Dolce & Gabbana Break The Internet Coming Out Against Gay Parenthood, Elton John Cries Vendetta - Forbes
The fashion power-duo, who are worth $1.65 billion each and are the 27th richest men in Italy, were the subject of a cover story for Italian weekly Panorama titled “Long-Live the [Traditional] Family,” in which the designers came out against the use of surrogate mothers while claiming children need “a mother and a father.” Dolce, in part of the interview, added “I’m not convinced with what I call chemical children, a rented uterus, semen selected from a catalogue.”
Gabbana went deeper into the concept of the “classical” Italian family, noting, “family isn’t a fleeting trend, in it there’s a sense of belonging.” In another point of the interview, they said “life has a natural trajectory, there are things that should not be altered.”
Twenty of those dollars, however, have come from an unlikely source: Courtney Hoffman, Courtney, who is lesbian, wrote, along with her donation, that, “As a member of the gay community, I would like to apologize for the mean spirited attacks on you and your business. I know many gay individuals who fully support your rights to stand up for your beliefs and run your business according to those beliefs. We are outraged at the level of hate and intolerance that has been directed at you and I sincerely hope you are able to rebuild.”
She added: “My girlfriend and I are small business owners, and we think there is a difference between operating in a public market space and then attaching the name of your business to a private event,” Hoffman said in a radio interview. “Like, if we were asked to set up at an anti-gay marriage rally, I mean, we would have to decline.”
Hoffman said the “horrible, hate-filled attacks” against the pizzeria and its Christian owners did not reflect the gay community that she has come to know and love. “The gay community that we know knows full well what it’s like to be condemned for doing nothing but living your life according to your beliefs,” she added. “We know so many gay individuals that fully support the freedom of living your life according to your beliefs and feel that freedom extends to everyone, even the people that we don’t agree with.”
Shortly after, two other members of the LGBTQ community made two sizable donations of $250 eachs.
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While you are right I wouldnt lose sleep over it, I didnt take your comments as an insult BTW. But I do appreciate your clarification.
Its all well and good for people to deny God, religion and morality. However, unless you grew up with wolves in a cave, you HAVE been influenced by religion in the rule of law. You may not recognize your values as 'morals' (religious based morals that is) but they ARE. Of COURSE they are. They are taught and learned from the earliest of ages. If you WERE raised by wolves, few of the compassionate things we do as humans would make much sense.
