my BS got me a trial subscription to Rosie Magazine. it isn't exactly my cup of tea, but it was a lovely gesture, as BS knows i really like Rosie O'Donnell. nevertheless, there is an article in this month's mag that really, really made me mad. here's an excerpt from the article.

basically, there is a wonderful couple who fosters kids with HIV/AIDS. they are involved in the PTA, they are involved in the kids' lives. they are nurses, so they especially are wonderfully sensitive to the kids' health issues. they would like to adopt the kids, but they can't. this couple is gay. they can't because one of the kids is from florida; and florida, ya see, is the only state that prohibits gay people, both couples and individuals, from adopting. (gays ARE allowed to foster in florida, though. weird, huh?) Mississippi and Utah, bar same-sex couples from adopting. (now there's a shock: one state deeply-mired in the bible belt, and the other, orrin hatch-ville.) this all came about thanks to orange-juice-brained anita bryant and her hateful legislative rampage in the 1970's.

i have friends who are gay; i have friends who are heterosexual. we all know that life is short. and we all know that it is hard to find love in the world, regardless of your sexual orientation. there are good people, there are flawed people, and there are people who should not be allowed to breed or care for children. some of them are gay, some of them are straight. why kick out some of the good and mildly flawed people based on sexual orientation? it makes my blood boil.

and then there's the old “kids need role models from both sexes” argument. sure, kids do. but no one goes after single parents about this. in short, every parent has the responsibility to show their kids how to be a decent human being. being a decent human being is not a gender specific trait, despite the days i believe it to be true 😉

so. if you are as pissed off as i am (and hopefully you are!), maybe you can make your voice heard. check out lethimstay.org. and find out how. maybe it is time to write to our dear old friend, Jeb Bush.

there. i'll get off my soapbox now and do some dishes.