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• HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO MCH AND CAM, TWO GAY TV DADS WHO HELPED CHANGE AMERI
• ‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO MCH AND CAM, TWO GAY TV DADS WHO HELPED CHANGE AMERI

17, 2011 — -- Wh two moms and two boys, the Berman-Cotlar fay of Boulr, Colorado is not your typil fay of four."My fay is morn bee we were created out of love and not termed by what society told to do," said Holli Berman.Holli Berman and Marcia Cotlar have 10-year-old tws named Jaron and Seth."The gredients for a fay are kdns and love, iendship and unrstandg," said Seth.In real life, jt like on the seri "Morn Fay," a gay fay experienc different suatns than most fai, like when the tws ll upstairs for their mother."If the wrong one answers I say, I say 'OTHER mom'," said Jaron."One giv me lots of ndy, one don't," said Seth."It's kd of good I have two moms bee one of my moms has a lot of treats, the other would never have me see ndy until Halloween," said Jaron.It took a long time for the Berman-Cotlar fay to e together. But as years went by, eventually both Zwklis and Cotlar realized they were gay.Fifteen years ago, Cotlar met Berman, and their relatnship as a uple began."I feel like I found the person that has been able to help me be the person I'm supposed to be. And I n support her to be able to be who she's supposed to be," said Cotlar.They got married 1998, and there was one thg they immediately wanted to do – have children."When we were lookg at havg children we were lookg for a donor who we wouldn't know," said Marcia.But Zwklis volunteered."Frank was there was to hold them first and he looked their ey and said, 'we have to figure out a schle, I have to be here,'" said Cotlar.So Jaron and Seth have two moms and a dad - three gay parents and a stepsister Lren.

They are one big happy fay."They have six grandparents they have many many many s," said Berman."My fay [is] like everyone else 'e I do what every other 10-year- old the USA do… I wake up get ready for school go to school do stuff after school…even though I have gay parents that do not affect what I do at all," said Jaron.The Berman Boys Don't Jt Have Two Moms, They Also Have a DadFrank liv nearby and spends every Sunday alone wh the boys. Not everyone supports gay marriage, or havg a fay like this one.

Gay marriage self has been a hotly bated natnal issue, and is only legal a handful of stat.The Berman-Cotlars are not alone. Many gay fai entered 'GMA''s search for real morn fai om all over the untry, cludg a fay Florida of two gay men and two lbians raisg children together.Two weeks ago, a vio went viral on YouTube: In ont of Iowa lawmakers, 19-year-old Zach Wahls stated his se for his two moms. This Father’s Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate Mch and Cam, the gay dads of the s Morn Fay, played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet.

‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV

But the gay dads almost didn’t make to air.

A gay lleague even enuraged them to turn Mch and Cam to mor background characters to avoid srg away viewers. It wasn’t an unreasonable ncern at the time: Though gay characters had grown more proment on televisn the early 2000s, upl were ls mon and tend to only appear on ble shows. It was clear that many Amerins were still eply unfortable wh the ia of treatg gay upl as equals.

Not only that, but viewers were particularly taken by the gay uple. That was thanks to a clever strategy: In orr to ease nservative viewers to watchg, the wrers liberately foced early storyl on Mch and Cam’s parentg, rather than on any gay issu.