Category Archives: Religion

A Gay Dad Challenges Mike Huckabee to a Basketball Game

Posted on May 1, 2013 by robw77

I have a confession to make. As much as I loathe clichés and generalizations, there is one that I live up to with incredible gusto. I typify the gay guy who doesn’t do sports. Not even a little bit. From the pains … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Marriage equality, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, US Politics | Tagged gay dad, gay guy playing basketball, Jason Collins, Michael Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Rob Watson, swish | 5 Comments

A Gay Dad Loses Sleep About His Nigerian LGBT Friend

Posted on April 25, 2013 by robw77

I have a lovely friend. She is a transgender woman who lives in Nigeria. Her dream, at present denied her, is to be a professional dancer and actress. In her heart and in her spirit, she is both. As I … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, News, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged equality, Jail the Gays, lgbt persecution, Nicholas Okoh, Nigeria, transgender | 11 Comments

Did You Hear the One About the Homophobes Who Wanted to Adopt Out Their 16 Year Old Lesbian Daughter?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by robw77

Jokes are supposed to be funny. They always start with a set up and then build to a crescendo where the plot twists and the listener bursts out laughing. Last week a “joke” went viral, but no one was left … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, News, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, US Politics | Tagged Christwire, Daily Bleach, lgbt teen homeless, parents adopt out gay daughter, Rob Watson, Tyson Bowers III, viral internet story | 22 Comments

A Gay Dad’s Open Letter to the New Pope

Posted on March 13, 2013 by robw77

A few months ago, I had pondered on what the now retired Pope Benedict might observe and learn on a trip with my family to Disneyland. He had just made some rude and inaccurate observations about families like mine, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Gay Christians, Living, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Religion | Tagged gay dad, New pope, Rob Watson, vatican selects pope | 53 Comments

A Gay Dad Battles a Priest Over Cambridge University’s Praise of Gay Men as Parents

Posted on March 9, 2013 by robw77

This week, Cambridge University released a study. It was published by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering. Their conclusion on the basis of the report was “Gay fathers, in particular, are extremely committed to parenting.” “Professor Susan Golombok is … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Gay Christians, Living, Marriage equality, Mixing religion and politics, News, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged Cambridge gay parent study, gay dad, lgbt parents, parent studies, Rob Watson, Susan Golombok, Tadeusz Pacholczyk | 8 Comments

A Gay Dad’s Bittersweet Belated Valentine to Meg Whitman

Posted on March 4, 2013 by robw77

Last week was extraordinary. The issue of same sex marriage was discussed more intelligently than ever before. In depth thought and information, including an outstanding synopsis by the American Sociological Association , appeared as amici briefs filed with the US … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Marriage equality, Prejudice, Religion, US Politics | Tagged gay marriage, Marriage equality, Proposition 8, Rob Watson, US Supreme Court, valentine to meg whitman, Whitman blog | 4 Comments

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

A Straight Man’s Perspective on Why the Homosexual Agenda is Everyone’s Agenda… and is Vital

Posted on January 11, 2013 by allydavidstevens

“The Homosexual Agenda.” For so many years that term has been bandied about. A favorite buzz word of the religious right, a boogeyman to engender fear and hatred and to keep the public from thinking rationally. For a long time … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Gay Christians, Good Signs, Living, Marriage equality, Mixing religion and politics, Politics, Religion | Tagged Cain’s Hegemony, homosexual agenda, straight man perspective | 7 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 →