From lifesitenews.com and written by Doug Mainwaring Fri Jul 18, 2025 - 3:19 pm EDT: WATCH: Obama says boys need homosexual men in their lives because dads 'can't be everything' - LifeSite
"(LifeSiteNews) — Former President Barack Hussein Obama delivered a shocking message during an appearance on his wife’s podcast, asserting that every dad needs to have a gay man within his circle of friends just in case his son identifies as gay or non-binary.
A video clip of the former president’s infelicitous remarks during a recent episode of Michelle Obama’s show, titled “BARACK OBAMA on what it takes to raise boys and how Michelle made it better,” has now been viewed in excess of 2 million times.
“A lot of times boys need not just exposure to one guy — one dad — no matter how good the dad is. He can’t be everything,” Obama insisted.
Dads need a gay man in their friend group so that “if you have a boy who is gay or non-binary, they have somebody they can go to (and conclude), ‘OK, I’m not alone in this.’”
“WILD!” Catholics for Catholics declared on X. “Obama says young boys need gay men in their lives to show them guidance because having one father isn’t enough.”
What Obama should have said
What is most troubling about Obama’s statement is what he did not say. A better person for fathers to have within their sphere of friends would be a man who has dealt with same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria and emerged victorious.
The former president is not-so-subtly encouraging fathers of boys to engage in a form of homosexual or transgender grooming. His approach aims to cement boys to early homosexual impulses or gender confusion that they may experience.
It’s no surprise that Obama’s expression of empathy is one-sided. He subscribes to the woke neo-Marxist line that individuals can be “born gay” and that even babies can be “transgender.”
“Dems don’t value masculinity,” noted The Heritage Foundation’s Delano Squires, commenting on Obama’s ill-conceived advice.
“They’re only interested in men who use their ‘privilege’ on behalf of ‘oppressed’ groups. That’s why they tell women to raise their girls to be leaders but tell men their boys need gay mentors,” he explained.
It would be far better for Obama to recommend friendships with men such as the former LGBT individuals who gathered in front of the California State Capitol building last month to tell their stories of being set free from the bonds of homosexuality and gender confusion.
Members of the Changed Movement, all of whom have experienced the transforming love of Jesus Christ, told their stories of walking away from homosexuality and transgenderism, and finding new life in Christ.
“I made a choice to leave behind the identity I had built for myself and walked towards healing,” said Jason Maxwell, who had previously been in a relationship with a man for more than a decade. “It was the hardest thing I had ever done, but it was the most rewarding.”
Today, Maxwell has been married to his wife for 14 years and has three children.
Daniel Mingo, 73, was sexually abused by a male stranger at age 13, sending him on “a trajectory toward sexual confusion” and “sexual identity confusion.”
Yet after a “born again” experience in his late teens, he resolved that one day he would find a wife and raise a family. He married his wife at age 30. For the last 22 years, Mingo has ministered to men who are dealing with homosexuality.
“Let my people go!” Mingo shouted.
“Twenty-nine years ago, I surrendered a gay identity and a gay relationship,” Drew Berryessa said. “I knew that as I was pursuing that relationship, deep down, that the Lord had better.”
“I stand here today, the husband of Suzanne.” The Berryessas have been married for 21 years and have three daughters.
Wayne Blakely lived within the LGBT+ community for 40 years. “I left God and the Church, but God didn’t abandon me. He waited for me,” he said.
“I’m no longer LGBT,” Blakely said. “I’m a new creation in Jesus Christ.”
Blakely said that if sexuality is truly fluid, “should we not allow people to choose to leave the LGBT community rather than holding them hostage?”
Ivan Santos said that he began having sexual experiences with other boys at age five and “came out of the closet” during his junior year in high school. In his 20s, his life deteriorated and he began “escorting” and using crystal meth.
After having a personal encounter with God, “as I followed him, the things that felt concrete, the things that I thought would never change, began to shift.”
“I found complete transformation, and I now live a life overflowing with joy and peace. I will never go back,” he proclaimed. “Only forward.”'
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Obama is truly a very morally and spiritually sick individual -- pray for his conversion; it can happen!!
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