Two posts went viral this past weekend. The first shows gay country music singer-songwriter Shane McAnally holding his infant son, who is calling for his mother while his male partner films the encounter. The singer looks down at the boy and tells him, directly, that he doesn’t have a “mama.” Both men begin laughing as the baby cries.
The second is a pregnancy announcement posted by two men. The photo shows an ultrasound. One of them provided the sperm. The egg was bought from a donor. The womb belongs to a surrogate they hired. Neither of those two women appears in the post. The caption reads: “SO HI GUYS!!!! Usually don’t post much on here about my personal life but my husband and I are going to be DADS!!! 😭😭😭💕💕💕” It is as though the two men did this themselves.
Millions of people saw these posts, which went completely viral with thousands of comments and shares. They hit hard because they made something visible that the gay marriage movement has worked for more than a decade to keep out of view: Gay marriage is not a private matter.
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