A Whole New Definition of "Family Time"

This part is not exactly news--this is from two years ago--but it really does make you wonder what San Francisco Child Protective Services does. From the September 29, 2005 San Francisco Xpress:

Some of the most unlikely attendees of Sunday's kinky leather fetish festival were under four feet tall.
Two-year-olds Zola and Veronica Kruschel waddled through Folsom Street Fair amidst strangers in fishnets and leather crotch pouches, semi and fully nude men.
The twin girls who were also dressed for the event wore identical lace blouses, floral bonnets and black leather collars purchased from a pet store.
Fathers Gary Beuschel and John Kruse watched over them closely. They were proud to show the twins off.
"They will see more than the kids with moms and dads in Iowa," said Beuschel, who wanted to expose his children to San Francisco's diverse community. "Every parent has to decide for themselves what is right for them. And I respect that. And we decided that this is right for our children."
Beuschel and his girls were at the 22nd Folsom Street Fair, an annual leather event in San Francisco's South of Market district, which showcased outrageous costumes, fetish attire, and a community obsessed with bondage, whipping, and spanking.
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Event organizers said that parents are responsible in determining whether the fair was suitable for kids. However, some people said children should not be allowed inside.
"I don't think that a 6-year-old can understand that S&M is about trust," said Quincey Justman, a 28-year-old graduate student from the University of California San Francisco. "Showing a kid a bunch of adults hitting each other would be damaging."
As for Dylan Middlebrooks, it was his sixth year at the leather fair. He is 10 years old.
"It's pretty nasty because a lot of people here are naked," said Middlebrooks, who was there with his mother.
Organizers said that they gave families ample warning.
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Some fairgoers said that it was inappropriate to have children at the event.
"Why do (these people) bring kids here? This is a leather fair for god's sake," said Bahran Aliassa, who was masturbating in public. He has been doing it annually for the past six years.

And here's my favorite quote from the article:

Father of two, John Kruse said it is an educational experience for children. He said there were conservative parents against having kids at the event.
"Those are the same close-minded people who think we shouldn't have children to begin with," he said.

I have never been comfortable with homosexuals adopting, but I at least acknowledge that for some kids, it is probably better than being in foster care. But Mr. Kruse is giving me strong reason to rethink that.

Michelle Malkin reminds us that Miller Lite is one of the proud sponsors of this event.

I was for a long time prepared to consider the possibility that homosexuality wasn't really so different from heterosexuality. But the open, public promotion of sadomasochism--and that this event is not in any way limited to adults--is a pretty clear indication that there's something pretty sick about a movement that is prepared to welcome this bunch.

I can intellectually understand the idea that a man might fall in love with another man, or a woman with another woman. I can intellectually understand the idea that this might be expressed sexually. But pain, suffering, violence as an expression of sexual excitement? You can find heterosexual sadomasochists, of course--but heterosexual society doesn't glorify or excuse it.