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okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
Wed May 21, 2014, 06:15 PM May 2014

Kid's reaction to meeting a gay couple for the first time is priceless



Sometimes kids have the darnedest responses and sometimes they're the best.

When a little boy met a married gay couple for the very first time, he couldn't help but show his surprise. Then, he had some questions: Your husband's a boy? You're both husbands? So, that means you love each other?

After getting answers to all his questions, he simply moved right along with his day.

"Hey, I'm going to play ping-pong now," he said. "You can play if you want to."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/kid-response-gay-couple_n_5363991.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

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Kid's reaction to meeting a gay couple for the first time is priceless (Original Post) okaawhatever May 2014 OP
Pity some adults don't share this kid's wisdom. Louisiana1976 May 2014 #1
Bet they don't play ping pong. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #11
His reaction is more mature than the rightwingers who hate Gays randys1 May 2014 #2
I couldn't have said it better! LeftofObama May 2014 #6
What a sweet and perceptive little boy. Arkansas Granny May 2014 #3
It the same with kids and racism, okaa.. they don't know to hate.. it's Cha May 2014 #4
+10,000 nt okaawhatever May 2014 #9
Reminds of the song from South Pacific. sufrommich May 2014 #5
Such Truth In That Song grilled onions May 2014 #10
"That means you love each other" Triana May 2014 #7
Proof that homophobia is not a natural state... joeybee12 May 2014 #8
Yeah, poor thing. Le Taz Hot May 2014 #12
hefty K&R. how beautiful. Whisp May 2014 #13
Definite K and R mimi85 May 2014 #14
Kicking theHandpuppet May 2014 #15
But wait, how will you explain this to the grown ups!? Kber May 2014 #16

randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. His reaction is more mature than the rightwingers who hate Gays
Wed May 21, 2014, 06:19 PM
May 2014

and his one minute of confusion and questioning is about all this issue deserves

Yeah, you love each other, now I am gonna play ping pong

priceless indeed

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
6. I couldn't have said it better!
Wed May 21, 2014, 06:25 PM
May 2014

"his one minute of confusion and questioning is about all this issue deserves"

That little boy is adorable!

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
5. Reminds of the song from South Pacific.
Wed May 21, 2014, 06:24 PM
May 2014

You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!

grilled onions

(1,957 posts)
10. Such Truth In That Song
Wed May 21, 2014, 08:16 PM
May 2014

Now I will have to dig that DVD out of my files and watch it for the hundredth time!

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
7. "That means you love each other"
Wed May 21, 2014, 07:02 PM
May 2014

He gets it. Perfectly. Then, wants to go play.

Kids are smarter than adults sometimes and handle things much better than grown-ups. This is one of those times.

He's a sweetie. And a smartie!

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
12. Yeah, poor thing.
Wed May 21, 2014, 08:48 PM
May 2014

Traumatized for life.

I can remember an episode when I was about 6. I overheard my mother and my Aunt talking about their friend Carlos and they said something about him being a homosexual. (This was back in the Dark Ages before Gay was in the lexicon). I asked what that meant and she explained to me that, instead of going out on dates with women, Carlos went out on dates with men. I think I said something profound like, "Oh, OK."

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
14. Definite K and R
Wed May 21, 2014, 09:15 PM
May 2014

This is priceless. I think I'll send it to my gay grandson - he'll crack up. Great kid!

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