Category Archives: News

A Gay Dad Invitation to a Supreme Court Justice: Come to Dinner With My Family

Posted on February 3, 2013 by robw77

Some of us are nervous to exhale. Same Sex Marriage is before the Supreme Court. Just like the election had the “swing state factor,” so does this. Justice Anthony Kennedy. Justice Kennedy was nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Living, Marriage equality, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, US Politics | Tagged Anthony Kennedy, Dennis Hollingsworth, gay marriage, Paul Clement, Same sex marriage before the Supreme Court, SCOTUS, Swing vote on the Supreme Court | 24 Comments

The Lynching of a Butterfly and the Modern Mob

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robw77

As a Dad, I cannot fathom the horrific pain that Jadin Bell’s parents must be experiencing. I ache for them. The officials are calling the possible impending death of young Jadin an attempted “suicide”. It was not a suicide; it … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, News, Prejudice | Tagged anti-gay mob, bullying, homophobia, Jadin Bell, La Grande Oregon, teen suicide | 15 Comments

The Ten Reasons It is Unfair to Compare LGBTQ vs.Straight Parenting

Posted on January 15, 2013 by robw77

George Bernard Shaw once described straight parenting as having ”no test of fitness”. LGBTQ parents are beyond the “test” In recent scrutiny by representatives of the Catholic Church and a group of authors speaking at the Heritage Foundation, the raking … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Gay Christians, Hatred, Living, Marriage equality, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Prejudice, US Politics | Tagged Adriano Pessina, Dr. Robert P. George, foster care, gay parenting, Mark Regnerus, Rob Watson, Ryan T. Anderson, Sherif Girgis | 12 Comments

The Ten Things I Wish the Pope Could Have Observed on My Family’s Trip to Disneyland

Posted on January 3, 2013 by robw77

During the last few weeks of winter holidays, Pope Benedict VXI and several of his delegates including Illinois Cardinal Francis George and the United Kingdom’s Archbishop Vincent Nichols delivered lump of coal to the world’s LGBTQ communities. It was gift-giving … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Gay Christians, Marriage equality, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Cardinal Francis George, Catholic anti-gay, gay family at Disneyland, Pope Benedict VXI, Rob Watson | 20 Comments

I’m So Angry I Could Spit Nails!

Posted on December 21, 2012 by kzottarelli

Why am I so angry at a time when so many are mourning? Well, I too am broken; there is an ache on my heart from the unexplainable, unthinkable horror perpetrated upon Newtown, CT that has left a mark that … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, gun control/guns, Living, News, Politics, Religion | Tagged anti-gun, CT, gun control, guns, Newtown, second amendment | 24 Comments

A Gay Dad Reflects on the Terrorism in Newtown Connecticut

Posted on December 16, 2012 by robw77

It was supposed to be a good day. I had just finished a blog piece and was scoping online for some final references. Then I saw it. It was a plea in a Facebook post by my friend Kergan asking … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, News, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged Gay families, Newtown Connecticut, Pope Attacks gay families, Rob Watson, Terrorism | 5 Comments

They Permanently Sidelined “Homophobia”: The Five Reasons I Am Glad It’s Gone

Posted on December 15, 2012 by robw77

I was not happy about it at first. It was several weeks ago when it happened. The word “homophobia” was casually in play within American conversations, playing its part, when YANK! Out of nowhere, timeout was called. It was out … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Living, News, Politics, Prejudice | Tagged AP and homophobia, Blogger Ameilia, generalizations, homophobia, Rob Watson, use of word homophobia | 11 Comments

The Loss of My “Twin Brother”, a World AIDS Day Remembrance

Posted on November 30, 2012 by robw77

Mark was not my biological twin brother, he was my spiritual and emotional twin. We met on March 9th, 1982. The room was up a narrow wooden staircase in an old brick building in the center of West Hollywood. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, News, Science | Tagged A L Frink, Louie Hay, Mark Holmes, remembrance, Rob Watson, spiritual healing, World AIDS day | 2 Comments

Take Back the Word “Christian”…It’s Time….

Posted on November 27, 2012 by robw77

That’s it. I am fed up. I am taking back the word “Christian”. Whether you realize it or not, we are in the season, or maybe era, of who-gets-to-use-what-word. The Conservatives of this country have been on a rampage to … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Gay Christians, Hatred, Marriage equality, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, US Politics | Tagged Associated Press, Christian usage, Rob Watson, the word Christian, Uganda | 24 Comments

A Gay Dad Sounds Off on Foster Care/Adoption: The Five Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Do It, and the Five Greater Reasons Why You Do

Posted on November 17, 2012 by robw77

Probably one of the most mind-numbingly obtuse excuses anti-marriage equality advocates have for opposing same sex couples getting married is that same sex couples “can’t procreate naturally”. They say that like it’s a bad thing. They say it as if … Continue reading →