Gay Parents: What Stephen Harper Tried to Hide

Of all the things the religious hatemongers say and do in their insane and unrelenting war on gay people, one of the most disgusting is the way they attack gay parents...and their children.

These crazy wingnuts are always spewing filth about how gay men and lesbians shouldn't be allowed to raise children, because they're evil people, and it's bad for the kids.

So I was really happy to see a Canadian report say exactly the opposite.

A study prepared for the Canadian government shows children do as well, perhaps better, when reared by same-sex parents as they do by opposite-sex couples.

Which of course is no surprise to anyone who actually knows gay and straight parents. And knows that it doesn't matter what your sexual orientation is, it's how much you care for and love your children that counts. Duh?

But of course it's not what the secret religious fanatic Stephen Harper wants you to believe. So the SoCon in Chief and his homophobic henchmen tried to BURY the report....

The study only came to light when Hastings used freedom of information laws to obtain a copy which he provided to the Canwest News Service.

And then pretended it didn't exist....

Last December a motion to reopen the gay marriage issue was defeated by Parliament. During the debate no mention was made of the study, by Prof. Paul Hastings at Concordia University, but Harper's Tories cited a French study that said same-sex parenting was not in the best interests of children

Can you believe it? Citing a FRENCH report instead of a CANADIAN one paid for by taxpayers. Even Citoyen Dion wouldn't do that ...

A French report that bases its objections on the problems it would cause with the Civil Code. Instead of a Canadian one that looks at how the kids are actually doing. How low can this despicable Harper government go?

But then what can you say about a government that would put crazy religion before the interests of children? Just like the right-wing religious fanatics in the United States do.

Except that it's not surprising.

This isn't a government....it's more like a conspiracy, Harper's ReformCons are crawling with religious fanatics who inhabit the same swamp as the freaky wingnut hordes, who are preparing for this weekend's Bigot Fest in Poland.

Where the word FAMILY is just a code word for HATE.

It's a jamboree for people who very often find themselves outside the mainstream. They're living the fantasy for a couple of days of what the world would be like if their ideas prevailed.

But of course, they may prevail in Poland that backward outhouse of anti-semitism and homophobia....but they won't prevail here. All that deranged and evil nonsense will eventually founder on the power of love.

Gay men and lesbians will continue to raise, care, worry about, and love their children. Just like straight parents do.

And as for the kids, they'll continue to love their mom and their dad, their two moms or their two dads...or their single ones ....except when they're grounded or forced to stay in and do their homework or clean up their room....

And be proud of them too....whoever they are.

If you don't believe me... ask this dutch boy about his two dads. I think I played the video once before. But after that great report card on gay parents. I think the kid deserves an encore....

See what I mean? Tolerance, diversity, family. unconditional love.

All the hatred in the world doesn't stand a chance against that. Stephen Harper and his Socons can try to bury the truth.

But sooner or later it will bury THEM.

Just like we will...