Comments on: Family Restaurant, film for kids with gay / lesbian parents

By: Jamie Adam

Jamie Adam — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:49:00 +0000

Fun! What a great way to counter all the repugnican nonsense about children in gay/lesbian homes. It raises awareness, is funny, and has talking ketchups!

By: llazy8

llazy8 — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:45:00 +0000

It’s for all that LUBE and PERVERSION! Nah, really, even with a homemade film, there’s probably costs related to producing news releases and those involved traveling to screenings and giving talks, crap like that.

From the project website:

“Due to the amazing response, we are looking past our bare minimum goal to a new fundraising goal of $10,000! If we make that, we will be able to film in a larger space and have even more LGBT families and their children in the film! We will also get a much better cinematographer than yours truly and have much better puppets and props. Please help us keep our momentum for this important and exciting project.”

There you have it- renting a space with pro lighting, flying in gay and lesbian families, making puppets and hiring a cinematographer. Surely then there’s editing and subtitling in various languages, a soundtrack and making the ketchups cuter with CGI.

By: anondrea

anondrea — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:42:00 +0000

But but but… talking ketchups? I wonder if there’s anything in the Bible prohibiting loquacious condiments?

By: dfdfd

dfdfd — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:13:00 +0000

What I don’t get is what is the money for? I mean anyone with a camera and a computer already has everything they need to make a film like this.

By: Wreckrob8

Wreckrob8 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:04:00 +0000

I was going to add that the non-consensual evil stuff is a problem of fantasy which is a product of the mind and interferes with normal body/brain functioning which always requires consent. I think psychologists are seriously confused here as fantasy is not the same as a healthy imagination.

By: marilove

marilove — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:34:00 +0000

Well, I don’t know that we can ALWAYS separate sexual desire from the brain, but they aren’t as connected as people think they are.

Just consider this: Women who are raped, even those who do not wish to be raped, even those who are deadly afraid, may still have their bodies respond to the rape, and may even orgasm. This can be VERY traumatizing and hard to reconcile. It does NOT mean they enjoyed it; it just means they had a physiological response to the stimulation. This also explains how men can be raped by being forced to penetrate someone/something against their will, and why they can still get an erection even if they are horrified by what is happening.

Anyway, what you said. Even though now we’re totally off-topic. :D

By: Wreckrob8

Wreckrob8 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Sexual desire is not a mental phenomenon no matter what people may feel it is a bodily phenomenon. The body is ignorant of mental distinctions we might make about gender and therefore is free. The Church says sexual desire is purely mental and so can be conditioned and controlled.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:04:00 +0000

I wish I didn’t agree with you, but geez.

By: BettyWu

BettyWu — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:43:00 +0000

I would love to support this as I love the concept. However, the movie looks truly awful.

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:27:00 +0000

sadly it won’t get a family-friendly rating, because of the content.

By: marilove

marilove — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:06:00 +0000

The world is such a better place because George Takei is in it.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:59:00 +0000

I love the idea of supporting this, especially since, depending on where it’s screened, it’s going to be more than “a teensy bit controversial”. After all I live in Tennessee, where legislators are pushing the infamous “don’t say gay” bill on schools. This bill would, among other things, prevent children of same-sex couples from talking about their parents in school.

George Takei, bless his heart, has suggested that we instead “say Takei”. On the one hand I think it’s ridiculous we’d have to resort to such measures, but on the other I love the idea of a school library with a copy of Heather Has Two Takeis.

By: marilove

marilove — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:28:00 +0000

Additionally, the gender someone feels not matching what the sex their genitals are, is not a new phenomenon. This has been happening since the beginning of time. Not to mention intersex individuals, or others who have different chromosomes from the “norm” (that may not match their genitals), etc. It’s not as simple as you clearly wish it to be.

And, it might help to learn the proper terms (gender vs. sex) before trying to speak with authority about the subject.

By: marilove

marilove — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:20:00 +0000

Or, maybe not relying on gender stereotypes, and gender normes that are mostly based on those gender stereotypes, will mean living in a better world where people are free to be who they are without judgement.

By: willie imara johnson

willie imara johnson — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:55:00 +0000

Great idea, will support. This movie will I hope normalize the idea of Lesbian and Gay couples with children, and allow kids to see something similar to their home life portrayed in the media.