An organization named One Million Moms (and you're just gonna hafta take their word for the count) is affiliated with various anti-gay organizations. They have announced a boycott of Toys 'R Us stores because magazine racks there have an issue of the Archie comics depicting the wedding of gay character Kevin Kellan -- on the cover no less. Our children will see that and (gasp!) ask questions. Children couldn't possibly understand something like that.
Timothy Kincaid of Box Turtle Bulletin does a fine job of posing some questions those kiddies might ask (NOT!) then tells us a story. An eight-year-old girl was watching an old movie with her father. Rock Hudson kisses Doris Day. The girls senses something is not right with the scene (Hudson was gay) and asks Pops about it. He says some men prefer to kiss other men. Matter-of-fact tone of voice. The kid is satisfied.
Simple question, simple answer, nothing inappropriate for the child.
The child was Patti Davis and the father was Ronald Reagan. And if the darling of the conservatives can do it…
Before we go any further, we don't need to get into how corrupt the Reagan administration was or how little Reagan got involved in the AIDS crisis (as the comments in Kincaid's post do). Even so, Kincaid thinks the former prez. was more complicated than we usually think. But that's not the point of this post.
One problem with kids seeing that Archie mag in a toy store is that isn't a good place for a parent to proclaim how vile they think a gay wedding is. Especially if the kid keeps saying, "But why?"
One Million Moms will probably claim victory shortly. That issue of Archie is about to be replaced anyway through the normal publishing schedule.
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