Prominent Gay Rupert Everett Doesn’t Think Gay People Should Raise Kids
While most out gay celebrities are firm advocates of equal rights for gay people, British actor Rupert Everett — who, it should be noted, was out way before it was cool and when being openly gay was considered career suicide — has made some remarks about gay parenting that may shock you.
Shock you because they are the sort that are considered parochial by today’s standards, particularly in the entertainment industry, and shock you because, of course, Everett is himself gay.
It’s rare that entertainment industry types express these sorts of opinions about gay people, and even rarer a gay person themselves feels that way. But Rupert Everett didn’t shy away from stating his opinions boldly in a new interview, saying that his mom thinks gay people shouldn’t raise kids, and he agrees:
“She thinks children need a father and a mother and I agree with her … I can’t think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads … Some people might not agree with that. Fine! That’s just my opinion.”
Perhaps … growing up with no dads, Rupert Everett? Or one abusive dad? Or with parents who didn’t want to be parents? There may be a lot worse things than having two gay dads. Everett adds:
“I’m not speaking on behalf of the gay community. In fact, I don’t feel like I’m part of any ‘community’ … The only community I belong to is humanity and we’ve got too many children on the planet, so it’s good not to have more.”
The Telegraph also quotes Everett’s mom, who says:
“In the past, I have said that I wish Rupert was straight and, I probably still feel that … I’d like him to have a pretty wife. I’d like him to have children. He’s so good with children. He’d make a wonderful father … But I also think a child needs a mummy and a daddy. I’ve told him that and he takes it very well. He doesn’t get angry with me. He just smiles.”
Eep. Do you think that Rupert Everett and his mom are behind the times when it comes to gay parenting?
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Posted: September 16, 2012
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Sep 17, 2012
the plastic surgery has hurt his brain…hes just a self hating gay man who resents the fact hat he cant hide his gayness while acting…pay her no mind!
Sep 17, 2012
The tip-off for all this was when his "mum" said she wished Rupert had a *pretty* wife. In short, she's painting a picture in her mind of the way things "should be." Kind of like the picture Ozzie & Harriet showed in that old TV show. (Which was, according to their kids, not very accurate in real life.)
People aren't players in pictures, except as movie actors. But not in real life. Studies show that children of gay parents turn out just fine. They don't need a mom and dad, they need two people who really love them and want the best for them.
Rupert and his mum are too self-absorbed in their own mind pictures to see what's going on outside of those pictures.
Sep 18, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_formation See that webiste re – REACTION FORMATION
In anthoer venue shakepeare referred to it a s 'the lady doth protest too much
Sep 18, 2012
BTW every group has its nut cases. Maybe Rupert isnt gay, b ut hates gay adoption so much that he claims he is gay, then goes against gay people
its kind of like the false flag concept used in spying etc. You leave behind some evidence that points to a different group then your own
Sep 19, 2012
good for him for recognizing that the sexes are different and both valuable to the development of a child. rock on, sir.