Modern Family's Gay Dads Forced to Live in Sin!

Comments · 1.1K

• CH

  @Christopher_Culpepper · 1 year ago

  i remember watching the series finale with my conservative religious mother, and when Jay says: "Both my sons are leaving..." she started tearing up. Cam and Mitch were her favorites.

  150

• BR

  @bradryan8588 · 4 years ago

  Sometimes we liberals look back and roll our eyes at Modern Family, but legitimately I believe that Modern Family helped my parents (especially my dad) understand and accept gay couples and, ultimately, &nbsp;his gay son. &nbsp;I remember watching an episode with him where Mitch and Cam were in bed together (which at the time was groundbreaking), and the bit was about Lilly not wanting to stay in her crib and Cam being upset about it.<br><br>Without really thinking about it, he talked about he and my mom were the same way as Mitch and Cam were with their kids. &nbsp;As he sat and laughed and reminisced about dealing with toddlers, it truly never crossed his mind as weird that Mitch and Cam were two dads. &nbsp;I absolutely think Mitch and Cam are what got him comfortable with gay marriage in general.

  3.6K

• MA

  @maryelizabethparker2106 · 2 years ago

  I remember my mom scoffing at modern family when it was being advertised, “it’s disgusting that they are normalizing this as a modern family” she said. She went through an extreme stage of depression a few years later, and modern family was the only thing that made her laugh in months. As of today, I have come out to her and she is my best friend. This show changed so many minds.

  1.5K

• MA

  @mar-rv2qb · 4 years ago

  &quot;the year leading up to modern family i killed three people&quot; out of context followed by the link to the actual stories might be the best patreon plug ive ever seen

  1.3K

• RA

  @RariettyC · 4 years ago (edited)

  I just want to say it was crazy to follow the progression of my straight parents&apos; views towards gay relationships over the course of the decade they watched Modern Family. &nbsp;I had an extremely repressed childhood due to my parents sheltering me from the mere idea of gay people existing, and in 2009 they were adamant about Modern Family being &quot;inappropriate&quot; for having the audacity to show a gay couple raising a kid. They also didn&apos;t support gay marriage at the time.<br><br>Still, even despite that, it became one of their favorite shows, and I could just see them gradually warm up to the idea of a gay couple just living their lives freely, to the point where, by the end of the show, they often said they related the most to Cam and Mitch out of all the couples even though they had much a closer family structure to Claire and Phil. I could just feel the homophobia drain out of them as I watched the show alongside them, to the point where I finally felt comfortable and supported enough to come out to them myself. By the time Modern Family ended, they were proudly rooting for queer couples in other shows. Schitt&apos;s Creek was basically their second favorite comedy show after Modern Family, and they were extremely excited about the weddings in both. <br><br>On-screen representation shouldn&apos;t just matter to people within the group being represented, but also to people who don&apos;t understand the group.

  9K

• OC

  @OceanLily · 4 years ago

  Why is it whenever a gay couple kiss they say “we’re &nbsp;pushing an agenda?” No a kiss is just a just, and they call us ❄️😂

  544

• TR

  @trumanway3763 · 4 years ago

  Honestly Modern family deserves way more credit for helping the LGBT movement. A lot of people site this show as their first gay couple they knew.

  5.2K

• RE

  @Reputationdino · 1 year ago

  wait what &quot;Fizbo is NOT gay, hes asexual 😔😔&quot; is actually hilarious 😭😭😭

  52

• MA

  @marcuswalters8093 · 4 years ago

  I love the fact that depicting a gay couple as human beings was revolutionary. Like....wow.

  2.8K

• FA

  @FatNorthernBigot · 4 years ago (edited)

  They were the least physically-affectionate couple I&apos;ve ever seen since... Well, my parents.

  670

• HR

  @hrtgiger · 2 years ago

  my mother used to tell me that seeing cam and mitch really opened her eyes to seeing that gay parents are super normal. we’re from los angeles, it’s not like we didn’t have gay people around us, but gay family life was pretty removed from our experience. seeing a family have the same struggles as her helped so much that she’s a hardcore advocate for my trans rights today:,)

  64

• MI

  @michelefoster6701 · 4 years ago

  Isn&apos;t funny how people are so incensed about gay marriage, but they don&apos;t raise funds or a ruckus about affairs or love children. &nbsp;The sanctity of marriage, huh?

  3.7K