Fausts argument throughout was that adoption is inherently traumatic and that adopted children do fare worse than children that live with their birth parents. The difference is that the alternatives intend to sever the parent-child bond from the outset, whereas adoption is a response to a tragedy. She also expressed that same sex couples should be able to apply to be adoptive parents so I don't think you can argue that her argument is rooted in homophobia. If it was wouldn't she argue that children ought not to be raised by a gay or lesbian couple ever? I'm sorry to say that I agree with her and I am not a practicing Christian nor homophobic (my criticisms are the same for heterosexual couples), but I can sympathize with the desire to be a biological parent and recognize that it's a difficult situation.
Thanks for the comment! Faust believes heterosexual couples should be prioritized for adoption, so same-sex couples would be a last resort. Of course, this opinion isn’t necessarily homophobic.
I really would be careful of Jennifer Lahl too. She may hide it better, but she opposes same sex marriage & parenting : she wrote a chapter in a v homophobic book I read, Jephthah's Daughters, a polemic against gay marriage & parenting by the children of gay people (mostly men). Not just that - she's praised Jennifer Roback Morse fulsomely, a virulent homophobe who is a member of the anti gay Ruth Institute & supports the Changed ex gay movement, plus railed against gay marriage & parenting in her book The Sexual State : How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Families.
Harrington is more complex. She has spoken fondly of her lesbian aunt, and the lesbian BFF who is godmother to her kid. She's defended lesbian rights against trans zealots, though this could be more from a conservative agenda than concern for lesbians. She herself lived in a lesbian commune as a 20something(not clear if she participated tho) & went by 'Sebastian'.
I am quite wary of Genspect now she runs them. She is Christian, and while this doesn't equal homophobia ofc, she is linked to some pretty conservative Christian orgs that are.
This is why, as a bisexual woman, I'm wary of reactionary feminists (essentially Perry & Harrington, I'm not sure if there are any others - maybe Christine Emba & Nina Powber?).
Both were left wing originally, and Perry especially seems to retain some of these tenets. She's still pro choice, and in the Faust interview she did express some positivity towards lesbian parenting. She's interviewed Julie Bindel too for the podcast, and in her book she did quote Andrew Sullivan's praise for lesbianism's pro family culture.
Her next book is about having kids so we'll have to see what stance she takes there.
I’m 60. I never knew my biological father. My stepdad adopted me when I was 12. I love him dearly and he loves me.Hes my dad and he’s been a wonderful father to me. My mother was the nutcase with multiple affairs, etc. I am married to my children’s father. It’s been 36 years. He been a marginal father at best. You cannot paint families with a broad brush. And I’m a born again Christian. Like a Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love. He also said it covered a multitude of sins. That pretty much sums it up for me.
Fausts argument throughout was that adoption is inherently traumatic and that adopted children do fare worse than children that live with their birth parents. The difference is that the alternatives intend to sever the parent-child bond from the outset, whereas adoption is a response to a tragedy. She also expressed that same sex couples should be able to apply to be adoptive parents so I don't think you can argue that her argument is rooted in homophobia. If it was wouldn't she argue that children ought not to be raised by a gay or lesbian couple ever? I'm sorry to say that I agree with her and I am not a practicing Christian nor homophobic (my criticisms are the same for heterosexual couples), but I can sympathize with the desire to be a biological parent and recognize that it's a difficult situation.
Thanks for the comment! Faust believes heterosexual couples should be prioritized for adoption, so same-sex couples would be a last resort. Of course, this opinion isn’t necessarily homophobic.
I really would be careful of Jennifer Lahl too. She may hide it better, but she opposes same sex marriage & parenting : she wrote a chapter in a v homophobic book I read, Jephthah's Daughters, a polemic against gay marriage & parenting by the children of gay people (mostly men). Not just that - she's praised Jennifer Roback Morse fulsomely, a virulent homophobe who is a member of the anti gay Ruth Institute & supports the Changed ex gay movement, plus railed against gay marriage & parenting in her book The Sexual State : How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Families.
Harrington is more complex. She has spoken fondly of her lesbian aunt, and the lesbian BFF who is godmother to her kid. She's defended lesbian rights against trans zealots, though this could be more from a conservative agenda than concern for lesbians. She herself lived in a lesbian commune as a 20something(not clear if she participated tho) & went by 'Sebastian'.
"This brings me back to the question of whether the wound is so profound and enduring, it’s unethical to give birth outside of a traditional family. "
Well, limiting birth to only "traditional families" would serve to bring world population down.
I am quite wary of Genspect now she runs them. She is Christian, and while this doesn't equal homophobia ofc, she is linked to some pretty conservative Christian orgs that are.
This is why, as a bisexual woman, I'm wary of reactionary feminists (essentially Perry & Harrington, I'm not sure if there are any others - maybe Christine Emba & Nina Powber?).
Both were left wing originally, and Perry especially seems to retain some of these tenets. She's still pro choice, and in the Faust interview she did express some positivity towards lesbian parenting. She's interviewed Julie Bindel too for the podcast, and in her book she did quote Andrew Sullivan's praise for lesbianism's pro family culture.
Her next book is about having kids so we'll have to see what stance she takes there.
I’m 60. I never knew my biological father. My stepdad adopted me when I was 12. I love him dearly and he loves me.Hes my dad and he’s been a wonderful father to me. My mother was the nutcase with multiple affairs, etc. I am married to my children’s father. It’s been 36 years. He been a marginal father at best. You cannot paint families with a broad brush. And I’m a born again Christian. Like a Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love. He also said it covered a multitude of sins. That pretty much sums it up for me.
And while I tend to generally agree with your assertions…it’s just not that black and white.