Slogans on T-shirts have been causing controversy for as long as the T-shirt has existed. So it?s not surprising that a picture of a young boy in a shirt bearing the slogan ?My daddy?s name is Donor?, which appeared in the Chicago Tribune two years ago, should have so offended Elizabeth Marquardt, of the Institute for American Values, that she felt compelled to write a book bearing the same title.
What was it that so offended her? The T-shirt is offered by a company called Family Evolutions, founded by a lesbian couple whose son modelled the shirt. The co-founder, Stacey Harris, says that the T-shirt is empowering. ?We want to lift the taboo surrounding donor conception so that kids don?t feel that their coming into the world is a shameful secret,? she says. ?Kids who are empowered will grow up well-adjusted.?
