A New Kind of Family: The Gay-dy Bunch

I don't know if you all have heard about this, but there is a new show called The Fosters which airs on ABC Family. It is basically (although I don't know why I use that word because there is nothing "basic" about it)...but anyway...the show is about this family composed of a biracial lesbian couple, one biological son from one of the moms previous heterosexual marriage, 2 adopted children (Latino twins), and 2 foster children.  See what I mean? Nothing basic. There's a white police officer named Stef and a biracial (black and white) school principal named Lena who have come together. Of course they have their own "baggage." Stef has previously been married, and conceived a child with this man. They work in the same police force, and actually wind up being partners by the guy's request (WHOA!). Oh, and she also has a super religious kind of homphobic dad.  Lena, who has a black mother and white father, has a great relationship with her mother, and her mother loves all of Lena and Stef's kids, BUT Lena has to deal with the fact that her mother illegitimatizes her experience as a black woman because she has fairer skin.  And that's just the parents...

Bottom line, this show exemplifies the different family. Well, not really different, but the kind of more realistic, and the new kind of family that we may very well see in real life nowadays. I say kind of realistic just because c'mon...the kids go to this school literally 5 steps away from the beach, and the parents seem to always be discussing money but one of the kids has a keyboard, they all have smartphones, and they have all of the latest electronic gagdets..like Beats headphones. **insert side-eye here**

Although I absolutely love the show, and think the storyline and messages are awesome...oooffffffff cooouurrrsseee there is going to be criticisms of the show and what it's about. There's homosexuality, multiraciality, and teenage love storylines- y'all know how the conservatives operate.  As I was researching the show a little deeper for this blog I ran across an article on Blaze.com and I think they said it well that...

"Many liberals likely want shows like “The Fosters” to spawn greater acceptance of non-traditional families, while many conservatives would prefer to shield their children from content that has an agenda or that seeks to transform or even form their children’s views on complicated issues like homosexuality and gay marriage."

I mean paranoid much?? Seriously. Why is it that conservative, heterosexual, and/or deeply religious people think that gay peopla are always out to get them? That we are trying to come for their children? Like we are some vampire suffering because there is no more TrueBlood and we just HAVE to feed..and children taste so sweet. like c'mon. Get YOUR life, because we aren't stuntin you boo (I feel like that was in my Crissle voice O_O). Like really.

Case and point is one of the comments in response to the article. I mean of course you can imagine how plentiful these ignorant comments were, and poor HarryPotter (screen name) was trying to stand up for the gays but they just kept coming....here it is:

This is a perfect example of one of the many subtle ways Satan uses the media to do his work. He makes the whole thing look so nice and wonderful and people buy into to it.
The real story is that this is a very bad program and people need to make better use of their time – like not watching TV at all and going to a park or doing something else with their family like spending quality time together. We have not had TV in our home for over 15-years and that one change has made all the difference in the environment and productivity of our children.
This show, like so much other garbage out there, is a direct attack on the family as God intended it to be – between a man and woman. There is absolutely nothing uplifting about a program that tears down the traditional family unit. Again, they make it look and sound good but it is not.

Now, upon further research I learned that the ABC Family channel itself

actually started off as an extension of Pat Robertson's television ministry, then it was Fox Family, and then Disney bought it...go figure that's when the channel became more inclusive with shows such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Switched at Birth, and now The Fosters.

Ok. Pause. YES I did say Pat Robertson. I had no idea that he had any kind of anything to do with this channel at any point in time, and I must say I am soo glad that that is not still a factor today. Now, I am not sure if everyone knows who this nutcase is but he is the WORST kind of man..shoot PERSON that I can possibly imagine ever being created. This is a man that thinks all gay people were molested by someone, and that if we come to know Jesus we will immediately be healed. Sir...there are plenty of Christian gays and they are plenty gay still. Calm down. Words seriously cannot describe the craziness of this man, but I found a recent article where he "addresses" the issue of homoexuality on the 700 Club--a show that I would never actually choose to watch other than education on the tomfoolery of this man smh. Please read this and watch the video at the end, just for a snippet of what he is about.

Long story short, I am glad that Jenny from the block chose to produce a show like The Fosters, and hopefully it sticks around longer than the first season's 10 episodes so all the Foster haters can get a virtual slap to the face.