janetDAYZ Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Six Americans raised by homosexual parents sent a letter of support thanking openly gay fashion legends Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana for their recent remarks defending the traditional family. Gay activists, spearheaded by singer Elton John, have condemned the pair and urged a boycott of their fashion line after they told the Italian magazine Panorama that they oppose gay “marriage” and adoption, find in vitro fertilization unnatural, believe procreation “must be an act of love,” and that “the only family is the traditional one.” The letter, published in Tempi this week, says the six signatories – five women and one man – "want to thank you for giving voice to something that we learned by experience: Every human being has a mother and a father, and to cut either from a child’s life is to rob the child of dignity, humanity, and equality." "We know that you will come under tremendous pressure, especially now when both Italy and the United States are being pushed to override our concerns for our rights to a mom and dad, in order to please a powerful gay lobby," the group said. They explained that it was their experience that, "Nobody receives more vicious attacks from the lobby than those who come from the gay community and question its policies: children of gay couples just as much as the gay men who defend them (like the two of you). "You have shown yourselves to be extremely brave. You have given us great inspiration as all six of us prepare to submit letters to the US Supreme Court against gay marriage." "We want to praise your courage and thank you for your inspiration," the signatories said, and implored Dolce and Gabbana "not to surrender when the backlash grows in intensity." "If you back down from what you said and apologize," the group concluded, "it will leave the children of gay homes even more vulnerable and discredited. It is important for our sake, for the sake of Italian children as well, that you not apologize or capitulate. Please support the idea that all children need to be bonded with their mothers and fathers. It is a human right." "It's not us who invented the family," Dolce said in the recent interview in Italy’s Panorama magazine. "You are born and you have a mother and a father. "Or at least it should be so, that's why I'm skeptical about what I call the sons of the chemistry, synthetic children, wombs for rent, seeds chosen by a catalog. And then, let's go to these children and explain them who is their mother. Would you ever accept to be a daughter of the chemistry? Procreation needs to be an act of love." "There is a supernatural sense of belonging” in the family Gabbana added. The English translation of the letter titled "Dear Dolce & Gabbana- a letter of support from children of gays and lesbians" is available on the blog asktheBigot.https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/children-raised-by-gay-couples-write-letter-supporting-dolce-gabbana-amidst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 D&G deserve the backlash. They were not courageous in their criticism, they were righteous and selfish. In defence they claim their beliefs were private and personal but the problem is they expressed them through the media. Ricky Martin said it best - their voices are too powerful to be spreading hate. These kids of gay relationships who support them are no less ignorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 Madonna Responds to Dolce & Gabbana’s Controversial Statements About Gay Adoption MARCH 19, 2015 6:53 PM BY JULIE MILLER Madonna, the high priestess of pop-culture controversy, has weighed in on the Dolce & Gabbana contention, which began when the brand’s eponymous designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana spoke out against gay adoption to an Italian magazine. “The only family is the traditional one,” the Italian designers are quoted as saying to Panorama. “No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: Life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.” The two are also quoted as calling children born to gay couples via I.V.F. “synthetic.” Madonna, who starred in advertising campaigns for the luxury fashion house in 2009 and 2010, Instagrammed a black-and-white photo of herself and a baby that was used during Dolce & Gabbana’s 2010/2011 winter-collection campaign. The pop singer, who has two adopted children of her own, added the following caption to the photo: All babies contain a soul however they come to this earth and their families. There is nothing synthetic about a soul!! So how can we dismiss IVF and surrogacy? Every soul comes to us to teach us a lesson. God has his hand in everything even technology! We are arrogant to think Man does anything on his own. As above so below! Think before you speak.,,,,,,,,,,,??#livingforlove." Five days ago, Elton John, whose two children were born by surrogates, initiated a boycott of the fashion house on Instagram. (Apparently Instagram is the popular forum for feuds this week.) “How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic,’” John wrote. “And shame on you for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF. . .Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana.” In the days since John’s declaration, Victoria Beckham, Courtney Love, Ryan Murphy, Ricky Martin, and more have rallied behind John on Twitter. And although one photographer caught John carrying a Dolce & Gabbana shopping bag in the days after his declaration, a spokesperson for the performer has clarified to the Daily Mail, “[H]e was carrying the bag but he hadn’t been shopping. And it should not detract from their original message or the boycott.” Both Dolce and Gabbana have since responded in multiple interviews, reacting to the boycott and attempting to clarify their comments. ADVERTISEMENT “I did not expect [the boycott to come] from a person who I believed—I underline, I believed—to be intelligent like Elton John,” Gabbana told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “He is ignorant, in the sense he ignores that there are different opinions to his which are equally worthy of respect.” Gabbana suggested that it was John who was small-minded, not him, in a follow-up interview with CNN. “Boycott Dolce & Gabbana for what? They don’t think like you? This is correct? This is not correct. We are in 2015. This is like medieval. It’s not correct,” Gabbana told CNN. Gabbana also explained that his perspective was based on his traditional Sicilian upbringing. “I believe in the traditional family,” he continued. “It is impossible to change my culture for something different. It’s me . . . I respect all the world, all the culture.” Gabbana added: “We love gay couples. We are gay. We love gay couples. We love gay adoption. We love everything. It's just an express of my private point of view.” The two were more diplomatic in a statement that was sent to ABC News. "I am very well aware of the fact that there are other types of families and they are as legitimate as the one I've known,” Dolce said. “It was never our intention to judge other people's choices,” Gabbana added. “We do believe in freedom and love.” These sentiments may not be enough to make up for their polarizing first comments though. Women’s Wear Daily reports that “50 gay and human rights protestors gathered outside the Dolce & Gabbana flagship store on London’s Bond Street Thursday, demanding a boycott of the Italian brand.” http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/03/madonna-dolce-gabbana-elton-john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 TL:DR but I heard and good for Elton John. I hope more celebs jump on his bandwagon.. Besides Madonna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn1814 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Madonna Responds to Dolce & Gabbana’s Controversial Statements About Gay Adoption MARCH 19, 2015 6:53 PM BY JULIE MILLER Madonna, the high priestess of pop-culture controversy, has weighed in on the Dolce & Gabbana contention, which began when the brand’s eponymous designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana spoke out against gay adoption to an Italian magazine. “The only family is the traditional one,” the Italian designers are quoted as saying to Panorama. “No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: Life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.” The two are also quoted as calling children born to gay couples via I.V.F. “synthetic.” Madonna, who starred in advertising campaigns for the luxury fashion house in 2009 and 2010, Instagrammed a black-and-white photo of herself and a baby that was used during Dolce & Gabbana’s 2010/2011 winter-collection campaign. The pop singer, who has two adopted children of her own, added the following caption to the photo: All babies contain a soul however they come to this earth and their families. There is nothing synthetic about a soul!! So how can we dismiss IVF and surrogacy? Every soul comes to us to teach us a lesson. God has his hand in everything even technology! We are arrogant to think Man does anything on his own. As above so below! Think before you speak.,,,,,,,,,,,??#livingforlove." Five days ago, Elton John, whose two children were born by surrogates, initiated a boycott of the fashion house on Instagram. (Apparently Instagram is the popular forum for feuds this week.) “How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic,’” John wrote. “And shame on you for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF. . .Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana.” In the days since John’s declaration, Victoria Beckham, Courtney Love, Ryan Murphy, Ricky Martin, and more have rallied behind John on Twitter. And although one photographer caught John carrying a Dolce & Gabbana shopping bag in the days after his declaration, a spokesperson for the performer has clarified to the Daily Mail, “[H]e was carrying the bag but he hadn’t been shopping. And it should not detract from their original message or the boycott.” Both Dolce and Gabbana have since responded in multiple interviews, reacting to the boycott and attempting to clarify their comments. ADVERTISEMENT “I did not expect [the boycott to come] from a person who I believed—I underline, I believed—to be intelligent like Elton John,” Gabbana told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “He is ignorant, in the sense he ignores that there are different opinions to his which are equally worthy of respect.” Gabbana suggested that it was John who was small-minded, not him, in a follow-up interview with CNN. “Boycott Dolce & Gabbana for what? They don’t think like you? This is correct? This is not correct. We are in 2015. This is like medieval. It’s not correct,” Gabbana told CNN. Gabbana also explained that his perspective was based on his traditional Sicilian upbringing. “I believe in the traditional family,” he continued. “It is impossible to change my culture for something different. It’s me . . . I respect all the world, all the culture.” Gabbana added: “We love gay couples. We are gay. We love gay couples. We love gay adoption. We love everything. It's just an express of my private point of view.” The two were more diplomatic in a statement that was sent to ABC News. "I am very well aware of the fact that there are other types of families and they are as legitimate as the one I've known,” Dolce said. “It was never our intention to judge other people's choices,” Gabbana added. “We do believe in freedom and love.” These sentiments may not be enough to make up for their polarizing first comments though. Women’s Wear Daily reports that “50 gay and human rights protestors gathered outside the Dolce & Gabbana flagship store on London’s Bond Street Thursday, demanding a boycott of the Italian brand.”http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/03/madonna-dolce-gabbana-elton-john Cheap promotion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Cheap promotion Like I said.. I hope other celebrities stand behind him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 this doesn't do much for their sales, its an established brand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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