tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608003494386157154.post4320020494845519708..comments2023-10-22T04:27:59.431-07:00Comments on What Matters: LotteryCatrinkaShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09383407884034887408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608003494386157154.post-17598841934187942202009-04-23T08:47:00.000-07:002009-04-23T08:47:00.000-07:00Well, at least explaining what "gay" means is easi...Well, at least explaining what "gay" means is easier than explaining what an "opposite marriage" is. <br /><br />Well done Cat! Now, how does one explain how this society loves marriage so much we can do it over and over and over and over again, yet my gay friends who have been together years and years can't even do ti once.<br /><br />Now, when do you explain all this to the boys?? :))Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398290484412332767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608003494386157154.post-45115718624568340222009-04-22T16:22:00.000-07:002009-04-22T16:22:00.000-07:00I'm telling you - this conversation doesn't really...I'm telling you - this conversation doesn't really get easier as they get older. But it is a conversation to be had. FOR SURE. It's especially important right now with the Miss USA (that's the title, right?) debacle going on and how she answered. I don't care so much <I>what</I> she answered, but the <I>how</I> of it. <br /><br />"In my country..." is how she began. <br /><br />The fact of the matter is that gay people live in this country, too, and it's THEIRS as well. I'd have like to have seen Perez answer back about "his country" and what life is like for him instead of the snarky, stereotypical bitchy answer he gave. <br /><br />Ah. I could write a whole post on this. Bethy summed things up very nicely though. Be you and don't care what everyone else has to say about it.Mochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035442586293974560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608003494386157154.post-7278962053416306172009-04-21T07:51:00.000-07:002009-04-21T07:51:00.000-07:00I bet that was an interesting conversation to have...I bet that was an interesting conversation to have with a six year old on a soccer field - but the beauty is you that seized the moment and had the conversation. I think that's so much more impactful than a "planned talk". And AB's closing line shows her wisdom and the kind of person you are raising!My Inner Dialoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946064568329953887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608003494386157154.post-34689958017724078862009-04-20T08:44:00.000-07:002009-04-20T08:44:00.000-07:00Well, said -- thank you. Will look at those Judit...Well, said -- thank you. Will look at those Judith Warner essays!Juleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01736459599562847537noreply@blogger.com