In a recent conversation about same-sex marriage, a young woman we love wrote to Jenet, “Families come in all different shapes and sizes (I know this well) and I think all of them should be celebrated.” While a young teenager, her parents divorced after her father refused to end an extramarital affair. Her mother’s remarriage to a faithful husband created a new step-family.
From this young woman’s experience, there was no one “ideal” family. Instead, the “reality” of many different types of families was reason to celebrate them all as equally ideal.
We too are personally acquainted with modern realities of many families. When Michael’s parents divorced, his mother asked if he would like to live with her or with his father. He was 6 years old. Broken-hearted and unable to choose between them, Michael remained speechless and refused to answer.
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