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January 24, 2014 | John Ransom
There
is so much wrong with the following story that like other great art that
imitates life, I think I’ll let the story mostly speak for itself…and many of
the ills of society in general.
So,
stop me if you heard this one….
Two
lesbians put up an ad on Craigslist looking for a sperm donor.
This
is not in dispute.
They
put up an ad on Craigslist looking for sperm, like sperm are a couch or a T.V.
or those old worthless beanie babies your haggard aunt collected.
In
response to the ad, one William Marotta, who apparently thinks of his sperm as a
couch or a T.V. or those old worthless beanie babies his haggard aunt collected,
was subsequently chosen as the "donor"-- a.k.a. the father in olden times
parlance.
Marotta
it turns out “donated” sperm three times, according to the birth mother, who
subsequently “used a syringe to inseminate.”
These
facts are not in dispute.
And
do you know what?
A
child was born. A daughter to be exact, although labeling her as a daughter is
rather old fashioned of me.
Nevertheless,
the child is a daughter whose parents are one William Marotta, willing victim
and father, and Jennifer Schreiner, mother, lesbian, dupe and duper.
Turns
out that there was a good reason for Schreiner and her partner, Mr. or Mrs.
Schreiner, mother part deux, lesbian, dupe and duper, to use a free ad on
Craigslist trolling for sperm donors and willing victims.
They
did it because they're poor. They couldn't afford to pay the fees associated
with artificial insemination through a doctor.
This
is the part where Art takes over, the jerk.
When
one is poor, one might not be able to afford a child either, which the last time
I checked-- that is daily as the parent of a 16-year old-- is MUCH more
expensive than artificial insemination.
So,
Mrs. and Mr. Schreiner, like all good American these days, eventually applied
for welfare benefits to take care of their daughter. It's only right that the
Schreiners should lay off the financial duty of taking care of their daughter on
you and me.
And
the state, like all good Americans, asked: “What about the father?”
Oh
no; like all good Americans, the state wasn’t concerned with his rights, or the
psychological benefit a man might have in his “daughter’s” life.
The
state was about the money.
When
anyone applies for welfare benefits, both parents are examined for financial
support, as is right.
Marotta
and Schreiner both produced copies of contracts – albeit different versions—that
acknowledged that one William Marotta, was indeed nothing more than a sperm
donor and a willing victim and father.
Not
good enough says the state, which doesn’t want to pay out welfare benefits for
just anyone.
It
seems the state's position is that the sperm was not procured through a medical
doctor as is required by law. In order to be transubstantiated from the outdated
father-mother model to the new, improved mother-mother model, the sperm
donation, according to humanists, has to be touched by a doctor.
Fish
meet bicycle.
Apparently
the humanists at the Kansas state legislature believe that sperm must first pass
through their highest of high priest’s hands, the “medical doctor,” in order for
fatherhood-- that is confirmed by sperm’s DNA-- to be stripped from a man and
transferred to a women pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman, who can
then be the father in the only two senses that matters to the welfare
state—legally and financially.
Or
something.
“We
stand by that contract,” says one of Marotta’s attorneys, Benoit Swinnen. “The
insinuation is offensive, and we are responding vigorously to that. We stand by
our story. There was no personal relationship whatsoever between my client and
the mother, or the partner of the mother, or the child. Anything the state
insinuates is vilifying my client, and I will address it.”
Too
bad says the state, which wants Marotta to pay child support.
I’m
relieved that there was “no personal relationship” with THAT women.
Oh
wait, no I’m not.
Yes,
I am. Oh, wait….
What
a mess.
I
don’t know anyone who might have any valid reasons to question the wisdom of
homosexuality as a lifestyle, artificial insemination or gay marriage.
You
know, besides overturning millennia of legal, ethical and moral thought on these
subjects.
Only
racists and homophobes would do that.
And
those type of people are obviously the very people who are uncomfortable with
Art imitating life.
Because
it isn’t like Art has a daughter involved in this, right?
It's
only a child, after all. And he was only the "donor".
Who
now pays child support for a child he never wanted yet willingly fathered.
The
liberal faith in the power of the legislature can't change the DNA evidence.
Good
Job American Humanists!
Another
grand creation.
Oh
well. When you play God, as Mary Shelley taught us, you end up with a few
Frankensteins. All you have to do now is kill the monster.
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ONE of my all-time heroes is Diogenes the Cynic,
who spent most of his life chilling in his barrel
outside the city-state of Corinth . He was the original
Cynic because he believed that men and women lived
a life dictated by rules and taboos and therefore no one
was really truthful or honest. Actually Diogenes is my hero
because he was witty, rude, and had little respect for authority.
(read his BLOG: http://diogenes-honest-politician.blogspot.com)