International Gay and Lesbian Association, I'm Straight
A young man sits at a dinner table holding his noodle-wrapped fork, and there is a sense of awkwardness. The man says, "I've got to tell you something. Well, uh, I'm straight."
The camera cuts to his parents, which are two men. The situation is humorized to emphasize that gay parents don't make gay kids.
After the parents show acceptance, the screen reads, "Children raised by homosexuals do not necessarily become homosexuals."
The ad earns a Positive rating because it aims to show that homosexual parents are equally fit to raise children.
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I for one could care less if my child were gay or straight because both are natural and healthy forms of sexual expression. Neither should be used as a measure of success or failure in parenting.
Can someone please please explain to me how this ad could be interpreted as anything other than homophobic?