Dr. J. Budziszewski

And for people who want to know, how do I talk to my family?

How do I talk to those members of the family who will listen to you?

You know, how about my friends?

How about my nieces and my nephews?

How about my parents?

People find it a very strong term.

I haven't been accused of that so far.

I'm glad you used it, but I just wondered.

But I've been accused of disparaging people for much milder things than that, though.

This semester, as a matter of fact, I was explaining.

It was a class on natural law.

I was explaining the concept of complementarity of the sexes.

And I said, you know, a kid needs a mom and a dad.

There's something that a mom provides the child that a dad really can't easily provide and something a dad provides that a mom can't easily provide.

And not only do the mom and dad need each other, but the child needs her both.

Somebody made a complaint to the dean that by saying that, I'd established a discriminatory atmosphere in the classroom.

Well, this is not going to air probably before the end of the semester.

Am I right?

I don't know.

Okay.