December 7, 2006: First, I want to apologize for the long delay between posts - and shows. But there is a good explanation.

A while back, because of our public presence on the web and elsewhere, our family became the target of some threatening actions. I really can’t go into any details, but it was very frightening and a number of law enforcement authorities and other governmental agencies became involved.

Given the circumstances, I felt it was in my family’s best interests to lay low for awhile and stay out of the public eye.

But you can only live in fear for so long.

My first priority will always be to protect my children. Nothing is more important than looking out for their welfare.

At the same time, as LGBT families, we owe it to our kids and to future generations to be as open as possible. It is only by demonstrating the “normality” of our famlies and the love that we share that we will ever demystify the concept of our lives.

When people see us raising our children with the same affection and respect that every famliy should have, they will have the information they need to overcome their fears and hostility (whether they choose to accept the plain truth before their eyes is another matter, of course).

I’m pretty sure that the recent threat to our familiy has been taken care of. With that out of the way, I think it’s time to post and podcast again.

Will there be other threats in the future?  I don’t know. Does speaking out openly increase the chance that we will have to deal with more hatefulness in the future? Probably.

But I don’t think that silence and hiding is productive as a long-term solution. Only light can dispell darkness. Only courage defeats fear. Only truth trumps lies. And only love conquers hate.

In the immortal words of Lenny Kravitz, it’s time to let love rule.

I’m back.

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