Accomplished Actor, Poor Planning

Matt Donnelly reported on the LATimes.com gossip blog that "Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka expecting twins". He began with...

There are two more trophies in Neil Patrick Harris' future -- he and partner David Burtka are expecting twins.

Babies are trophies?

The actor took to Twitter on Saturday to reveal the happy news for him and Burtka, the chef and sometimes-thespian he's been with for about six years. "So, get this: David and I are expecting twins this fall. We're super excited/nervous/thrilled. Hoping the press can respect our privacy," he said.

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Which one of these two men has the egg and/or womb? Or did they fail to mention an important detail in all of this?

"Tara" Aug 14, 2010 at 08:59 PM:

How dreadful...Baby buying and swapping for selfishness.

"Nick" Aug 15, 2010 at 01:14 AM:

I will agree that "baby buying" as you call it as not ideal, but for couples that cannot have children it is the only way, and I say hurray and congratulations to them!

Since there is no difference, according to Judge Walker, between same-sex couples and both-sexes couples, why is it that same sex couples always fall into the "cannot have children" category?

Neil Patrick Harris seems like a nice guy and I think he will make a great father.

Perhaps. But the first act of being a great father is finding a great mother with whom to set the foundation for raising kids. Neither of these men can be mothers at all.

"Sarah" Aug 15, 2010 at 09:24 AM:

I'm choosing to raise my children in a positive light, teaching the importance of acceptance and love. I have no doubt in my mind that Neil and David are going to do the same.

They are also going to teach the children that mothers (and quite possibly women in general) are not important. Actions speak louder than words, after all.

"Greg" Aug 15, 2010 at 09:47 AM:

Indoctrinating your children with silly mythological religious fairytales is child abuse. There is nothing objectively immoral about homosexuality. There IS something immoral about hating other people for a biological condition they cannot change.

And where does this morality you speak of come from, Greg? I don't see it in DNA or the fossil record or any telescope or microscope. Your personal opinion of what is moral or immoral carries no more weight than anyone else's right?

Shame on all of the adults involved for setting up a situation that will deliberately deprive two children of a mother. And if they intentionally killed any human beings (embryos) in the process, shame on them for that, too. Why not foster or adopt a teen who is in county custody? The desires of these two men to have a child to raise do not outweigh a child's natural right to a mother and a father.