I have been
pondering the pro-life anti-gay marriage movement for a while. That there is a fear in their motivation has long seemed likely to me. But what they are
afraid of has eluded me. I’m sure some
are hiding their own homosexual leanings or curiosity. Some of the pro-lifers probably feel trapped
in their own lives and wish they could have had other choices and are angry and
those who did. I’ve been looking for a
unifying thread. Today at lunch my
mother was telling a story about a man whose step-daughter died and his family’s
ongoing relationship with the recipient of her heart.
This
got me thinking about the irregular and lumpy shapes of families today. The element of choice in family. Most of us have non-relatives to whom we are
solidly attached and think of as “family-by-choice”. It is an idea that was at the root of gay
families for years.
So,
these people who oppose abortion and gay marriage, if families all were to have
an element of choice, are they afraid no one would choose them? Is their hatred of others a reflection of
their own feelings of being un-loveable?
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