Happy Fathers Day...Gender Restriction For Gay Families

This poor little kid has to make a Fathers Day card at school every year, even though she has two mummies. Why she couldn't make a Mothers Day card each time is beyond me. Her teacher makes her draw one for her father, who doesn't raise her

Then, as well as that, the school also has an annual Fathers Day breakfast, and the child was unsure as to whether she was even invited seeing she didn't have a father:

Why are we making kids draw Fathers Day cards when they don't have fathers? If a child's father had died, would they be made to draw up a card? If they were being raised by grandparents, would they have to draw up a card?

 

Those teachers are either stupid, bigoted, or cruel; perhaps a combination...

 

Things like this (*)(*)(*)(*) me off. This is exactly why gay people shouldn't be adopting kids. It clearly messes kids up. But they don't even seem to care because what's best for the child is always secondary to their "gay rights."

 

Why? Because somepeople, like the teachers in the OP, act like jerks?

No, the teachers' refusal to listen to the little girl and respect what she was saying is what was messed up.

What's best for any child is a loving family. Anything else is secondary.

 

So again, if the child's father was dead, should she be made to draw a card for her dead Father? Should she be able to attend a party for Fathers even though she doesn't have one?

The gay issue might (*)(*)(*)(*) you off, but there are more problems than you realise. Discrimination is rife.

 

Because of stupid teachers? Really?

You got anything else?

 

Yes, I think that may be the case.

 

Here is an interesting point where I absolutely agree with you Mak.
I strongly oppose the institution of a 'gay' agenda or message being taught in schools as I oppose schools endorsing any religious doctrines or beliefs.

However, I support individuals rights to practice their beliefs and ideas.

I support kids who want to pray being allowed to do so as long as it does not intrude upon others and the school does not specifically endorse or accommodate this activity.

I support kids who want to make fathers day cards for their two fathers or mothers day cards for their two mothers as long as the school does not specifically endorse or accommodate this activty.

 

What schools need to "endorse" is 'reality'.

 

Not sure I agree as "reality" is arguably a subjective experience.

 

I love reality. Serial killers are reality. Corrupt politicians are reality. Child abuse is reality. I don't endorse any of them.

I am not aware, birth certificates not withstanding, of any child born without a father.

 

Wow. THAT comparison is so... irrelevant.

 

The holiday has no educational value, its basically a freebie project for the teacher to take up time in the classroom. I'm inclined to think she is biased against this child's family situation, I mean would she have forced a child who's father recently died to make a card or not get credit?

 

needless to say the article does not provide all the facts. It's obvious that it's slanted toward the "plight" of the lesbian couple.

There is always a father figure available be it gramps, uncle, friend etc. I honestly believe this is to push forth the agenda and to make a point instead of trying to have a father figure available for the child.

I respect the lesbians right to have their agenda but not at the expense of the child. Have gramps or someone else step in.

 

The child may have grandparents, but that doesn't make them 'father figures'. It makes them grandparents.

 

So should we expect Fathers Day and Mothers day to be eliminated, to avoid offending the gays?

 

How about they just have a day which honors PARENTS?

 

Yeah, screw the orphans.

 

Screw your STUPID post (actually).

 

disagree

there is nothing wrong with tradition

In the USA, according to "gay times" magazine 1.7 % of the population claim to engage in gay sex.

Mothers and Fathers day is a tradition to honor a mother and a father. If this lesbian couple wants, then they can choose which day they will honor, or perhaps both.

To suggest changing a tradition so as not to possibly upset 1.7% of the population is just silly. What about the 98.3% who are happy with the days as they are?

I still say Merry Christmas

 

you are confusing the term "father figure" with "father"

a grandfather can be a "father figure" while a female cannot.

 

In any case, in a society where all families do not fit the MOLD some relate to, "Parents Day" seems like a better option to me.

 

It demonstrates how you expect the world to conform to your gay lifestyle. Special treatment for gays because they are oh so special. Probably just as many kids with no parent, as there is with two gay parents, but kids with no parents doesnt involve gays so no special treatment for them, just the gays.

 

No, it doesn't. And "gay" isn't some "lifestyle". By implying that, you show your own ignorance.

 

Yeah, the concept of a mother and a father of a child is offensive to gays so it must be purged to appease the gays.