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[charliesmum]

Remember back in June there was the story about Zach, a boy who came out to his parents and they sent him to "Love in Action", brainwashing camp to un-gay him? There was a thing on CNN this morning (there's a television in the lobby of our building) about the 'camp'. It was interesting - they talked to one boy who went there and discovered his own faith, and realised he could reconcile being Christian with being gay. My favorite line was when they said he attended church with his boyfriend.

The other guy the interviewed felt it helped him and believes he has 'enough' of an attraction to women that he could marry and have kids, but if not celebacy is a option. Boy, his future wife has a life of passion to look forward to, dosen't she?

I checked Zach's blog, he doesn't seem to be back now, but there are something like 2,000 comments on it now.

I'm still trying to understand the parents of Zach. I can't imagine not loving my son enough to accept him for what he is, but I think they must just be really scared. They have their beliefs, and unfortunately they believe that their son is wrong, and they want him to be right. No parent wants their child to have a difficult life. Still, I'm sorry for them. No matter what happens, they've lost their son.

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[snarkypants.livejournal.com]

The heck of it is, they (Santorum and his vile ilk) only want white, middle-class women to stay at home with their children. When poor women of color try to stay at home with their children, they're "Welfare Queens."

Interestingly enough, when black women received their freedom in this country after the Civil War, one of the freedoms they relished most was to be able to be at home with their children. "But...who's going to cook for us? Raise our kids? Do our laundry?...Lazy-*ss b*tches." And it's still that way.

Being a feminist, to me, means supporting women's choices, and supporting them when they don't have choices. If you have the means and desire to be a stay-at-home mother, I am genuinely happy for you, if occasionally envious.

If you have the means but not the desire, go to work with as free a conscience as you can manage.

I went back to work when my Ballerina was 6 weeks old, and although my decision was 90% motivated by dinero (or lack thereof), I also knew that I didn't have the desire/ability to be a stay-at-home mother.

Mothers are damned if they do and damned if they don't. SAHM's are told working mothers hate them. Working mothers are told that they are damaging their children.

All mothers are working mothers, regardless of whether they draw a paycheck.

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[gunthera1.livejournal.com]

Santorum is just a crazy man that wants media attention. Surprisingly, rich white men agree with his crap.