My Two Moms with Zach Wahls

Zach Wahls joins In The Life Media to discuss his experience as a child of two moms, how he's adjusting to life in the spotlight, and his new book, "My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family."

[@GrotrianSeiler]

What a great kid. His parents should be so proud of him. He was fortunate to grow up with a lot of love. Many kids of straight parents don't have this. And they suffer for the rest of their lives.

[@cassandramitch8793]

Two gay moms or two gay dads, they're capable of being loving caring parents, this young fella is proof of that. His mothers did a great job raising him.

[@vlobbob5424]

Well thanks for making me cry in my office over my morning coffee.

[@dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327]

I feel a mixture of jealousy and pride. Jealous because I never got to be raised like this as a kid, and proud because same-sex parents are parents and nothing more.

[@RonDial510]

This guy is more intelligent than any dozen of the ignorant, Bible-thumpin' haters. Love to hear him talk and explain the facts of his simple life so clearly. Just an amazing man that spoke up at just the right time.

[@waterbearerrevolution5217]

Family is Family Parents are Parents Love is Love

[@AlongtheFarClimbDown843]

+WaterBearerRevolution ~ *The Manson family is family.*

[@waterbearerrevolution5217]

Procommenter Yes.

[@FrankiexNYC]

Thank you, Zach. Yes, our families are no different than any other family. We love, we cry, and yes, we all have difficulties that we work through.

[@wawa2]

Ok, this made me choke up, thanks so much for honoring and sharing your family with us, Zach. I'll never forget your powerful speech, either. Suddenly, I see you everywhere and could not be more happy to have such a wonderful young man as an LGBT ally and equality crusader. You are amazing and so is your family!

[@disclaimer05]

I would hang with this guy. Same age, same loving family, same views, and he is intelligent. Awesome.

[@dipalmeirimsantos2497]

true Love ...thanks Zach

[@wilhub2804]

here is a guy we are going to see a lot more of, in the future; a powerful and confident speaker

[@jvores629]

I am so proud of you. I wished oneday that I had a son like you. Been with my partner for 13 yrs we tried and was not blessed. So we have to look for our great sisters and brothers that have these blessed, smart children to help our famlies. So oneday our younger family will have the right, to love and marry whom they want in peace.

[@bilcal]

Well said, Zach! I'm looking forward to reading your book. Keep up the good work! All the best to you, your moms and sister.

[@KendrixTermina]

Also, its just great to see this young man defending his mothers. Just like any other young man would react if you went, "Your mom!" on him.

[@llifton1]

thank you for being 9 and being so smart :)

[@bonniebonchmondragon3286]

I don't think there's anything abnormal with how he was raised from infancy to adulthood. I find people who think otherwise are either abnormal or plain bigots. He was raised in an atmosphere and environment filled with love. For that alone he is abundantly blessed for love conquers a multitude of transgressions!

[@KendrixTermina]

Modern reasearch has shown that what makes a good father is not that different from what makes a good mother; Two parents are generally better than one, but while fathers are sure nice to have, it's way more crucial that the children get a good example of what a loving relationship looks like and a good example of how people should treat each other. After all, single parents can sucessfully raise children, and gay parents even have an advantage over single ones: There's two of them.

[@CBJAMPA]

If you had to choose to spend eternity among people like the Wahls and their supporters or people who oppose them, who would you pick?

[@KIMFOYX]

+CBJAMPA Wahls and their suupporters of course.

[@Amills11]

The people that oppose them. Yeah the man has a book to sell to immoral liberals of course he's going to act like they raised the perfect son it's called propaganda. What they refuse to acknowledge is they also raised a daughter and she's a lesbian.

[@amandaf2543]

@@Amills11 hahahahaha good joke buddy

[@Amills11]

@@amandaf2543 not really a joke the girl is a lesbian. Kids raised by gays are much more likely to be gay kind of hurts the born that way bs

[@joshfierro5695]

Well said! The Wahls are a loving family, those who oppose them are judgmental fools. The Wahls let the judgmental fools live in peace; why can't the judgmental fools lay off of the Wahls? Oh, I know. The strength of moral character of Zach Wahls and his family is a testament to the LOW moral fiber of the people who hate gays and want to stop them from partnering and raising kids. Period.

[@tyowongndeso]

"love makes a family.." that's so true..:)

[@KendrixTermina]

...which allows for situations where they have to reach a consensus, or where one can be harder and discipline the child, with the child still feeling that they can have support in the other. My parents are a very traditional heterosexual couple, my mom even stayed at home while I was very young, and that still wasn't a guarantee for happiness - my father was always dismissive and disrespectful of her. I'd rather have no father, but parents that love each other and don't argue all the time.

[@richardsigona4899]

I felt God's love wbile watching this video.

[@yenh1144]

Live and let live people, mind your own damn business. If people started minding their business, the world would be a more beautiful place!

[@RayTheKing51]

Packers♥ Haha I'm Straight and support gay marriage! Anti gay is racism!

[@poljakov13]

sexuality is connected with race?

[@JHRobbins]

what a great kid

[@ciel222]

VERY NICE zach

[@karladolf8175]

You sumed up very well the situation of gay over the last 100 years !

[@gameshowguy2000]

*IT'S CHANGED OVER TIME, IDIOT. IT'S NOT THE 20TH CENTURY ANYMORE, OR THE 19TH OR THE 18TH. IT'S THE 21ST!*

[@llifton1]

you're absolutely right sweetheart. kids may be bullied or looked down on for being raised by gay parents. but really, when you think about it, is that a justification for gay parents not to be allowed to have kids? because some straight parents don't take the time to raise their children to not hate and make fun of kids who are different? who does that really reflect poorly on? not gay couples, if you ask me. things are different now and it's more common. and thank god for that.

[@hiimain7932]

LOVE MAKES A FAMILY NOT GENDER 💕

[@dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327]

It’s sad that he has to prove this, and people can’t just look and see a family.

[@sedeslav]

If Mormon can be presidential candidat, Zack have more then good chances to be candidate for White House.

[@RCSVirginia]

Help out Zach and his family by supporting the groups that are fighting for marriage equality this November. Look up on Google: Equal Rights Washington Marylanders For Marriage Equality -and- Mainers United For Marriage Help them make marriage equality a reality this year by donating or volunteering at their websites.

[@mpburns21]

YEAH GO PACKERS!!!

[@RT19908888]

i think the reason against gay parents raising kids is the fear that social pressure on gay family will have some effect on the kids growing up. But now that gay families are more expectable , there shouldnt be any reason why they shouldnt raise kids. Im 9 and i wish i have two moms lol (sorry dad)

[@sarameme1422]

I think that everyone has the right to know the true parents

[@hazimsuhadi]

GO PACKERS!

[@sexytalasia601]

His Mercy Endureth Forever. May God Bless You All, Homosexual and Heterosexual alike, and everyone in between.

[@Mexighetti]

I've often viewed atheist as deep thinkers and highly educated: You have challenged me to consider otherwise.

[@richo61]

"So where is Zach's father?" All they needed to make a baby was sperm. There is a sperm donor somewhere. Ejaculating sperm doesn't make you a father. A lifetime of commitment makes you a parent ( a mother or a father) - not a simple bodily spasm.

[@jazzmaster4life]

There is something scary and dangerous about this particular family: they cheer for the Packers.

[@ryanng5877]

Then who's the dad? Two moms cannot give birth to a baby on themselves. Come on, one of them has to be the mother and one of them the step-mother. I do not get it.

[@kassie-annonandia67]

And a men can give birth or what? Don't make yourself so Important bro

[@deeryker]

clever comment,,,lol

[@AlongtheFarClimbDown843]

*This presentation encourages children to experiment with homosex. Any video that encourages children to experiment with homosex, or normal sex, is an affront.*

[@sarles7394]

how does it do that? I never heard him say "go and have sex with the same sex"

[@KIMFOYX]

+briana moreno Exactly! He just said that he was raised by two women. With the same logic, when someone who was raped by their parents tells their story and there's a video of them telling it, it should be considered as encouraging rape.

[@AlongtheFarClimbDown843]

+Alex Joan Rouvaki : Why must any household (normal or abnormal) be sexualized? Why is there a pathological need by homosexuals to include children in discussions concerning the "merits" of homosex?

[@KIMFOYX]

Procommenter What do you mean sexualized? Because there's this homophobe's pathological need to forcibly falsely declare a family dynamic and enviroment as abnormal and damaging for children when there's no scientific evidence of such a thing and when children not only turn out as normal as the ones raised by heterosexual couples but they can be very sucessful as well. For your information though, it wasn't Terri and Jackie (the couple in the video) who encouraged Zach (their child) to do all these supportive motions towards them but on the contrary, it was his idea because as he said in another video, when he was younger, a lot of times he would hide the fact he had two mothers & joke about gays so he could be one of the "cool" guys. Now though that he's older and more mature, he realizes that this act of him was immature and unfair and betraying because his mothers raised him with love and have been good parents in general, so he testified in the court because that way he felt he was making up to them for what he did and said and how he didn't support them to his classmates. After that, as you know, the video went viral and after realizing the power he had in informing others, he decided to do further anctions to inform the society about his family and how there's no real difference between having gay parents and straight parents. That's the whole story. No parents' "we're normal, ask our son" forcing.

[@KIMFOYX]

Procommenter Also there's nothing said about sex between peoople of the same sex, it is only said there's a homosexual couple who has raised two children, one of which is Zach. Also there's no encouragment towards children in the whole video. This is not a kids documentary and it is as related to encouraging minors into having sex with the same sex as a heterosexual wedding is to encouraging them to have sex with a person of the opposite sex.

[@kaitran9532]

I support Gay couple totally, I just think that the kids are gonna get insulted mercifully until the whole world accepts Gay marriage/ couples.

[@AarontheArtist57]

well that's a reality to anyone who is different in a way ... this is an experience that African-American children for example experience on a daily basis ...

[@johnkeeber5758]

AarontheArtist57 Although bullying is common, and like you pointed out Our black friends and neighbors have faced it, there is no reason behind bullying. I was bullied and assaulted daily all thru high school simply because I was the "new guy". But, as it had become almost habitual, when there was a newer guy, he was excepted, and my abuse continued. And back in 1970-73 even teachers and administrators didn't give a damn.

[@KIMFOYX]

+John Keeber Yeah basically bullying has to do with who is vulnerable enough to take it and who won't take it. I was bullied because I was overweight and yet there was another kid who weighted way more than I did and he was accepted. Well, teachers and administrators don't always give a damn nowadays too.

[@risshomaruro8896]

ajajaaj then he has two mothers and one dad? all wanna be parents of zach? ajajjaaj

[@markwilkie7633]

Marriage is unique because it involves the union of two humans. When a man and woman engage in sexual intercourse (in which the word "sexual" only has meaning because of more than one sex involved) their bodies literally unite into one physical entity. The result of such a union is so strong (assuming contraceptive aren't used) that in nine months you may even have to call it a name. The law can call whatever it wants "marriage” and give the participating parties the civil perks. However, I am not arguing this. I am informing society that homosexual activity is not physically unitive.

[@acloudofblackmist]

I think society is already aware of the point that you are making, but what society is understanding (slowly) is that love is beyond physical intimacy. And stop painting sex between a man and women as a holy-union, which it can be, but it can also be a lustful primitive act.

[@markwilkie7633]

love does indeed come in many flavours. doesn't mean all of them are good for us. and i don't think the members of society who you believe to be "slowly" recognizing that love is beyond physical intimacy are the ones who don't know that.

[@jarabaaearthwanderer5497]

What does Zach Wahls think of gay male couples, one wonders? He clearly restricts his concern to defending the rights of lesbian couples and their families. Interestingly, we are shown an image of him in a Boy Scout uniform; and we all know that the Boy Scouts of America fought through the US courts at all levels for many decades to maintain their policy of excluding all boys and men of homosexual or bisexual orientation from any form of membership. So the film makes the point that Zach is a wholesome normal heterosexual man - raised by two wholesome normal lesbian mothers. And that's impressive. But the idea of gay men as possible married couples or as parents is not even touched upon in this video. Presumably In The Life Media limit their support and advocacy to female couples and their families. As the title of his book makes clear, Zach chooses to focus exclusively on "moms" and the "love" and "strength" which they put into making a "family". It would be interesting to know whether he thinks that two "dads" might conceivably be capable of simlar "love" and "strength".

[@amandaf2543]

Nah fam, thats just you. His book says "my moms" bc he has 2 moms, its not that deep.

[@karladolf8175]

Do you see a shrink ?

[@Ziddity]

things that their peers, families and even friends say to them. So how is it oppressive to you to stop being so cruel to fellow human beings? The ones who are ruling by terror are religious fanatics who are constantly screaming in their faces that they're going to hell, that they should drop dead, that they're unnatural and that God will smite them.

[@charlesmamet8997]

There are np doubt some children that can deal with it and are very Happy but there are countless others who struggle with it, but because the voice for Marriage equality is SO strong and divisive that they are afraid to speak out. We are not hearing about the donor/s in the equation, and mostly we don't hear about what happens to the surrogate mothers of Gay couples children. there are differences at least in a Lesbian couple the woman can conceive and the donor may not care so much. but in the case of a surrogate she has carried the child and there are inevitably a bond that is created. What about her feeling? I know you will tell me that she did it voluntarily may be in some cases but the majority are mothers who desperately need money and are exploited. This is what I think.and I will Definitely vote NO.

[@TheBachuki07]

Charles Mamet FYI, heterosexual couples use surrogacy as well. In fact, more heterosexuals couples than same sex couples. Are you saying that heterosexual couples who are infertile should just give up on the idea of becoming parents?

[@amandaf2543]

The donor just....donates, by his own choice,i mean??????

[@joshfierro5695]

Yeah, just the way many kids of heterosexual parents have struggled. Get over yourself, ok? Stop your judgment and pay attention to facts. Your ideology is taking over your ability to think rationally and assess data logically (if you even know how to do so.)

[@markwilkie7633]

Everyone deserves a mom and a dad.

[@acloudofblackmist]

I disagree Mark. Everyone deserves a good parent or parents; whether they are of the same sex or opposite. I had a mom and dad; one of which was abusive and drug-dependent. If two people can provide a loving home that is all that matters.

[@markwilkie7633]

you say "two people". why only two? there is an ideal standard. the fact that one parent may be abusive doesn't mean we don't deserve better: a loving responsible mom and dad.

[@markwilkie7633]

empty criticism. a sign of ignorance.

[@markwilkie7633]

no, it comes from anthropology

[@markwilkie7633]

Because one person had an abusive father doesn't prove people don't need a father.

[@Gridironwarplans]

Honestly, this proves nothing to me. I know people who could stand up and give a well written speech about all their incredible accolades, but are still completely fucked in the head.