Monsters Defining Normal Makes Me Hungry For Truth

I wasn't going to write on this, but then stupid-assed Think Progress had to go and mention Foster care, which I know a thing or two (or a billion) about:

During oral arguments on same-sex marriage last week Justice Scalia argued against recognizing marriage equality by pointing to what he perceives as the potential harm that could befall children if same-sex couples could eventually adopt: 

SCALIA: If you redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, you must  permit adoption by same-sex couples, and there’s considerable disagreement among sociologists as to what the consequences of raising a child in a single-sex family, whether that is harmful to the child or not. Some states do not permit adoption by same-sex couples for that reason. 

Scalia’s bigoted words contain a host of flawed assumptions. For starters, his comments are part of a discriminatory narrative that same-sex parents are inferior at best, or abusive at worst. But, as Ezra Klein pointed out, “there’s no evidence that gay parents aren’t great parents.” According to the American Sociological Association, “whether a child is raised by same-sex or opposite-sex-parents has no bearing on a child’s wellbeing.” A host of other reputable groups — including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Child Welfare League of America — agree with that conclusion. 

Not only is Scalia’s comment about the scientific literature on LGBT parents outright wrong, his words also presume that there are no LGBT children in foster care and in need of adoption. But, in fact, the best evidence we have shows that LGBT foster youth are overrepresented in foster care, in part because of the discrimination they experience in their schools and families of origin. And there are documented instances of foster parents refusing to accept LGBT youth into their homes, kicking them out of their homes, or otherwise isolating them once they are placed in their home. Does Justice Scalia think, without a shred of evidence, that placing these children in homes with LGBT parents would somehow harm them more than the outright bigotry they already experience?

Oh, fuck them. Other than the fact I was abandoned by my parents, one of the worst aspects of Foster Care was encountering gays and having to sort out what they were up to - as a child. (That wasn't difficult, with them constantly trying to crawl in my bed each night - which got me in trouble for fighting, of course,...great people and system they had there, I tell you,...). Whether it was the kids or the counselors, they were all perverts, with nothing more on their minds than turning the Foster homes into either brothels or bath houses behind the world's back. I repeat: 

 Behind the world's back. 

 That's why the American Sociological Association, and "a host of other reputable groups" know nothing about what they're talking about, or are covering up what they do know. I was actually in the places they only visit and talk about, and my disgust is a reflection of that. But, of course, they don't care about what a straight black male had to endure at their hands, just as they don't care now. It's all NewAge bullshit. Like I said, fuck 'em all: 

 This whole "debate" is a whitewashed lie,...