Black Dads Post Pic of Daughters, Get Bashed with Hate

Kaleb and Kordale with their 3 daughters

This is the photo that triggered the terrible backlash

Posted to instagram with the following note:
Being fathers is getting our daughters up at 5:30 am making breakfast getting them dressed for school and putting them on the bus by 6:30 .This is a typical day in our household . It's not easy but we enjoy every moment and every minute of #fatherhood. #proudfathers #blackfathers #prouddads #gaydads

The photo elicited a stream of racist and homophobic remarks on the couple's instagram feed, but Kaleb and Kordale refused to remove the image.

Soon, the hate was stemmed by an influx of loving and supportive comments from around the globe.

This is just a reminder that the year is 2014, and we still have so far to go. Luckily, there are so many brave and open minded individuals that keep progress marching forward.

In response to the backlash, Kaleb and Kordale posted this:

As far as the positive; yes we are two gay men with three kids who have no problem with preparing them for their education every morning; that comes with anything and everything they may need for school! Our kids are blessed to have three parents (Kordale, Kaleb and their Mother) who love, care and support them in every decision they have made and will continue to make as they get older. We are blessed to have the ability to provide for them in ways that a lot of people cannot for their family, which ultimately makes us happy knowing that they don't want for much! Our main objective as parents is to provide, love, educate, support, encourage, and love some more!

In regard to the negative, people fail to realize that we are people too with kids who love us. We do what is necessary for them to succeed in this ever-changing world but it's sad that we're discriminated against because of our sexuality and/or what we do behind closed doors — which is no one's business. In the same breath, we take all of what's been said in stride. The picture was put out on social media for an opinion so we can't be mad when people give just that: an opinion. People tend to think that gay people cannot raise their children to be heterosexuals. Instead, they have derogatory thoughts of us "tainting" our children or "confusing them" with what society sees deems as wrong an unmanly because we're gay. But this is all comical because people forget where a lot of gays come from: a heterosexual household.