Rosie O'Donnell's New HBO Special Shows All Kinds of Families

You won't find a cuter bunch of kids anywhere on television than you'll see tomorrow night in Rosie O'Donnell's "A Family Is a Family Is a Family" special for HBO. They come onto the screen in waves, talking about friends and love and brothers and sisters and Mommy and Daddy, all in that serious way young children have of addressing things they have learned and now want to share and explain.

Many viewers, however, will not see the greater mission of the show as scoring a blue ribbon for "cute." They will focus instead on the show's almost casual assertion that gay marriage is just like every other marriage - a covenant that creates a family unit. That part of the message is subtle, all things being relative.

Most of the special, which HBO is showing early enough so young children can watch, isn't about gay marriage, and the hot-button phrase itself is never heard. Families of same-sex couples, including O'Donnell's, get maybe five minutes, tucked in the middle of discussions and songs about the importance of families in general. But for many viewers, gay marriage will be the takeaway.

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