Monday, October 24, 2011

My big fat gay Jewish family



This article tells the story of Caryn, who is co-parenting and met her baby daddy at a Synagogue in San Francisco. The biggest question -- 'Does the child get confused about who her parents are?' Caryn's response -- "Think of a divorced family in two houses, except in our case, there's no acrimony, just lots and lots of love." She continues - 'Unlike divorced families, we intentionally created this family structure, without any legal recognition, and without any of the rupture and pain that often accompanies divorce. Clearly, we need to find better and more illuminating explanations. But perhaps it would be better if we gay folks simply stopped relying on straight analogies altogether to describe our families.'