There is this article in 365Gay about a Conservative Candidate in Florida and the battle he is having with his adopted homosexual son and his adopted daughter who is an unwed mother.
Should a Candidates family problems be on display for the public?
It is interesting given that here we have a Homosexual son coming from an adoptive family of Ultra Religious and Conservative nature discussing his relationship or lack of one with his candidate father. Now I don’t know if such discussions should be public or not, or if they matter. Mind you I think that in some ways it does shed light on the candidate, the problem is that you will never get the whole story on such issues.
Point of note here. There has been a great deal said about Gay being a choice, yet it would seem that in this case, not so. I mean think for a second, if the kid was raised in an ultra conservative environment, he sure as hell would be less likely to choose being gay than not, if it were a choice. As he was adopted when he was 8, would seem to show that being Gay is a fact of Nature, not a conscious decision.
Easy for one or the other to make claims, and yet what one might perceive one way, the other takes wrong or blows it out of proportion. So unless you can be there, or be able to not just hear both sides, but ask questions and see the responses formulate within that person, rather hard to judge or garner a valid opinion.
George Bush flatly refused to discuss his youthful days when running for office and frankly I sort of agree with that. Just as I agree that his family should be off limits. The counter argument is that how a person deals with family is important in trying to determine how they will deal and cope with national issues. Frankly I disagree.
Randall Terry said he’s upfront about his whole family and has never tried to hide anything about his children, even those with whom he has deep disagreements. He said voters don’t care anyway. (365Gay story)
I wonder how right he is about that, or is it that the media thinks we should care. I have this odd notion that in many ways, knowing some of the family’s dirty laundry isn’t as important as knowing where that person stands on the issues of importance to me. Now if family values is one of those criteria, then maybe though I would suspect its more important to know what he proposes and sees than how he handled a dispute with his adopted child.
Then too, what about the other children? If you stick your nose in with one, why should the other’s be left out? And let’s face it, being a parent is not an easy job, no matter who you are. So is that how we are supposed to judge a candidate? Seems like we are ignoring what the person believes in and their proposed solutions in order to make some news headlines (in the case of the media) or to get some tittilation (in the case of voters). Either way, just doesn’t seem right that we should choose a candidate based on how they managed a tumultous relationship with a child.
