A father with children born via surrogacy rejects the Vatican's view that condemns the practice

I think it’s important for people to understand that and recognize that that maybe we didn’t create a family in the more traditional way. And to say the way we did it was somehow wrong or? Is not dignified, is really, you know, saying we’re somehow, our children are somehow less human than other children and that’s a recipe for. Hate and mistreatment. Regardless of how we created our family, the important thing is we are a family. And you know and we know and understand. The reality is you don’t need a genetic bond to have to create a family. You need love. And love is what creates a family. And that’s what’s always been important to us, is to create a family of love. You know, every time we think we’ve made progress, it’s sort of that two steps forward, one step backward. You know, kind of. Mentality, and it does at times get very exhausting. We’re not asking for special rights or anything, you know, out of the ordinary. We’re asking for basic human rights, whether, you know, for the LGBTQ community and our families and how we created our families. We are just asking for human rights and to be treated with the same dignity and respect as any other human.