Books like My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family

I want to make it clear: I think Zach Wahls is a great guy. He’s smart, articulate, brave, and endearing. He’s got a great sense of humor and a nice, hard jawline. He would undoubtedly wipe the floor with me in any kind of serious debate, so I’m hoping I never find myself in one with him. That said, I have some problems with the paradigm of his book, My Two Moms, in which he shares stories about his childhood in a home with lesbian mothers, Terry and Jackie.Their family’s story is moving and Zach tells it beautifully and simply. Terry wanted children but didn’t have a partner, so she got pregnant twice with the same sperm donor and had a boy, Zach, and, a few years later, a girl, Zebby. She faced several challenges, not just as a lesbian mother but as a single mother (for example, the local newspaper initially refused to run the announcement of Zach’s birth in 1991 because she was an “unwed mother”). She met Jackie a few years later; they fell in love and had a traditional gay commitment ceremony with a frustrating lack of legal bearing. Terry was diagnosed with MS in 2003, several years before she and Jackie were legally wed in Iowa. This meant that they faced humiliating hurdles in medical offices, including an excruciating night in the ER when doctors refused to listen to Jackie’s recommendations for Terry’s treatment.So, what’s my problem with this awesome, wholesome family overcoming the odds through love and faith? \ Read the rest of my review here\ .