I'm sure you think you're being progressive, but...

So Matt and I went to a small BBQ on Monday. It was a very nice time. Eveyone else at the party had children. Some one asked if Matt and I ever planned to have kids. I said yes, we had even gone so far as to contact an adoption agency to get a feel for all the things required (expenses, length of the wait, etc) although we are years away from even beginning the process.

Anyway, one of the guys I was talking with said: "Well, I think that is great. And you know, if I had the choice between a low income family with a mom and dad or a higher income gay couple, I'd give the kid to the gay couple."

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uh, RAGE! UNSPEAKABLE RAGE!

Dude that is really messed up!

1) Needing to stack the deck to make same-sex parents more/as desirable.
2) Assuming more money means better parenting.

He was trying to be a nice guy, I'm sure. It probably came out wrong. Fortunately, Matt made a joke that diffused the situation. Still, I was a little put off by this guy.