Marie Osmond Supports Her Gay Daughter

"Do I have to?" she responds.  Ha!  Well said all in all Marie Osmond.   

This woman rocks!

My parents should listen to this....

go marie osmond. i didn't really expect her to be supportive cause of the whole mormon thing, but apparently i was wrong. i definitely have alot more respect for her now.

and her daughter is really hot.

Marie is a brave one for standing up for her daughter. I can't imagine the kind of heat she will take from the Mormon Church for her position. But I respect her a lot for taking it.

Her daughter is lovely...heck Marie Osmond is lovely. (That's a sentence I didn't expect to write today! But there you go...)

You go girl!

"replenish the earth or whatever" LOL

I know her brother by name, but that's all. I've never heard of her. But never the less, this is awesome!

Besides the great subject matter, I appreciate the references included by Miss Chu in this article. Thanks! Hey it doesn't hurt that she added that picture of Jessica Osmond either heheh ;) And as for Donnie Osmond, I respect his position, I hope that he can also respect that my mom is probably the only person that thinks he is still handsome. Peace

I know that we can so easily tend to tomaytoes- tomahtoes Civil Unions and Same-sex Marriage, but Marie never said she believed in "Same-sex Marriage."  My guess is that she wants civil unions and protection, or even (as Sarah Palin wanted) to allow gays at their leisure (and at great legal expense) to acquire legal protections for themselves. I think that a  lot of fairly tollerant Mormans (it may surprise you, but there actually are alot) would come down on that side of the issue- which then might feel like a half-measure to their gay friends.

I'm not saying that's definitely what Marie believes.  But I don't want the whole country thinking that she is unilaterally up for legalizing "Gay Marriage" where really she wants her (well-off) daughter and female partner to write up powers of attorneys for each other and be able to adopt some babies- don't forget that once upon a time, that's all the gay comnunity wanted for itself as well.  

Still this is a lot better than disowning her!!! Or pulling a Cheney and being insulted and anyone even talks publicly about your daughter's little secret.

I think Jessica ressembles her mother (Marie Osmond) when she was younger (like in the photo with Donny). And from the other picture with the two sisters I would of thought that the right sided sister looked more like the eldest one and not Jessica, who from from first sightings, is lovely looking! But those irrelevent points aside, good news to hear about indeed!

Maybe I should go through my mums vinyl collection and see if can find an Osmonds record to play to celebrate the occasion! (Or not).

...it's the ceremony that could be religious or not.  That's why it's a civil rights issue and not a religious issue.  One can choose either a religious or secular ceremony, if one has a marriage license, then the marriage is a civil construct. One may have a religious ceremony but without the license, it's invalid and not legal.

BTW, good for Marie.  She gets it.  I guess Donnie is happy with his niece being a second class citizen.

Maybe this will sound..awkward..btu a mormon saying that?!, I really cant beileve it. But you know only one saying it doesnt make much of a difference, just makes you wish everyone else was like that, hopefully all the other religions look up to her and see what they are doing wrong. I call that Hopeful pessimism? o_O

Though congrats to her daughter for having such a loving mother :). The girl is cute.

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Let it Rock,Let it roll

I love Marie!

This makes me so happy!

A Mother like Marie Osmond!

I applaud Marie Osmond.

I am a politically-centrist, married straight male (with two young daughters) who is a practising Anglican, but I can not for the life of me understand how gay marriage is even an issue. I can see how it's an issue for those gays and lesbians who are denied access thereto, but for the rest of us? Why would anyone be opposed?

I am repeatedly hearing from rightist politicians (in particular) that if gays are allowed to marry then this will "threaten the sanctity of marriage". What is never explained to me is how, exactly? 

Besides which, "sanctity' carries with it inescapable and undeniable religious connotations, whilst marriage is a civil estate. You can be married in church or temple as many times as you wish, but you're not married lawfully until you sign the civil register. What does anyone's religion have to do with another's right to marriage? 

On another note, this equality of marriage carries with it an unintended consequence. All that pressure from family and society which heterosexuals face as they leave their 20s and enter their 30s ("Isn't it about time you got married and had children?"), gays and lesbians can now no longer escape with a simple "Mom - you forget I'm gay!". I see no reason why gays and lesbians should not be hounded by their relatives just like the rest of us!  :-)

Lastly ... not that this has anything to do with anything, and - yes - I know I'm too old to be saying things like this .... but Jessica Osmond is gorgeous. In fact, she's more than that, she's hott.

 Damn.