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It is very difficult to write about a moral position without offending someone. dvfmama is probably right: I should just keep my mouth shut, or, in the case of this blog, not purposefully post incendiary statements. I'll try to do that more in the future.

For now, though, dvfmama and I have been having a very heated discussion about what I wrote. While she agrees with my practical reasons for two parents, she disagrees with the way I expressed it. She and others said I came across as "smug".

This leaves me confused. I don't think I'm better than others. I admit I've had a blessed, and, in many ways, privileged life. I don't think this makes me better than anyone else. I don't think this makes anyone else less "worthy" than me.

But still, that seems to be the sentiment I convey to many people.

It could well be that I've been so isolated in my experience that I can't convey to others the practical reasons for two parents, so I've challenged dvfmama to do it without offending people. Her background is completely different than mine. She may have a better chance of writing about this subject without offending others.

I still think it is nigh-on impossible to write that children need two parents without offending people, but if she manages to do it, I'll gladly admit it.

(Update: She did it.)