Given the reactions she says she's gotten, frankly I'm impressed that she actually realizes that there is a difference.
You know, not everything has to be shoehorned into "best" or "worst."
Aye, it might be a tad misinformed, at worst, but the author does note that there are many differences between coming out as gay and telling people you don't want to have kids...if you, ya know, actually bothered to pay attention whilst reading the entire article (I even read the fuckin comments section).
Personally, I do not want to be a father. At this point, yes, that does extend even to adoption. I told my mother this...a year or two ago, methinks. I was a tad scared, because I knew she was one of those that thought parenthood was a wonderful thing, but she was surprisingly cool about it. She certainly tried to make a case for it, but she was very reasonable and even said that my reasoning behind not wanting to be a father was very sound: not wanting to give a biological child any of my family's many psychological illnesses, predispositions for cancer, and the simple fact that raising kids is a (typically) 20 year commitment and is problematic in the extreme because, eventually, you're going to have to deal with puberty. I had enough of puberty's bullshit when I went thru it, I don't want to have to deal with it on a daily basis ever again.
That said, I've received a good bit of snark for it, too. Basically, treating me like a child that doesn't want to eat his vegetables, and there are those who've acted like I'm nearly a family traitor. If I want to drink Ramune, eat Hot Pockets, fuck my girlfriend, or not have kids, that's my damned choice. You don't have to like it. And, YES, I will eventually get married, and no, my wife will not give one single iota of a fuck that I don't want to be a father. If its a problem for someone I'm in a relationship with...well, I'm sorry, but if its a huge issue for you, there are better men than me out there, and you're free to take your pick of them once we go our separate ways.