Dutch Boy Sings About His Two Fathers

A Facebook friend recently shared the following video of a young Dutch entertainer named Terence Uphoff (right) singing about his two fathers on the popular TV show Kinderen voor Kinderen (Children for Children). It's quite a brave performance, and one that gives me much hope for the future.

We live in a terrace house,
we have nice stuff at home.
We live there quite okay
with three of us together.
Bas works for the newspaper
and Diedrick is laboratorian.
They adopted me when I was one year old.

I'm still the only child
but that's okay with me.
That way I get all the attention
and love from those two.
Bas brings me to the school
with Diedrick I play violin
and with three of us we watch soaps on TV.

I have two fathers,
two real fathers
Sometimes cool and sometimes strict
but it's going great with us.

I have two fathers,
two real fathers.
Who, if they have to,
both can be my mother.

When I have to go to bed
Diedrick checks my homework
and Bas does the dishes or is doing laundry.
And if I'm ill or have a fever
then there's nobody I know
who can be so caring as Diedrick or Bas.

Sometimes I get bullied at school;
of course, it's not nice.
"You're parents, they are homo!"
They find it strange.
Then I just shrug my shoulders,
"So what! I'm their son!"
It's not ordinary
but for me it's quite okay.

I have two fathers,
two real fathers.
Sometimes cool and sometimes strict
but it's going great with us.

I have two fathers,
two real fathers.
Who, if they have to,
both can be my mother.

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
Competent Parenting Doesn't Require "Traditional Marriage"
One Catholic Gay Parent Who Isn't Leaving the Church
Gay Adoption: A Catholic Lawyer's Perspective

Recommended Off-site Link:
A Collection of Articles and Research Findings Concerning Children Raised by Gay Parents (Compiled by the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities)