"Psst! My mom is gay and doesn't need fixing. What's 'gay'?"
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s views on homosexuality are antediluvian and ignorant. Almost anything that causes her discomfort as a result of her bigotry is to be fervently desired. Almost anything. One exception is a mother using her child as a weapon against her in a war he doesn’t understand.
In the video conveniently taken by a friend of 8-year-old Elijah’s mother and subsequently posted on YouTube, the child reluctantly, after much prodding, whispers “My mom is gay and she doesn’t need fixing” in the strange Minnesota Congresswoman’s ear. If it makes some people happy to believe that Elijah did this on his own, I suppose that’s a plus; this makes two plusses when added to Bachmann’s probable pique. Sorry, it’s not enough. I know it wouldn’t create a viral video if Elijah’s mother delivered her sentiment herself, but that’s just too bad: children are not puppets, props or trained terriers, and using them to deliver political messages is unethical—unfair, irresponsible, a breach of trust, and an abuse of power. Placing a child’s programmed act on Youtube, where it will haunt him forever, just adds to the offense,
Elijah’s message was inaccurate. His mother does need fixing, just not in the way Michele Bachmann thinks she does.
Ethics Alarms 
I had to learn a new word from this post. That is always fun.
Why, why must people sharing my views constantly act unethically, which only harms the position we share? I agree that Michelle’s ~antediluvian~ (hehe) bigotry is horrific in the modern world, but exploiting children for that cause only strengthens the convictions of people who say we gays make bad parents. When your allies go out of their way to try to prove every negative stereotype about you, who needs enemies?
This lament was brought to you by a gay atheist Trekkie.
This is the kind of youTube video of a child standing up for his gay parent that should be viral and should be viewed.
It’s one thing to put yourself out there for a cause; it’s quite another to force it onto a child.
This lady was inspired by that young man to make her own video.
These types of statement are profound and helpful.
Elijah’s mom’s manipulative actions run the risk, like Chase says, of playing into negative stereotypes and committing her child to a notoriety he may later regret.
Chase’s anxiety is justified, notwithstanding Zach Wahls’ evidently exemplary parenting. If Elijah’s mother does not “fix” very soon her catty-cowardly, exploitative, control-freaky, power-trippy ways, Elijah is going to grow up to be (regardless of his personal erotic preferences) one hellacious “queer-basher” – and/or woman-abuser.