James
The Holy Family
Is there something unique about mothers? Is there something special that they alone contribute to the life of their children? Most people would answer in the affirmative. But what is the point of celebrating Mother’s Day if we can deny children the right to a mother? If two men adopt a child, are we not denying that child the right to those gifts that only a mother, a woman, can provide? The same goes for Father’s Day.
If you think about it, once we’ve embraced the redefinition of marriage, why go on celebrating the uniqueness of a mother and father? What’s the point? Why celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day? Are not these days simply old-fashioned holidays from a bygone era when gender differences actually mattered? We’ve gone beyond gender. Isn’t that the lesson of the ‘marriage equality’ movement?
In fact, we could argue that, far from being something positive, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are offensive, sexist, repressive, judgmental, unfair, mean, and intolerant. Shouldn’t we simplify things by just celebrating Parent One Day and Parent Two Day? Maybe down the road we can insert Parent Three Day in the calendar too!
We can’t have it both ways. We can’t single out the irreplaceable role that a mother and a father have in the development of their children and, at the same time, deny those children the right to a mother or father with the promotion of gay ‘marriage’.
“The manipulation of nature, which we deplore today where our environment is concerned, now becomes man’s fundamental choice where he himself is concerned.” ~Pope Benedict XVI