HOT TOPIX (See what I did there? I used an “x” instead of “cs” to be hip)
Welcome to the first installment of Hot Topix. I received this email from a Doorhead (this is the nickname for fans of my blog).
“Dear Last Door on the Right,
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this new trend of single men using surrogates to have children on their own.
Check out this article and I’d love to hear your thoughts, you being a dad and all (but, having a wife).
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/fashion/07single.html?em
Always,
Latin teacher in Long Island”
Dear LTILI,
It all boils down to this. It doesn’t matter if you have one mother, one father, two mothers, two fathers. As long as you take care of the children and make them feel safe and loved, then it is all good. Being single and/or gay does not mean that you cant love a child and protect them and raise them to be good people. Thinking otherwise is moronic. Yes, if you think that way, you are a moron. I said it. Prove me wrong.
I applaud these men, and in fact anyone, who commits themselves to raising children in this fucked up world. It is easy to have kids. The hard part is raising them right.
Thanks for the question LTILI.
