“Unconventional and Unforgettable Dads” was the title of Oprah’s April 13 broadcast in which she shamelessly promoted gay adoption, featuring a touching story about a famous author and his “unconventional family.”
Gregory Maguire and Andy Newman fell in love in the 90s, and soon after expanded their “family” by adopting two young boys from Cambodia and a girl from Guatemala. They got married in Massachusetts in 2004 soon after same-sex marriage was legalized. The two men shared the spotlight of Oprah’s stage with single fathers who have overcome difficult circumstances to raise their children.
Matt Logelin, was one of them. On March 25, 2008, Logelin was left alone to raise his day-old daughter when his wife Liz died of a blood clot shortly after childbirth.
Oprah stated that “Having two dads might seem unconventional but its all Luke, Alex and Helen have ever known.” Maguire insisted to Oprah that everything is normal, saying, “We do all the things that a dad and mom are traditionally expected to do. It's been a surprising non-issue … the children live it as naturally as they breathe oxygen. Sometimes Luke will even suggest: ‘Look, you might ask me what it's like to breathe the air on a different planet, but I don't live on a different planet. I live here, I breathe oxygen, and you are my dads.’”
This wink-and-a-smile type pass Oprah gives to strange family dynamics is not new for the powerful media mogul. The April issue of her ‘O’ magazine, featured an emotional, six page narrative promoting the desirable lifestyle of lesbian love. Oprah is so inclusive of non-traditional families that she even ignored the obvious biological difference between males and females skirting the issue that Thomas Beatie, the “pregnant man” is in reality, a woman.
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It seems amazing to me now, but...
April 14, 2009 - 15:50 ET by PrairieSkyI used to watch Oprah years and years ago, when she first had her national show. I thought she was terrific...she was different than anything else out there at the time, and I thought she was very warm and welcoming. Unfortunately, as her popularity grew, she clearly began to buy into her own celebrity, and started to believe her own press way too much...The whole "cult of Oprah" was too much for me, and she lost me. Now, I think that she's just lost her mind, but she still has quite a following, and they are welcome to her.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Ditto
April 14, 2009 - 17:47 ET by pgrossjrparticularly when you get your own mag and YOU are on the cover.
Oprah Whooplaaaaaa
April 14, 2009 - 18:44 ET by BeemergrannyOprah is too concerned with her own celebrity, I definately agree. I too, watched her some when she first started her show. Now, she is only concerned with anyone who follows her around agreeing with her and fawning on her every word. My opinion of the people who are Oprah followers are that of robots. I have actually had conversations with women (and some men) who I thought were intelligent, to some degree, and they keep saying " well, I heard on Oprah" or "Oprah says"..........and I say who cares. It's like they don't have a mind of their own. Oprah has started her own church on the radio and is convinced that her god wouldn't be judgmental........she has a very high opinion of herself. Just because she has more money than most people on the face of the earth, does not make her intelligent. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and she will fall one of these days. It is going to be a heck of a crash. I really hope I live long enough to see it.
Oprah, another
April 14, 2009 - 16:13 ET by cocodrieOprah, another "Christian" liberal. She obviously doesn't know the same Jesus I know.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Obviously.
April 14, 2009 - 19:37 ET by Nate07Obviously.
I think Oprah jumped the
April 14, 2009 - 16:59 ET by motherbeltI think Oprah jumped the shark with the pregnant "man."
Women who are stuck to this crap day in and day out should seek counselling.
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Humm...
April 14, 2009 - 18:45 ET by CobraManSo, a gay couple has adopted two young boys from Cambodia, a country well known for child prostitution. Think that's just a coincidence?
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Unless you're a fetus.
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Great question Cobra. "two young boys from Cambodia, a country
April 14, 2009 - 19:04 ET by pahuberwell known for child prostitution. Think that's just a coincidence?"
Nope, not at all. Many perverted german males go to Bankok for that kind of action. Pedophelia is on the agenda right after gays get their special status to influence our culture.
That is a FACT.
a high percentage of gays are also pedophiles
April 14, 2009 - 19:46 ET by sevenThe pedo phile connection is problematic for gay adoptions.
"Shamelessly" promoting gay
April 14, 2009 - 20:27 ET by balboa"Shamelessly" promoting gay marriage! The horror!
There is no evidence gays
April 14, 2009 - 21:36 ET by respectfulconservativeThere is no evidence gays are more likely to engage in pedophelia. No major gay organizations endorse pedophilia. Any connection you make between the two originates in your own bizarre imagination.
To be attracted to members of your own gender is different from being attracted to children because, well, being attracted to members of you own gender is different from being attracted to children. It is fairly self explanatory
no evidence? really?
April 14, 2009 - 21:46 ET by porpoiseboyi always find it quite amusing that people pick and chose what sources they will believe when. so as conservatives we rail about the msm and their liberal bias and then swallow "hook, line and sinker the myths that are put forth on the "normalcy" of homosexuality.
"Now consider a report from the Journal of Sex Research which noted that homosexual pedophiles commit about one-third of the total number of child sex offenses, even though they are outnumbered by heterosexuals 20 to one. Less than four percent of the population commits one-third of the offenses against children"
i am not going to go PT link crazy....if you want the truth go find it and stop drinking the queer koolaid.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left
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dubious conclusions
April 15, 2009 - 07:11 ET by troglodyt"Now consider a report from the Journal of Sex Research which noted
that homosexual pedophiles commit about one-third of the total number
of child sex offenses, even though they are outnumbered by
heterosexuals 20 to one. Less than four percent of the population
commits one-third of the offenses against children"
The conclusion you supposedly draw from this stats, that is homosexuals are more likely pedophils, is more than dubious: If you want to have significant numbers you shouldn't ask what the percentage of homosexuals in the group of pedophiles is, rather you should inquire what the percentage of pedophiles among homosexuals is.
BTW: It is very likely that less than four percent of the population commits all child abuse offences.
Well, except for NAMBLA
April 14, 2009 - 21:55 ET by CobraMan"No major gay organizations endorse pedophilia."
Well, except for NAMBLA, that is. BTW, that organization has a very interesting history: "NAMBLA emerged from the tumultuous political atmosphere of the 1970s, particularly from the wing of the Gay Liberation movement that followed the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City."
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Humm. a gay movement leads to a a pedophilia based organization ? Wow, whodathunkit?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Good evening respectful
April 14, 2009 - 21:58 ET by cocodrieFive per cent of the American male population is homosexual and thirty-two per cent of pedophiles are homosexual. Seems to be a difference to me.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Let's give them a break
April 14, 2009 - 22:29 ET by CobraManCome on, let's give them a break. After all, 100 percent of the men who have sex with young boys are gay. But that's just manipulation of the statistics. It's not their fault that those pedophiles are gay. It's only their fault that they are having sex with young boys! Isn't that right, respectful? One act is immoral and one is not! Can't you tell the difference?
Ok, back to reality.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
As I posted above, that says
April 15, 2009 - 07:13 ET by troglodytAs I posted above, that says nothing.
~Disresrectfulliberal is back
April 14, 2009 - 22:06 ET by choselife3xGreat.
It is fairly self explanatory
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Not to mention the Catholic
April 14, 2009 - 22:35 ET by JerryNot to mention the Catholic Church "pedophile" problem was also a "homosexual" problem. Gay priests molesting boys. That's why the MSM didn't go totally on the war path. They had to balance their hatred of the church against their desire to "mainstream" homosexuality.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
All right, RC.
April 14, 2009 - 22:40 ET by Mike BrattonIt looks like your "bizarre imagination" nonsense has been soundly refuted. But you made another odd reference that I'd like you to reconsider.
"Being attracted to members of your own gender" actually has more in common with "being attracted to children" than you probably care to admit.
Both are sexual deviancies that, at their respective sources, are incomplete, immature expressions of sexuality; same-sex deviancies are immature in that they prefer the similar to the complementary, and manifestations of pedophilia are immature in that they prefer, obviously, the immature to the mature. And both are orientations that prefer gratification over both the opportunities for procreation and its concomitant responsibilities.
Respectfully submitted for your illumination,
--Mike
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~Do you practice that faux gasp of outrage in the mirror?
April 14, 2009 - 22:17 ET by choselife3xGay marriage is a ridiculous concept.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
To you it's ridiculous.
April 14, 2009 - 22:27 ET by balboaTo you it's ridiculous.
And the majority of Americans too
April 14, 2009 - 22:38 ET by CobraManAnd it's ridiculous to the majority of the citizens of
* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California (with the passage of Prop 8)
* Colorado
* Florida
* Georgia
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Idaho
* Louisiana
* Michigan
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Virginia
* Wisconsin
Those States all have a gay marriage ban enumerated in their Constitution.
Let's not forget States like
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Hawaii
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Maine
* Maryland
* Minnesota
* New Hampshire
* North Carolina
* Pennsylvania
* Vermont
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wyoming
These States have laws that ban gay marriage, but it's not in their Constitution.
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So, it looks to me that most people think the same as choselife3x.
Opps, we're not supposed to mention that, are we?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Cobra you should be ashamed,
April 14, 2009 - 22:49 ET by cocodrieCobra you should be ashamed, hitting Balboa with facts and truth. He can't handle the truth. He has to support his bosom buddies.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
[groan] Yes, I "can't handle
April 15, 2009 - 13:34 ET by balboa[groan]
Yes, I "can't handle the truth." Thanks Colonel Jessup.
That it?
April 15, 2009 - 14:10 ET by Mike BrattonSomeone who disagrees with your viewpoint provides support for that disagreement, and your best, most thoughful response is a Jack Nicholson joke?
"Please tell me that you have something more, Lieutenant. These two Marines are on trial for their lives. Please tell me their lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes to a phone bill!"
Sorry... got a little carried away myself...
--Mike
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Mike B, Actually my response
April 15, 2009 - 16:12 ET by balboaMike B,
Actually my response was to cocodrie's gobbledy-goo. I'm just now back to my computer, so I haven't had a chance to respond to the original, actual, response to my post.
Splendid.
April 15, 2009 - 17:20 ET by Mike BrattonBut thanks for the diversion to one of my favorite motion pictures.
I look forward to a more in-depth response from you, which I'll look for as soon as I return from a Tea Party.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
You have to remember...
April 14, 2009 - 22:56 ET by MightyMouthThat the constitution was created to protect the minority at the expense of the majority... slavery is the prime example...uh wait.. that doesn't apply as the majority opposed slavery. Ok freedom for Religion for the states..no that won't work either. Ok, abortion per the states.. oh crap does the 10th Amendment apply to anything??
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Personally, if a state's
April 15, 2009 - 16:15 ET by balboaPersonally, if a state's population votes against gay marriage, then so be it. But I don't know that that indicates a belief that gay marriage is ridiculous, just not something those people are for for any number of reasons. They're probably afraid of that inevitable bestiality slippery slope...
Wacko liberal
April 15, 2009 - 07:18 ET by Blogger Guy00001Oprah is a wacky liberal. She can't think straight. She can't see that in all civilizations since the beginning of humanity the family with a female mother and a male father has been the norm. Everywhere on earth. All societies, modern and primitive.