The Tom Daley and Dustin Black baby
by David Robertson:
The media could hardly contain their excitement as they breathlessly announced that 
Tom Daley and his partner Dustin Black are ‘having a baby’. Conveniently ignoring that the statement is of course a nonsensical post-truth alternative fact. Two men cannot have a baby. What is happening is that the two men are using a woman to provide a baby for them – whether it’s a friend or they have hired someone is not really the question. Why does anyone think that it’s a good thing to deliberately bring a child into the world without a mother? Why are our media so scared to actually speak the truth about this? Is it because truth is held in such low esteem?
Can I point out that this is not to attack or demonise Tom Daley or Dustin Black – my concern is with the way that children are being treated as commodities and their needs being ignored. I wrote in a much earlier piece in defence of Tom Daley.
Christian Today had an article pointing out the hypocrisy in this, but the article itself is indicative of how the church has become so confused on this issue.
It’s incredible that one should have to point this out to a Christian writer – but being opposed to same-sex marriage is not homophobic. And welcoming people in church does not mean that you have to agree with every aspect of their lifestyle!
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