July 16, 2007
My friends, Mark and Dan, adopted a baby girl last week. It is their first child.
I am sure all of you, as I am, are outraged by this flagrant attack on the American family.
Mark and Dan's undermining of the heterosexual model of marriage has been going on somewhere between 14 and 19 years - I don't recall the exact time frame. They live in a suburb outside of Philadelphia where they own a home.
I met Mark at a yoga retreat a few years ago and he invited me down to meet Dan and hang out with them and I have since been introduced to their group of friends in the Philly area. I have had first-hand experience of the debauched lifestyle to which this new innocent child will be subjected.
Upon arrival on a Friday evening, I would be treated to a delicious meal prepared by Dan, often using greens from their backyard garden. After dinner we might watch a DVD or just sit up and chat about politics, art or whatnot, until I would be shown to the guest room and bid goodnight.
Saturday morning might find us reading the paper and breakfasting lightly. Mark may run out to the local bakery, supporting the local businesses, to retrieve some freshly made bread which we would enjoy with some preserves that Dan had canned some previous month.
In the afternoon we might relax in their extremely well-cared-for garden, sitting by the fish pond or enjoying some iced tea on the porch. Or we might take their lab, Maggie, to the park for an enthusiastic session of "fetch." Or we might head over to their shared plot in a local coop garden and harvest some cherries.
The evening could involve catching a play or movie in Philadelphia or just dinner at a charming restaurant. Then home and to bed.
Sunday I would be treated once again to a pleasant breakfast and then sent on my way back to NYC.
If you have read this far without calling the authorities or collapsing in a dead faint, you know the dangers that our little newborn will face in this home of depravity and ill-repute.
Mark and Dan made the decision to move forward on adoption several months ago, after many discussions with each other. They attended the required training and counseling, and received their certification, no doubt from a godless municipal government that is in thrall to the homosexual agenda. They were told that it could take anywhere between two months and two years for a suitable baby to become available for them to adopt.
Barely a month later they received a call that a baby was due to be born that was available to them THE NEXT DAY. Being the louche degenerates that they were, they dashed to a Babies R Us and stocked up as much as they could on supplies and basic needs.
They then hoped into their car and drove two hours to Bethlehem, PA (clearly a deliberate poke in the eye to the Christian religion) to meet the birth mother and her parents. Due to the impromptu nature of the visit they were unable to find a hotel to stay in that night, so they had to drive back to Philly and then back out to Bethlehem again the next morning to await the labor process.
Having secured lodging, they stayed for the next three days, spending time with the newborn, the birth mother and her parents. Having duped these poor, innocent citizens regarding their nefarious intentions, Mark and Dan finally returned home with their new child.
All joking aside, I am overjoyed for the two new proud papas, Mark and Dan. Their little girl has a home that will be full of love, laughter, and a healthy dose of sarcasm. They are pioneers in a situation that is still full of unknowns and in a country that remains afraid to acknowledge their basic humanity. They are taking a step both intensely personal and uncontrovertibly political. They are one more pair of warriors in the battle to expand the narrow definition of what a family looks like.
And thanks to their courage and graciousness, I am pleased to provide you with some of the first photos of Mark and Dan and their beautiful daughter, Ella. Happy Birthday, Ella. You are a very lucky girl. I hope to see you in person soon.
Labels: family, friendship, gay life, love
Posted by: David @ 
Awwwwwwwwwwww.
Just Beautiful!
too cute. don't love the hat, but really, too cute.
Beautiful, I'm envious.
I'm 24 weeks pregnant and the serenity on that gourgeous little girl's face is almost too much!
How fantastic - what a lucky baby to be entering a family of such stability and love.
I can't say it enough - it's just fantastic!
(someone get this lady a thesaurus :))
I am so glad to see that it is not just us lesbians adopting kids. I bet that is going to be one very spoiled little girl!
That's a lovely event. They are truly brave and admirable.
Thats such an amazing thing to do. I'm so happy for the both of them.
Welcome to the family litte one!
Congratulations to your friends.
I wish you all the happiness in the whole. You are a beautiful family!
Well written, and quite funny David! I wish them good health, good sleep, and a lifetime of happiness.
How tacky...NO ONE adopts American kids anymore! ;-)
What a beautiful and luck baby! Congratulations to the loving parents!
this was very sweet and a fine welcome that i hope this little girl will be reading this very thing from her baby book. what a fortunate little girl.
a blessing on all three of them - Ella is one lucky little girl - may she grow up to be as loving as her new parents.
What a pretty baby! (and what studly dads!)
Wonderful! Simply beautiful. Blessings to them!
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. I wish them the best. That is one lucky lil' girl.
Louche degenerates.
Haven't come across those words together in a blog. Very impressive vocabulary.
Very sweet story!
Babies come with hats.
Congratulations! :-)
Happy days, you guys. Such a trio of beauty. I send you greetings for peace, sleep (as allowed, of course!), and joy in your home. We've got friends from PHL coming to visit us here in Portland tomorrow. Funny that I ran across your site today. Take good care of that cutie.
oh hooray! i can't think of two better parents for any little girl than two gay men with a wonderful garden!
dreamy baby!
Love alone is not enough to guarantee healthy growth and development. The two most loving men in the world cannot be complete role models for a little girl.
You've got to love commentators like the one prior to this post. He's probably also opposed to abortion.
So kids whose mothers don't want them should be born, but shouldn't go to gay families with nice homes and good intentions. Instead, they should rot away in an orphanage because some idiotic imaginary "role model" requirement isn't met.
And remember -- it's all about the children!
That sound you heard was me rolling my eyes.
"drove two hours to Bethlehem, PA (clearly a deliberate poke in the eye to the Christian religion)"...
HAHAHAHAHAHA. That line actually had me spitting up coffee. A great post.
Awesome piece of writing, that. I love it.
Torn between feeling sad for the birth mother and rejoicing for your friends. The piccies are the cutest, and the baby looks so like a clown in that hat! :P
Thats evil at its worst..
pray that God may do something about these monsters.