This is why I love "For Better or For Worse"

[LynneSin]

This strip, which is geared towards families, isn't afraid to address the real issues of today. FBOFW caused a big controversy almost a decade ago when they featured the first gay character - Michael's best friend Lawrence came out sometime right before they all started college. Today Lawrence and his partner are sucessful business owners (they own a landscaping company) and are often featured in the strip. Along with when Lawrence came out, FBOFW had their strip pulled in many papers when Michael chose Lawrence to be his best man in his wedding 3 years ago. In some papers, Lawrence argued about the "flowers" he donated instead of his sexual preference in order to prevent the strip from being pulled from certain papers.

I really liked today's strip. About 3 weeks ago Elizabeth (the daughter) got a wedding invite to her ex-boyfriend's wedding. Since Elizabeth isn't dating anyone she is instead taking a friend of Lawrence, another openly gay person. In today's strip he talks about possibly getting married and the fact it is legal where he lives (the strip is based in Canada).

Congrats to Lynn Paterson for a great strip. BTW, during the height of the Iraq War, the grandfather, a WW2 veteran with the Canadian Air Force, mentioned why the war was wrong. In the grandfather's monthly letters to the official site for FBOFW, he went into more details.

If you aren't reading this strip - you should! It's a great comic strip and a realistic family to boot!