We have all seen the late night rerun of "Ozzie & Harriet" or "Leave It To Beaver". The American family as seen in the golden age of TV. Dad off to work each morning as Mom packs up the kids for another day of school in which some trouble along the lines of a bad haircut will get everyone worked up. But don't worry folks Wally's crazy hairdo will be back to normal within a half an hour. But now-a-days a snap of our American clan looks more like a "United Colors of Benetton" ad than those old, yet fabulous reruns. So Boy About Town has chatted with 3 families of our modern world....by that I mean I bummed rushed them and asked a bunch of really personal questions!
In 1967 the United States Supreme Court heard the case "Loving vs. Virginia". The short version of the story is this ruling at long last lifted the long standing law which made it illegal for 2 people of different races to marry. This was 46 years ago! That is not a long time . My friend Carrie is an outgoing, fun loving Southern California Gal that is 31 yrs old (sorry Carrie)! To meet her you would have no idea that her family is STILL at war with it's self over this court ruling, You see her Mother, Sue, is White & her Father, Frank , is Black. No biggie right? Wrong! Her Maternal Grandmother is still so upset by this that she does not acknowledge the fact that Carrie's Father is Black. She will not even speak his name. But Carrie & her sister are the "apple of their Grandma's eye". Makes no sense, right? So how does Carrie deal with the odd vibe at holidays? Pretend it is not there & waits for things to blow over. Sounds like love to me.
Quick fun fact, there are 401,000 kids in foster care in the United States, of those children with no home & no family fit to take care of them, 72% are minority kids. By this I mean they are not white, heathly, english speaking kids. This is my definition nobody elses. These children can drift from foster home to foster home for years until they "age out"of the system, which is what happened to Boy About Town but that is a different posting. Some of the kids get lucky and find a great nurturing foster family that they stay with. And if you are Zachary, not only are you amazingly cute, but you are placed with Frank & John Duffy! (Please note I have not used anyone's last name until now but John Duffy just has a ring to it, and shy he ain't....just saying) John Duffy & Frank opened their home in Wilton Manors, Florida to a wee little baby that needed a home. At the time these two stable, kind, wonderful men had to pretend to be "roomies" due to Florida's rule of not allowing Gay couples to adopt, which was their goal in fostering. At the time Frank was learning how to heat a bottle and John Duffy found a stroller that matched his shoe's, Florida decieded to make a leap into to 1980's and allow Gays to openly adopt. This epiphany came in September of 2010, which was only 3 years ago.. Frank and John Duffy, not being 100 percent sure of the Florida government and its shifting laws, fools they are not, still kept the "roomie" thing going until such time as the ink was dry on the papers! Mission accomplished! Family formed. I am pleased to say that little Zachary, who by the way has a very cool trampoline in his bedroom, is a funny, outgoing, shockingly smart kid of 3 years old that Boy About Town thinks will one day run a major network like CNN, NBC or CBS.....Remember kid Boy About Town loves ya! Today John Duffy (told ya it has a ring to it) and Frank happily rearranged thier lives around a 2 foot tall CEO in training in the Gayest town in America. Life moves on at a crazy, yet fabulous pace. Sounds like love to me!So, these 3 families are not the families of American yesteryear, they are America's families today. They are America's furture. They all deal with their stories in different ways, but they deal with them. Each of these families are based on love....
Stay Fabulous! Boy About Town
Boy is pictured above with THE Zachary with his 2 Dad's John Duffy & Frank.
