to term and accept responsibility for the care and rearing of that infant is the day you agreed to be a teacher, mentor, and guardian and that includes FUCKING EXPLAINING SHIT!
It's the same problem people have with poly or swingers or kinky people ... what about the children? You don't have to go into details, just say that they like each other! It's really not that difficult of a concept to grasp! As several people in the OP's comments have said, it takes grown-ups to make the issue complicated.
