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Vo l . 1 T H E W Y N W O O D T I M E S MAY 2015
by Xian Lee Wao

the next Big Thing.

Text by Miranda Miller Carlos Andrade & Cristian Ulvert

IT’s time for Fathers and Children to share a dream.

When Christian and Carlos decided to and integration, to lukewarm tolerance,
renew their vows, they’d add another to rejection and discrimination, to
chapter to a story that it has taken them persecution, and most terrible of all,
years to write. prison or extermination.

NINA DOTTI Now, they have embarked upon their Needless to say these views shifting away
“ T WO DA D ’ S FA M I LY . 2 1 C ” newest chapter: to start a family and from tolerance and acceptance present
become parents. a fundamental human rights affront to
FAMILIES SERIES the sanctity of love and what constitutes
2005 This confirms that regardless of the sexual the notion of the universal inviolability of
orientation of the couple, the family is the family.
foundation of society.
In our modern era, when the human spirit
But if family is the foundation of society, cries for self actualization, those family
logic dictates that a loving couple is the lessons that educators instilled in children
vital cornerstone of the family. And while including Carlos and Christian were likely
today, the possibilities of family structure tempered with instructions to embrace
have become as adaptive as interlocking diversity and take pride in their individual
Lego pieces, the traditional structure of differences.
two adults who love each other (the ideal
in Western societies) is the starting point These formative ideas, delivered by
for establishing a family. countless teachers to youngsters across
America fell upon ears marked by blind
The concept of the gay couple is nothing trust of authority figures, molding the
new. Same-sex couples like homosexuality minds of impressionable school children-
itself, dates back to the dawn of humanity. --whether they were straight or gay---
What has come to light and varies by during their time of innocence. The moral
geography, historical moment, religious these kids naturally took to heart was
factors and social changes is the way that if two people loved each other they
segments of progressive societies picture could one day marry, have a baby and live
these couples and react to them. These happily as a family together. For them
reactions range from full acceptance the concept of family became profoundly