http://www.mombian.com/2008/11/07/the-president-elect-wants-your-story/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2008/11/07/the-president-elect-wants-your-story/comment-page-1/#comment-83592 Megan Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:33:48 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/?p=2520#comment-83592 This is what I shared: "We need to live in an American where all citizens are free from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. We need to live in an American without the federal Defense of Marriage Act and without Don't Ask Don't Tell. We need to live in an America where the rights of a minority group are not decided by the majority. We need to live in an America where lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, and intersex individuals are legally allowed to live and love in the exact same ways as our heterosexual brothers and sisters. No more "separate but equal" in terms of who gets to marry and who has to civil unionize. No more not allowing LGBT people to not adopt or foster children. No more kicking people out of the armed forces for the sexuality with which they were born. Discrimination based on gender identity and expression, and discrimination based on sexual orientation - these have no place in modern America. I have attached a photo of my entire family, including my wife, her parents and siblings and nieces, and including my parents and sibling and niece. As you may be able to see, it is from our wedding ceremony. We are lucky; I hope one day to not have to describe the fact that our families celebrated our marriage with us as "luck." Please help me and all of my family reach this vision." This is what I shared: “We need to live in an American where all citizens are free from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. We need to live in an American without the federal Defense of Marriage Act and without Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. We need to live in an America where the rights of a minority group are not decided by the majority. We need to live in an America where lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, and intersex individuals are legally allowed to live and love in the exact same ways as our heterosexual brothers and sisters. No more “separate but equal” in terms of who gets to marry and who has to civil unionize. No more not allowing LGBT people to not adopt or foster children. No more kicking people out of the armed forces for the sexuality with which they were born. Discrimination based on gender identity and expression, and discrimination based on sexual orientation – these have no place in modern America. I have attached a photo of my entire family, including my wife, her parents and siblings and nieces, and including my parents and sibling and niece. As you may be able to see, it is from our wedding ceremony. We are lucky; I hope one day to not have to describe the fact that our families celebrated our marriage with us as “luck.” Please help me and all of my family reach this vision.”

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