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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Defense of Five-Year-Old Cross-Dressing Son Blows Up Online</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dsc_0007-e1288401371463.jpg?w=174&h=300" />The Scooby-Doo gang have long been a staple of preschool school Halloween parties. But when a five-year-old Missourian had his pick of the sleuthing Mystery Machine crew, his choice came as a surprise to classmates and their mothers. Instead of going with Shaggy, he went with Daphne. Ruh-roh.</p>
<p>His own mother, however, is perfectly fine with the outfit, so much that she took to her blog and <a href="http://nerdyapplebottom.com/2010/11/02/my-son-is-gay/">put up a post entitled "My son is gay."</a></p>
<p>"Or he&rsquo;s not," she continued. "I don&rsquo;t care. He is still my son. And he is 5. And I am his mother. And if you have a problem with anything mentioned above, I don&rsquo;t want to know you."</p>
<p>Her support for her potentially gay son has proved quite the internet lightning rod! It's racked up over a million hits in three days and has 20,000 comments responding to it. The mother, identified only as Sarah, <a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/05/photo-of-preschool-boy-dressed-as-daphne-goes-viral/">phoned in to CNN this morning</a> to size up the commotion her post has caused. The video is below.</p></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dsc_0007-e1288401371463.jpg?w=174&h=300" />The Scooby-Doo gang have long been a staple of preschool school Halloween parties. But when a five-year-old Missourian had his pick of the sleuthing Mystery Machine crew, his choice came as a surprise to classmates and their mothers. Instead of going with Shaggy, he went with Daphne. Ruh-roh.</p>
<p>His own mother, however, is perfectly fine with the outfit, so much that she took to her blog and <a href="http://nerdyapplebottom.com/2010/11/02/my-son-is-gay/">put up a post entitled "My son is gay."</a></p>
<p>"Or he&rsquo;s not," she continued. "I don&rsquo;t care. He is still my son. And he is 5. And I am his mother. And if you have a problem with anything mentioned above, I don&rsquo;t want to know you."</p>
<p>Her support for her potentially gay son has proved quite the internet lightning rod! It's racked up over a million hits in three days and has 20,000 comments responding to it. The mother, identified only as Sarah, <a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/05/photo-of-preschool-boy-dressed-as-daphne-goes-viral/">phoned in to CNN this morning</a> to size up the commotion her post has caused. The video is below.</p></p>
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