Daughter of Homosexual Dad Hopes to Share Her Saga with North America
by Chad Groening
June 15, 2005
(AgapePress) - A Christian woman in Canada whose father was heavily involved in the homosexual lifestyle says she wants people on both sides of the border to understand how devastating homosexuality is on children. Meanwhile, the Canadian military has performed its first same-sex "wedding."
Associated Press reports that two men -- a sergeant and a warrant officer -- exchanged vows last month in a small ceremony at the chapel of a Canadian Forces base in Nova Scotia. Canada's military chaplains are under orders to treat a same-sex couple the same as a man and a woman who wish to marry. AP says the wedding was arranged and celebrated by a base chaplain from Canada's United Church. At the same time, a special Parliamentary committee has been holding public hearings before the third and final reading of C-38, a measure aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada.
Dawn Stefanowicz is a born-again Christian and mother of two. She wants that committee to know about how it was growing up with a homosexual father -- but so far, the Canadian government has shown no interest in hearing her testimony.
"I have put my name forward. I haven't been called as a witness, so I'm not expecting [that to happen]," Stefanowicz shares. "They're probably looking at me as just one person, [but] they don't realize that there are a number of children already who are growing up or have grown up with a parent who struggles with same-sex attraction."
Stefanowicz says she is fearful that the government will come down hard on anyone who publicly opposes the homosexual lifestyle. "There's a concern that a person or organization that allows something to be shared publicly could be charged with a hate crime," the Ontario resident explains. "And this can even happen within a church, it could happen within a small-group setting, it could happen just through a media interview."
She surmises that is why few Canadians have gone public with any criticism. "I haven't come across a lot [of public statements against homosexuality] in Canada," she says. "It's more in the United States that [people] have come forward and presented their stories publicly."
According to Stefanowicz, the liberal media in Canada has done a "very poor job" of presenting evidence on the influence the homosexual lifestyle has on children. "Scientific data and negative personal experiences related to this issue that are obviously relevant -- they're ignored, they're not discussed," she says.
Stefanowicz's father died of AIDS. Now, more than a decade later, she wants to go public to tell from personal experience of the devastating effect the homosexual lifestyle has on children.
Chad Groening, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
