I have a story for you.
My younger daughter, my boyfriend, and I recently went away to stay with a couple for a mini-vacation weekend. We went out to breakfast, had our cook-out rained out (but it worked out just fine inside), went to a children’s museum together (my princess was the only “child” per se, but we all had a blast), went hiking with the dogs, and laughed a lot.
This couple also arranged for me to go on a special tour that basically fulfilled a lifelong dream, and they took care of my precocious, always-talking, perpetual motion third grader (I call her Belle on my personal blog, so I guess I’ll go with that here, too) so that my boyfriend could go with me. It was an experience I will never forget, and the fact that they arranged it, paid for it, and took on the fastest talker in the east meant the world to me.
While taking Belle to the grocery store (an event that is not for the faint of heart), the possibility of Belle having a sleepover with them came up. Belle was thrilled at the prospect, and later that night I tucked her into an unfamiliar house with a couple she’s known and loved for years while my boyfriend and I went back to the hotel.
The next morning, this saintly couple called to see if we could meet for breakfast a little bit later. Turns out there was a dollhouse in the guest bedroom where Belle had slept, and she was in seventh heaven playing with it.
We had an amazing, relaxing, and fun weekend, and our hosts went way above and beyond what they needed to. I loved every minute of our venture (except possibly the long drive), and I know that my travel-mates felt the same way. I can’t wait to do it again, to explore their very cool house, to go for more hikes, to check out their neck of the woods.
If I told this story to the masses, I suspect the general reaction would be, “Oh, how wonderful! It’s always nice to have a little vacation, and your hosts sound nearly saint-like.”
So why is it that the response would change when I stated that this strong, committed, loving couple are lesbians?
And make no mistake … it would.
Forget the fact that the vast majority of pedophiles are heterosexual. Pretend that it’s okay for heterosexuals to participate in everything from Fifty Shades of Grey-type behavior to swinging to bestiality, and don’t-ask-don’t-tell is the status quo. Spout off passages from …
