Does Melinda Tankard Reist Oppose Gay Marriage?
“There’s no doubt whatsoever from the research that children with two lesbian parents are growing up to be just as well-adjusted and successful” as children with a male and a female parent,” Stacey told LiveScience.
There is very little research on the children of gay men, so Stacey and Biblarz couldn’t draw conclusions on those families. But Stacey suspects that gay men “will be the best parents on average,” she said. (Live Science – Why Gay Parents may be the Best Parents)
Melinda claims to be an advocate for women and girls. Yet it is clear that this excludes members of the GLBTI community. If you are a queer girl, or a girl with same-sex parents, forget it. Melinda supports the traditional family.
So here are some questions for Melinda:
Do you think sexual orientation is a matter of choice?
Do you support the right of the GLBTI community to form families and raise children?
Do you support the rights of GLBTI children?
Do you support a comprehensive sex education program that supports the GLBTI community and teaches children about natural sexual and gender variation?
Do you support same-sex marriage?
Or are you a moral conservative who supports the ‘traditional’ family to the exclusion of the GLBTI community?
So who is the real Melinda? Why, turns out she’s an anti-abortion, anti-homosexual, sex negative moral conservative who hangs out with the religious right.
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A work in progress – and something completely different. A crime novel about cultural and generational clashes. A series of murders in the Melbourne art world. 
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This really shouldn’t have to be pointed out, but “gay” is not an umbrella term from the GLBTIQ community. GLBTIQ is the umbrella term, or if you want something pronounceable, then QUILTBAG.
http://blogs.bluebec.com/umbrella-phrases/
Oh and “gay lifestyle”? Really? What lifestyle is that exactly? The same lifestyle as everyone else, but instead of being opposite sex attracted, they’re same sex attracted? How exactly is that a “gay lifestyle”?
It’d be great if this whole thing were written to include lesbians and bisexuals who are in same-sex relationships. Perhaps just swap out gay for “same-sex” which would be far more inclusive of you.
I stand corrected. I’ll make the necessary changes later today.
Thanks for taking it on board. :)
Although I may change it back, simply because ‘gay marriage’ may yield more hits – a purely practical consideration. It was never my intention to exclude anyone. If you read my blog you will see I support difference, including poly.
I can tell that you support difference, even though I objected to the language you had used in this post, which is why I commented in the first place.
I’d suggest leaving the title as “gay marriage” if you want to be widely read, and then add something in the body of the post about terminology how “gay marriage” really should be “same-sex marriage” or “equal marriage” to be inclusive. It’s what I do when I critique language used by the media or religious right on such things.