Destiny Is Not Biology’s Child
Once again, Nancy Polikoff is making me think this week. Yesterday, she managed to inform us of why media treatment of Michael Jackson may indeed have a direct impact on LGBT families:
The news reports this morning about the circumstances of the conception of Michael Jackson’s children are suggesting that the information might impact who gets custody of the children. But that just shows ignorance about the difference between legal parenthood and biology. They do not always go together and there is nothing new about that.
That comes on the same day that The Linster at After Ellen reports on The Kids Are All Right, an upcoming movie starring Julianne Moore and Annette Bening as lesbian moms. When their oldest child turns 18, she meets their sperm donor, and family tensions ensue. Read the rest of this post »
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