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Sam Kerr is a great Australian sportswoman, admired the world over for her footballing prowess.

She announced the day before yesterday that her girlfriend is pregnant. And decent people everywhere would wish Sam’s girlfriend and her child every happiness.

None of that is to say that decent people need to agree to be gaslit what is going on here.

Take, for instance, The Guardian’s headline:

“Sam Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis announce they are having a baby.”

While it is true that Sam Kerr is having a baby that she intends to raise with her girlfriend, it’s not true that Sam and her girlfriend “are having a baby”.

That’s a biological impossibility.

Or this line from News.com.au:

The Matildas captain on Monday night announced she is set to become a mum, confirming news her partner Kristie Mewis is pregnant.

People who have not yet be reprogrammed might read that line and think, hang on, how is Sam Kerr becoming a mum when it is Kristie Mewis who is pregnant?

Sam Kerr herself put out a social media post that read:

“Mewis-Kerr baby coming 2025!”

Again, people whose brains have not yet been completely rewired baulked at that.

It can’t be a Mewis-Kerr baby. There is no universe in which there could ever be a Mewis-Kerr baby.

Homophobia?

Do I need to spell it out? Two women can’t make a baby.

Semantics?

For those who think tolerance and diversity trumps biological reality, yes.

To those people, pointing out the biological reality is worse than unnecessary, it’s abuse.

The media were yesterday shaming those who dared to raise the subject of biology as homophobes …

Check out this headline from News.com.au:

‘It’s Disgusting’: Sam Kerr’s Baby Reveal Ruined

BBC sports commentator Tom Overend was outraged at the negative response.

“Extremely disappointing to see even the slightest negative reaction to Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis’s fantastic news.

“Couple are free to do what they choose, and you can be a good parent whatever your gender, creed, colour or anything.

“We are in 2024 folks.”

It’s an interesting take.

According to Overend, no-one is allowed to voice “even the slightest” negative reaction.

The reason? Well, he refers to the calendar.

Sorry, Mr Overend, by the date does not constitute an argument.

Biological realities don’t care what year it is.

And, of course, Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis are “free to do what they choose”.

But others are also free to point out the truth of what is going on. And the truth is that Sam and Kristie are not having a baby. Nor is Sam Kerr becoming a mum because her girlfriend is pregnant with a baby.

Reality

Yes, Sam Kerr “can be a good parent”. In fact, I’m sure she will be. Sam Kerr seems like a great woman.

But Sam Kerr can never replace a father. And this child is being born with the deliberate intent of not being raised by a father.

Is it nasty to point that out?

Is it wrong to express even the slightest concern about that?

To be fair, I’m sure many of the people pointing out these realities did so in a way that was not at all polite.

The Apostle Paul said we should “speak the truth in love”. He advised that our speech should at all times be gracious and pleasant, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be — as he called it — “seasoned with salt”.

Those upset at the response might want to try to understand it.

The public are constantly told lies, and then slammed as bigoted, rude and disgusting if they refuse to go along with the lie.

The public are told men identifying as women are in fact women. And if anyone dares to point out that such men are not in fact women, they are slammed as bigots.

The public are told abortion is women’s health care. And if anyone dares to point out that a human being is killed during an abortion, they are slammed as anti-women (This despite the fact the majority of humans killed in abortions are female.)

Two days ago, the public were told that two lesbians were having a baby. And everyone was expected to smile and nod.

But when people withheld their applause, instead pointing out that two lesbians cannot actually have a baby, they were slammed as disgusting and chastised for ruining a beautiful moment.

Intolerance

The Chelsea Football Club, for whom Sam Kerr plays, put out a statement slamming those who had pointed out biological realities. The club wrote:

“Homophobia has no place in football, at Chelsea, or in our society.

“Hate will never win here. We will always stand for love, unity and an inclusive future for football.”

So there you have it.

If you don’t agree that two women can have a baby, or that a woman is becoming a mum because her girlfriend is having a baby, then you are guilty of “hate”.

And they wonder why people push back.

I’m sure Sam Kerr and her girlfriend are wonderful people. And I genuinely wish them every happiness in life.

None of that is invalidated because I don’t agree that two women can “have a baby”. Or because I don’t believe that Sam Kerr is becoming a mum on account of Kristie Mewis being pregnant.

We live in a world in which the media lie to the public about reality, and then berate the public for refusing to live in their fantasy world.

But you cannot insist on unreality, and demand tolerance at the same time.

I can show tolerance and acceptance for someone making choices that I personally disagree with. But I cannot, in good conscience, show tolerance and acceptance for ideas that don’t comport with reality.

If we are a society in which there is true tolerance and acceptance, then we have to be able to speak truthfully.

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Republished with thanks to The James Macpherson Report.

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