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The Five People You Meet as a Gay Dad

The hardest part about being a gay dad has nothing to do with raising your children. Sure, at two years old, my twins are already curious as to what a Mommy is and why we don’t have one. But explaining it to them is easy. My kids are smart, open-minded and I’m reasonably sure they’re not homophobic. It’s explaining my family to other people that gets tricky.

There are a lot of questions that can lead there. “Where’s your wife?” “Where’s their mommy?” “I wish my husband would take the kids to the park sometimes.” Or, when I’m out with my partner, the one we get is, “Which one of you is the dad?”

We could lie, but what kind of message would that send to our kids? That there’s something wrong with our family and we have to keep it secret? A much better message for them to get is that strangers can be clueless sometimes, and that it’s our job to educate them.

“We’re both the dad,” we say. And then… we wait. The next move is theirs.

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Yesterday's vote was a liberal jamboree, so I grant you a semi-comprehensive update of recent progressive political victories (list unceremoniously stolen from reddit, citations my own):

(Note: For some reason the below bullets aren't appearing like links in my browser, but clicking them should take you to articles on each of the points)

• Mississippi defeats life at conception bill.
  
  
• Ohio voters overturn anti-union bill.
  
  
• Houston votes to keep first ever openly gay mayor of a major US city.
  
  
• Iowa Republicans lose campaign for essential state senate seat, effectively preventing push for anti- gay marriage constitutional amendment.
  
  
• Successful recall of Russell Pearce, President of the Arizona Senate, author of SB1070.
  
  
• Conservative courts uphold key portions Obama healthcare reform law.
  
  
• Maine defeats GOP’s attempt to eliminate same day voter registration.
  
  
• Georgians can now buy alcohol on Sundays.
  
  
• Kentucky Democratic Governor cruises to a reelection win.
  
  
• Michele Bachmann says we should add three more heads to Mt. Rushmore.
  
  
• Republican Rep Joe Walsh totally loses it at his constituents at one of his events.
  
  
• Romney reiterates that he believes not bailing out Detroit was a good strategy.