Letter To My Children

Abstract

Dear X and Y, When I found myself seated next to you both at last night's alumni function and heard you speak so enthusiastically of your engagement and your planned marriage next year, your work in Young Labor and the students' movement, and your involvement with the Uniting Church Synod, I was reminded of myself at your age. Except for the Synod, of course, although I once sang in an Anglican cathedral choir. When I saw the two of you so comfortable with each other, open and acknowledged by the university and all the attendees at the alumni dinner, I almost shed a tear of joy at how far we have come over the years. In your young and enthusiastic wisdom, you both had some vague understanding of the history of that accomplishment. For myself, I was delighted to meet a young, Christian, same-sex couple who had announced their engagement and planned to marry and who had no difficulty accepting their sexuality.