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PassingFair

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55. Look closer...

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 02:57 PM

Mar 2015

The South Carolina woman’s change of stance on same-sex marriage ocurred after she came to terms with what she deems the “father wound” and started going to church with her husband.

During an interview with World, a Christian publication, Heather Barwick said, “It really wasn’t until I came to Christ that I felt that burden lifted off of me. And I’m not bitter. I’m not angry. I forgive my dad.”

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1938204/heather-barwick-woman-raised-by-two-moms-comes-out-against-gay-marriage/#AXzAfGhsgLW1bUKE.99

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Meet the daughter of two lesbians who's campaigning against same-sex marriage [View all] KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

It's always the mothers who take the brunt of their childrens hate! boston bean Mar 2015 #1

I took the brunt of reaction to a disappointing father. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #15

One of my sisters gave my poor mother a hell of a time. boston bean Mar 2015 #16

I get how tragic that is. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #17

I don't know why that happens with some... but it does... boston bean Mar 2015 #18

cheers AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #20

"Look At Me" Politicalboi Mar 2015 #2

Time for a new kids book. 'Heather hates her two mommies!' Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #3

I've seen that. And I felt bad for her that her dad was not in her life. alphafemale Mar 2015 #4

My granddaughters have two mommies and share the same dad.. who is gay and married 2banon Mar 2015 #10

And in her childhood gay marriage would not have existed anyway. alphafemale Mar 2015 #23

I'm wondering if she got "saved" vis a vis some sort of Christian Right church/org. 2banon Mar 2015 #36

With some Christian Right money thrown in. roody Mar 2015 #42

that would certainly follow. n/t 2banon Mar 2015 #53

Exactly LittleBlue Mar 2015 #45

Same-sex parents can be crappy parents just like opposite-sex parents. Brickbat Mar 2015 #5

The only problem she cites with her two moms is that neither was male. Marr Mar 2015 #9

At some point, same sex couples get to be as rotten as heteros AngryAmish Mar 2015 #12

Waaaa! As a child from a two gender household, I am against straight marriage!!! Zorra Mar 2015 #6

My parent's marriage sucked too! No more straight marriage. roody Mar 2015 #44

What an incredibly hurtful thing this must be for her parents. Marr Mar 2015 #7

The sarcasm is unwarranted. The correct response is to stress the "can". Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #8

What screwed her up was not ... surrealAmerican Mar 2015 #11

It agree- she has abandonment issues which can happen in divorce in any type of 2nd marriage Johonny Mar 2015 #21

That doesn't quite tally with her account. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #22

It's really hard to make causal judgments, even about your own life. Unvanguard Mar 2015 #28

+1000 smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #38

Her experience is hers alone. She cannot speak for other children of same-sex couples. Maedhros Mar 2015 #13

Indeed. Inkfreak Mar 2015 #26

being a good parent has absolutely nothing to do with the parent's respective reproductive equipment Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #14

They don't necessarily need parents either cloudywing Mar 2015 #49

I don't understand what that comment has to do with anything ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #58

That's such an absurd statement Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #59

It's clear that this woman's "religion"... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #19

Heh, yeah. Sure. Lancero Mar 2015 #31

Keep telling yourself that joeybee12 Mar 2015 #35

As I've said, I don't share her opinions. Lancero Mar 2015 #37

Curious if there's a conversion story here (to some variety of conservative Christianity) Unvanguard Mar 2015 #24

$$$ DeSwiss Mar 2015 #25

Sometimes kids grow up and turn into right-wing assholes davidn3600 Mar 2015 #27

My Father DUgosh Mar 2015 #29

where does she say she hates her 2 mommies? oh, it doesn't and she doesn't. magical thyme Mar 2015 #30

+1 Rex Mar 2015 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Snotcicles Mar 2015 #32

She says she 'ached for a dad.' Her problem wasn't/isn't lesbian parents. Shrike47 Mar 2015 #33

She has that Michelle Bachman/Calista Grinch treestar Mar 2015 #34

Well gee, she ended up having her own kid...so what were the same-sex parenting Rex Mar 2015 #39

These are separable issues. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #40

She's been brainwashed by the RWing lie machine. Rex Mar 2015 #43

Must be applying for a job as a Fox News correspondent. Initech Mar 2015 #46

Maybe she's right ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2015 #47

I think her issue may be less about having lesbian mothers and more about not being able to know pnwmom Mar 2015 #48

I think her issue is entirely about having lesbian mothers Unvanguard Mar 2015 #50

I didn't see anything in this article about a religious point of view. pnwmom Mar 2015 #51

That's because mentioning it would give away the game. Unvanguard Mar 2015 #52

It turns out you guessed correctly. I found more info in a British tabloid --not my favorite source pnwmom Mar 2015 #54

Thanks, yeah, that confirms it. n/t Unvanguard Mar 2015 #57

Look closer... PassingFair Mar 2015 #55

That wasn't in the article at the OP, but I just posted something like this from the Daily Mail. pnwmom Mar 2015 #56