Daddy, Papa and Me

Oprah has some gay dads on the show. You know, this is part of the gay parent agenda ;-). ]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/gay_dads_on_oprah_today.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/gay_dads_on_oprah_today.shtml LGBT (Lesbian, Gay...) Parenting easter egg roll family pride gay parenting oprah Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:19:53 -0800 Governor Schwarzenegger might sign same-sex marriage bill...

Ok, so that is PURE speculation, but hey, it's the rumor. Apparently, Tom Arnold said that his friend, the governor Arnold, suggested he wants to sign the bill (which passed the legislature last year and has been reintroduced). Some guy in the Log Cabin Republicans said that this rings true:

"We are being told the governor looks favorably on [the gay marriage bill] in general. He just wants his concerns addressed," said Vaughn, who declined to reveal whom he had spoken to on the governor's staff.

Well, it's plausible. Times are changing, he has a Democrat for a chief of staff this time, he doesn't have to worry about re-election, the state Supreme Court is about to rule (and could give him cover)... 2007 _might_ be the year that marriage-equality becomes a reality in the most populous state in the country... and by a vote. We'll see, don't want to get our hopes up too much do we?]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/governor_schwarzenegger_might.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/governor_schwarzenegger_might.shtml LGBT (Lesbian, Gay...) california mark leno marriage equality schwarzenegger Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:49:34 -0800 Supper Talk: short updates.. and faith I mentioned it briefly, with links, here). You can read more about the updates to that mystery at towleroad or Joe. My. God. (he thinks he's an improv actor). Heck, someone even IM'd with him. Two theories: 1) It's a satire and hoax 2) It's a hateful, absurd reality... though Dan Savage has a third: 3) It's made to be a satire and hoax by someone who really believes so that the message will get spread. Yikes, my head is spinning. Now, about Nigeria and Britain...]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/supper_talk_short_updates_and.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/supper_talk_short_updates_and.shtml Supper Talk andrew sullivan britain faith gay adoption gay rights nigeria sam harris Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:31:11 -0800 Flirting with Vegetarianism Silph, asked if Emma was still a vegetarian. He was referencing this post where we realized Emma would not eat meat. Well..]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/flirting_with_vegetarianism.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/flirting_with_vegetarianism.shtml Parenting The Kitchen cooking questions vegetarian Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:32:38 -0800 Supper Talk: insurance

Supper! I hadn't told ya, but we have a family (3 people) staying in our house for a couple weeks. They speak no English and have never been to the U.S. before (and whose view of American food is, I'm sure, McDonalds and canned food. So far my suppers have hit four out of four (spaghetti, meatloaf, chicken pot pie, roast), but those have been 'traditional'... today's supper is 'taco night' and tomorrows is crab cakes and hoppin john, we'll see how those go over (no real recipes for taco night.. see more at the bottom, recipe for tomorrow's supper tomorrow. Well, I told ya. The virtual world SecondLife proves that life imitates art. Jason of Positive Liberty reports on a 'hate crime' in SecondLIfe where a virtual mosque is bombed. He draws parallels between this and that and the importance of private property. What I find interesting, is this article which reports that real-world institutions have a virtual space in SecondLife, institutions like IBM, Reuters, BBC, political parties and charities. I tell you, you need to read Otherland to be insured that you'll understand where our world is headed :D.]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/supper_talk_insurance.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/supper_talk_insurance.shtml Supper Talk anti-gay ex-gay genetic discrimination act genome insurance otherland secondlife virtual reality Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:23:54 -0800 Gay Adoption in Britain

Somewhat reminiscent of what happened in Massachusetts and here in San Francisco, as Great Britain passes it's anti-discrimination act, there have been a few problems with religious adoption agencies refusing to accept gay couples. It's become quite a row... ]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/gay_adoption_in_britain.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/gay_adoption_in_britain.shtml LGBT (Lesbian, Gay...) adoption agencies anglican catholic discrimination gay adoption gay rights great britain Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:51:35 -0800 Two Movies: Dolls and Bibles

The first comes by way of Peter's Cross Station: A Girl Like Me. A film documentary of African-American girls perceptions of beauty. The filmmaker redoes a doll test (used as evidence in Brown v. Board of Education) gives children two dolls, identical except one is black, the other white and asks children which they prefer (and which is 'nice'). The results are depressing. We have tried to instill in Emma that beauty comes in all colors, particularly a certain shade of chocolate brown. We've learned a lot about hair and dolls. I hope the world changes. The second film, The Bible tells me so, is about three people and their communities and families and dealing with their sexuality. And, as they say on their homepage:

Throughout the unfolding of three very human journeys, clergy and major Biblical scholars will also weigh-in on what those oft-quoted scriptural verses, so often cited by religious conservatives, really mean. Among those voicing affirming interpretations of scripture are Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, openly gay Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech.

We have a couple Mormon family members who should probably see this film, but I suspect they never would even if we gave it to them. The documentary is at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah (if you EVER have a chance to go, do it!)]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/dolls.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/dolls.shtml Race dolls family gay rights movies race sundance film festival Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:00:05 -0800 The religious right is bad with statistics? Evangelicals need to stop misusing statistics

Why do evangelicals recurrently abuse statistics? My observation is that they are usually trying desperately to attract attention and raise people's concern in order to mobilize resources and action for some cause. In a world awash in information and burdened by myriad problems, some evangelicals may justify the problematic misuse of statistics to get people to pay attention to what they think are good causes. But this is inexcusable. Such desperation, alarmism, and sloppiness reflect the worst, not the best, in evangelicalism.

I'm glad an evangelical said that. I've said it before...]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/the_religious_right_is_bad_wit.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/the_religious_right_is_bad_wit.shtml LGBT (Lesbian, Gay...) gay rights religious right statistics Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:24:50 -0800 You are prepared until you aren't As our daughter gets older, her curiosity, interest and questions become more insightful, difficult and at times even uncomfortable. In the last week we've had discussions about adoption, sex, two-dad families, and the mechanisms of birth. These are along with questions about why cars move and why ice melts. Now, with a adult, even a middle-schooler, I can answer all of these. On that last question I could go into molecular and chemical detail. Heck, I might be able to do that for all of them. But to a 4-year-old? http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/you_are_prepared_until_you_are.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/you_are_prepared_until_you_are.shtml Parenting parenting questions sex education Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:03:19 -0800 Supper Talk: The 'n' and 'f' words Wow, that got out of hand, didn't it?. The actor who used the "f" word about another actor then idiotically used it in public and now everyone is saying something about it on talk shows and through publicists. Sometimes the drama is as fascinating behind the scenes as in the show (though I don't watch the show). That's just one of those words you shouldn't use. It's called civil society. It's like a pact, I don't use a slur, you don't use a slur. There are exceptions, but rare. Still, this seemed to have got a bit out of hand.]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/supper_talk_the_n_and_f_words.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/supper_talk_the_n_and_f_words.shtml Supper Talk actors closet eugenics gay rights grey's anatomy new york nigeria outing slurs Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:54:25 -0800 Virginian Episcopalians pass the new draconian anti-gay laws (outlawing, with 5 year prison sentence, _any_ contact between gay people... even talking in a cafe or visiting), the Virginia Episcopalian congregations that voted last month to join the Nigerian diocese because they couldn't stomach the gay-friendly Episcopalian church in America are starting to feel the consequences of their actions.]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/virginian_episcopalians.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/virginian_episcopalians.shtml LGBT (Lesbian, Gay...) Spirituality episcopal gay rights nigeria virginia Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:25:34 -0800 white embyros & free market eugenics takes a fascinating perspective on something I wrote about in a post a few days ago in Free Market Eugenics and then mentioned briefly in a Supper Talk. It was the latter, where it was reported about a woman selling pre-made embryos that she takes her cue from and writes about it from the perspective of race (it's part one of two!). ]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/white_embyros_free_market_euge.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/white_embyros_free_market_euge.shtml Life, Medicine & Biology Race adoption capitalism eugenics genetics ivf race Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:31:25 -0800 Stylish

She might not like to be called pretty or beautiful, but we know she is distinguished and she came home from a day-long visit with grandmom Tuesday in a new set of clothes she got from grandmom announcing she was stylish. I'd say she looks quite stylish :D. Looking at this photo after reading the 'crawling' post from 4 years ago... well, amazing the changes that happen in four short years.]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/stylish.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/stylish.shtml Darndest Things Photos Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:39:40 -0800 Same-sex marriage strengthens marriage... again We already learned a couple months ago, that same-sex marriage in Europe has made for:

"...higher marriage rates for heterosexuals, lower divorce rates, lower rates for out-of-wedlock births, lower STD rates...

So is Canada on the same trajectory towards higher marriage rates, lower divorce rates, lower out-of-wedlock births, lower STD rates, etc now that they have same-sex marriage? ]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/samesex_marriage_strengthens_m.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/samesex_marriage_strengthens_m.shtml LGBT (Lesbian, Gay...) canada divorce gay rights marriage equality same-sex marriage Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:07:00 -0800 About this Blog "blog" was coined. That was an online journal of esoteric opinion. It's defunct now (it went defunct 3 years ago). But Daddy, Papa & Me lives on...]]> http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/about_this_blog.shtml http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/01/about_this_blog.shtml Blog Stuff adoption blogging cooking family gardening gay parenting gay rights knitting politics race Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:43:40 -0800