That's come up a lot around me lately. My wife and I (I'm female) kissed goodbye at the airport, and some woman demanded that we stop, saying, "How do I explain that to my kids?" (Kids were more interested in the vending machines!) Witches and atheists of my acquaintance have had people get mad at them and ask them that same question. Columns on ENDA feature that argument: "How do you explain their teacher's picture of another man on his desk or what looks like a man in a dress to children?"
I guess I'm just wondering what's so terrible about having to explain things to children. I mean, there are wars and natural disasters--those lead to hard questions, right? Not somebody who's just plain different? Frankly, my wife and I think if our affection leads to the hardest question a child's ever asked, that child and her family are leading a pretty decent life.
Someone please help me get it.
2007-10-30
04:34:56
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