Posted on 06/26/2011 4:27:41 AM PDT by markomalley
 Martha Davis, left, and Lisa Eisenpresser, with their daughter Kate, 4, and Angela Courtin take turns reading a book at Lisa and Angela’s home. “Families look a lot of different ways,” Eisenpresser says by way of explanation when Kate's little friends ask about her three mommies. |
On a leafy drive in west Los Angeles, at a newly renovated home with cathedral ceilings and a backyard pool, 4-year-old Kate Eisenpresser-Davis' friends have been known to pose an intriguing question: "Why does Kate have three mommies?"
Lisa Eisenpresser, 44, and her partner, Angela Courtin, 38, share custody of Kate with Eisenpresser's ex-partner.
When asked to describe their life, Eisenpresser and Courtin respond with the same word: "Normal." Days are spent searching for the right balance between work and home, and zigzagging through Mar Vista to meetings, school and gymnastics.
Courtin is pregnant. Kate will soon have a sister, Phoebe, conceived from Eisenpresser's egg and sperm from a donor — the same 6-foot-1 Harvard grad, who scored a 1580 on the SAT, who served as Kate's donor.
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Make it a foursome. Let the pet dog have custody too.
Must be a sight on a Friday night when there is a fight about who gets the vibrator.
To be a fly on the wall when little Kate comes home one day and asks her “mommies” what “QUEER” means..
Lazarus, your tolerance and your great concern for “the children” is duly noted.
But you’re wrong, and your viewpoint is destructive.
Why is he wrong? As long as they are not on the public dole what business is it of ours?
DISGUSTING... poor children!
[i]But you’re wrong, and your viewpoint is destructive.[/i]
What a very liberal thing to say... My viewpoint is neither wrong nor right and it’s neither destructive nor constructive. Its MY viewpoint period. Hate is easy to espouse towards those we disagree with and I believe the liberal left revels in such hate. I wonder if we must do the same? Even if hate is not your motive I believe you may be on a slippery slope when you start proclaiming such black and white statements towards others’ viewpoints. We all have opinions and I’m fairly certain none of them are exactly the same as any other.
For me, I believe the child is the more important part of this equation and perhaps you believe the homosexual parents are. That’s fine but I don’t feel the need to say you’re being destructive and wrongheaded in your view.
Take a look at Freemama’s post above your own concerning my statements. She too disagrees with me yet never tells me my views are wrong or destructive. Instead she offers me something to think about without any off the cuff declarations. She has instead, in her way, offered to the debate a new variable. You on the other hand have decided there is no room to discuss or learn. Much like Saul Alinsky would do.
Again. I hope this was not your intent and would like to think that perhaps you were just in a hurry this morning. Either way, I hope your day is still a good one. Cheers.
I agree with you on the father’s part in a child’s growth. Unfortunately this can’t be the case in all children’s lives whether through divorce, death, or poor young choices. Still, I’ve met many good people that were raised without a father as often as I’ve met bad ones that had them. And the same is true for children raised only by a father. It’s not ideal I’ll grant you. But it is a fact of life. If the child is loved and grows to maturity they do have the ability to make informed choices and decide their own fate I believe. This happens regardless of what their childhood placed before them. If this is not the case then wouldn’t it also be true that spewing hateful things at the child’s parents would also degrade the child’s future? I Don’t think for an instance that homosexuality is a viable “lifestyle”. But I don’t think I’ll interfere with a child being given a loving home either.
Are you actually not seriously troubled by the redefinition of the family to include "2, or 3, or even 8 same sex parents"? If so, you are exhibiting an appalling lack of understanding of what a family was designed (I use the word advisedly) to be: the lifelong union of a man and a woman and their children. This is a Truth so powerful and axiomatic to civilization that even pagan civilizations have understood that to tamper with the Divine design is to invite catastrophe.
It is left to jaded, morally bankrupt Western civilization to attempt to "redefine" the family, and we do so at our peril.
Is she loved? Does she feel loved? If so then I just don’t care about the sexual orientation of the parents anymore.
Love is so much more than a feel-good photo of three smiling "mothers" cuddling together on a couch. Try to look a little deeper than a puff piece in a publication with an obvious agenda. Do you really have any idea of the backstory of what is going on in this "family"? Do you imagine that happy faces in a carefully-staged photo makes everything "OK"?
Have you heard the heart-breaking accounts of children trapped in such circumstances asking where their daddy is? "2, 3, or even 8 same-sex parents" cannot make up for the intentional deprivation of either a mother or a father. This is the what of homosexual "families" by definition lack, for which nothing will compensate.
Single mothers and fathers can testify to the great void in the child's life as the result of their absent parent. The essential truth is that children need both a mother and a father. Many are forced by circumstances to manage without one or the other, but it is inexcusable that as a society we should be enabling - yea, even promoting - lifestyles that intentionally deprive children of either a father or a mother.
Before you simplistically dismiss the above, I invite you to examine the voluminous research that supports the traditional understanding of the family. The research of David Blankenhorn would be a good start. Blankenhorn is founder and president of the Institute for American Values and the author of The Future of Marriage and Fatherless America. He actually identifies as a liberal Democrat and is more "tolerant" of the homosexual lifestyle than most conservatives, yet he has inescapably come to the conclusion that marriage is properly defined as the union of a man and a woman.
It’s not a family it’s a mini indoctrination camp designed to infiltrate and disrupt life of real parents and families. It’s a damn crying shame!
Surely you must realize that the above statement is indefensible.
You cannot so easily excuse the possible consequences of your words. The fact is that defending something which causes harm to both individuals and society - as homosexual "marriage" does - is in itself both "wrong" and "destructive."
To imply that those who disagree with your position are guilty of "hate" is specious, and a common ruse by the enemies of truth.
I agree that "the child is the more important part of this equation." However, I wonder how much research and study you have done regarding the effects of the intentional deprivation of either a mother or a father upon children. As noted in my earlier post, the writings of David Blankenhorn would be a good start in that regard.
It appears that your view is in reality based not upon objective evidence but a facile acceptance of the claims of the supporters of homosexual marriage both in the media and among biased researchers.
I have read much of Blankenhorn’s research. It is no different than when they tried to jung up child psychology in the belief that all children are without self and subject to nature and nurture more than reason. And while he does point out that marriage is necessary, he only does so biologically. Meaning he doesn’t really understand the spiritual need of it. On top of that, I never said this was acceptable, and I never said the traditional family is not better. Not to mention it has little to do with the original point of what my post was about. You cherry picked that statement and didn’t include it as a whole with the rest. I never defended homosexuality and several times pointed that out. I instead believe we have more important things to worry about that have an immediate effect on our society than whether this particular family is homosexual. If you wish to turn this into a argument of whether I’m defending homosexuality then you’ll lose.
Now If you wish to discuss the science of this then we can do that too.
It is accepted science now that homosexuality is a genetic misfire. Misfire being my word here. There is a gene that lends to that. Meaning that genetically we’re meant to be heterosexual for a reason. Once in a while a gene misfires and the individual will become homosexual. Instead of spouting platitudes about how wrong or morally reprehensible homosexual behavior is then why aren’t you investing time an energy into finding a genetic cure? Wouldn’t that solve everything much better than condemnations? Provided science is correct on this...
Yet still this too has no bearing on what I posted above. Obama and his Soros puppet master are greater threats to our society than this homosexual family. AT THIS TIME.
And what in the world does the “Western Civilization” comment have to do with the whole thing? Eastern Civilization is full of Islamofacists and communists. So I’m not even sure where you’re going with this. Your traditional view of “Family” is founded in Western Civilization alone. You’ll need to clarify this statement for me so I can understand your point.
I don’t recall mentioning any photos. Must be your understanding of what I posted. I don’t care if they have Xmas cards with their pictures on it or a family album. Doesn’t change my perception or views a whit. What I care about is whether that child is loved. And loved as in feels safe, secure, cherished, and informed. While you see this as an attempt at undermining society (and I agree), you refuse to see that it is small time compared to what’s being allowed to transpire right this moment that will have a much more profound effect on your family than all your traditions can offset. My post was one of priorities.
My own family is raised on christian values, love, respect, and the right of an individual to think freely. Even if I end up not agreeing with them. And I must be doing something right as my children are straight A students, never in trouble with society, and considered some of the most polite kids amongst those that have met them. My oldest wants to pursue Constitutional Law, My son wants to be a Marine Corps Officer an my youngest an RN, so perhaps my understanding of “Family” is pretty solid.
BTW... I hope my posts aren’t coming across as angry, upset or indignant. They are only meant to be a discussion and I don’t feel like you or the others are attacking me or anything. And I don’t want you to feel that way either.
I don’t try to excuse anything. I have my opinions and you yours. Pretty straight forward I’m thinking. I never “implied” anything. Sorry. I’m pretty straight with what I say.
“It appears that your view is in reality based not upon objective evidence but a facile acceptance of the claims of the supporters of homosexual marriage both in the media and among biased researchers.”
Wow. you really must have missed what I’ve been writing. And I’ve been pretty verbose too. I couldn’t even begin to respond to such a misconception as that.
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Apparently the number of "mommies" Heather can have is inifinite. But most Americans want Heather to have a mommy and a daddy:
Ignore the mainstream media: Americans still believe in one man, one woman Townhall.com ^ | June 26, 2011 | AWR Hawkins Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:12:08 AM by Kaslin
The messed up assertion already is showing up in the assumption about the sperm donor being a 1580 score on the SAT. I hate to say this, but intelligence and how good of a student a kid is not purely predestined by genetics. Plenty of kids I have known with autism, or who were mentally challenged had well-educated parents. In addition, even decent research on autism shows that there is a significant role from, let’s hear it... nurture. This whole assumption gives random genetics more credit than it really deserves, and is a bad assumption in and of itself. Not to say that some confusing parent arrangement isn’t bad, because it really is, but when you hear people making these unfounded statements about how genetics can turn out, you question what kind of brains they actually have.
Take a good, long look at the stats of domestic violence rates among lesbian couples. Then, check out some of the case studies of abuse of dependent males in lesbian house holds.
It doesn’t matter that there is, occurring at a lesser rate, the same violence in normal households. The rates are exponentially higher among “gay” and lesbians.
Homosexuality is a mental disorder.
Those who reject moral absolutes are liberals and they wander lost within the vacuum between their own ears.
Since when? The left has desperately tried, and failed, to push the idea that they're "born that way."
It's never been proven.
However, an irrefutable fact is that the vast majority of homosexuals are sexual abuse victims.
It's a mental disorder. Deal with it.
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