My daughter expected that there might be a few difficult questions when she told my granddaughters about my upcoming marriage.  Although Doug has been a fundamental part of my life for over 20 years, and the entire lives of my granddaughters, from time to time they had said things like, “I didn’t know that two men slept together.”

            My daughter began to prepare them, “You know we’re going to Iowa soon.”

            “Yes,” they responded.

            “We’re going because Grandpa and Doug are getting married,” my daughter went on.

            Then, my granddaughter responded, “Really? Who are they marrying?”

            “Well – They’re getting married to each other.”

            Puzzled, my granddaughter said, “That’s weird.”  After a long, thoughtful pause, my granddaughter asked, “Will there be cake?”

            In the innocent mind of a child, the most important question about gay marriage is, “Will there be cake?”

                My granddaughters are just old enough that they had recently had “the talk” about sex.  As they drove to Iowa for the wedding, they had some questions.

            “You mean you have to do THAT every time you want to have a baby?”

            “Yes,” my daughter responded. 

            It was quiet in the back seat for a long time, until one of them asked, “Will Grandpa and Doug be doing that?”

            Quickly, my daughter responded, “No, they don’t want children.”  Sometimes, just knowing that there will be cake is enough.

1. Limited Company says:

   August 31, 2010 at 2:19 pm

   Even Jesus was bi-sexual. Let everyone marry who they want.