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Gay Dad Breaks Silence After Fierce Backlash Over Video “Mocking” Surrogate Baby Crying For “Mama”

Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Shane McAnally shared a clip of his five-month-old son, Texson Ray, on Instagram this week, which instantly went viral.

The video showed the infant, who was born via surrogacy, crying for “mama.” McAnally tried to tell him that he only has two dads to call on — himself and his husband, Michael Baum.

The musician could be heard laughing while recording his son, which netizens interpreted as him mocking the child. They went on to argue that having gay parents is unnatural and that “a child always needs a mother.” 

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