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"We should do this more often," Charlie smiled as David refilled his and Ben's glasses of wine.
"I can't believe all the awful things that happened to your student," Other David said as he came in from the kitchen with dessert.
"It's horrific," Ben said, sipping his wine. "First his father, then kids at the foster home, now... and the Republicans say us gays are gonna fuck up traditional family values."
"Babe," Charlie warned, rubbing his hand.
"How do you mean?" David asked, taking a bowl of trifle from his better half.
"Well... um... and no offense David, but... the extreme right is going on and on about how we can legalize gay marriage because it'll mess up traditional family values. But some of them are doing a bang-up job doing that without our help. I mean, what's the value in beating your kid? And of course, they'd probably still say Robbie was better off in that more traditional family then with a gay couple who wouldn't hurt him."
"Well I think the argument for ‘traditional family values' is more the moral model that has stood the test of time," David said.
"Has it though? I can't even think of anyone I know whose parents aren't divorced."
"Ahem," said Charlie.
"But the majority babe. And the hypocrisy! Divorce is right there side by side with homosexuality in the Bible on big bads, but somehow, a blind eye gets turned from that. Really? Those are the values they're trying to protect?"
"Well, it's true that as society has evolved, the church's views try to match... "
"So why not on this? Look how many celebrity marriages last mere hours or are purely for publicity sake. How is that inline with traditional family values? Yet here you guys are, a committed gay couple, completely monogamous, together for years... that's wrong? I tell ya, that's fucked."
*
Other David stood at the sink, arduously scrubbing the plates.
"Leave those to soak and come to bed," David said, kissing his better half on the cheek.
Other David stopped. "We should probably talk about Josh."
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"I can't believe all the awful things that happened to your student," Other David said as he came in from the kitchen with dessert.
"It's horrific," Ben said, sipping his wine. "First his father, then kids at the foster home, now... and the Republicans say us gays are gonna fuck up traditional family values."
"Babe," Charlie warned, rubbing his hand.
"How do you mean?" David asked, taking a bowl of trifle from his better half.
"Well... um... and no offense David, but... the extreme right is going on and on about how we can legalize gay marriage because it'll mess up traditional family values. But some of them are doing a bang-up job doing that without our help. I mean, what's the value in beating your kid? And of course, they'd probably still say Robbie was better off in that more traditional family then with a gay couple who wouldn't hurt him."
"Well I think the argument for ‘traditional family values' is more the moral model that has stood the test of time," David said.
"Has it though? I can't even think of anyone I know whose parents aren't divorced."
"Ahem," said Charlie.
"But the majority babe. And the hypocrisy! Divorce is right there side by side with homosexuality in the Bible on big bads, but somehow, a blind eye gets turned from that. Really? Those are the values they're trying to protect?"
"Well, it's true that as society has evolved, the church's views try to match... "
"So why not on this? Look how many celebrity marriages last mere hours or are purely for publicity sake. How is that inline with traditional family values? Yet here you guys are, a committed gay couple, completely monogamous, together for years... that's wrong? I tell ya, that's fucked."
*
Other David stood at the sink, arduously scrubbing the plates.
"Leave those to soak and come to bed," David said, kissing his better half on the cheek.
Other David stopped. "We should probably talk about Josh."
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oooh good catch! thanks kuhnsy! oh and also for the kind words :D
by that1guydannyb on Thu. Apr 18, 2013
This column is awesome and addictive! Should it read "whose parents areN'T divorced"? Last time we saw them, Charlie's parents seemed pretty chummy for exes.
by Kuhnsy on Thu. Apr 18, 2013
