Cincinnati Pitcher Proud to Have Two Gay Moms

[OneFinger]

When Joe Valentine made the Cincinnati Reds' opening day roster this spring, no one was more ecstatic than Mom--both of them.

 

They've been by his side his entire life, these two women who raised him. Shuttling him to soccer and baseball and street hockey practices. Taking off work to be at his games, chaperoning his high school graduation trip, even moving to be closer to him when he went off to college. When he married his high school sweetheart last winter, they proudly escorted him down the aisle. It's as tight-knit and loving a family as you can find--traditional in all but one sense. "You can't say it's not different, but in the aspect of being loved by two people, being given every opportunity that my parents could give me, it's really no different," Valentine said recently. "It's just that I have two moms..."

 

To read the entire story go to:

 

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid17486.asp

[+ deej]

Welcome back!

[OneFinger]

Thanks!! Good to see you're still here and contributing.

[RM]

That story was in the sports section of my local paper this week....It's mainstream news!