Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 17, 2012
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Transcript:
Mark: It's not just marriage, Mike-- I'm losing my shot at a family here! I want a son-- so I can get it right the way dad and I never did! I want to do stuff with him, like play catch in the yard! Mike: Catch? Mark, you hate baseball! And you always said you threw like a girl! Mark: Okay, so I roll the ball back! The point is we're together! Mike: Of course. Sorry.
Ok, you marry another guy. Adopt a child. What if the “kid” turns out “strait”? If allowed a choice, no pressure to “live up to you”, that could happen: then what? Call your “friend” and whine about how your son/daughter has “betrayed you”?