As much as I want to start this off with something amazing and hopeful, I can't. There is so much love and hope in this world, but there is so much fighting against it, and I think attention needs to be brought to that. The DOMA, a 1996 law, disallows same-sex couples from receiving federal marriage benefits. That means that even if a couple is married legally in their state, they cannot file federal taxes jointly, or file for immigration benefits.
This is what happens when a couple is denied that right. That makes me so sad. But it shouldn't. It shouldn't make me sad, because what do sad people do? They cry. They become overwhelmed and they shut down. So It's not going to make me sad. It's going to make me mad. I am going to do whatever I have to to right this wrong in my lifetime. I never want to watch my kids go through that. I want to be able to look my children in the eye someday down the road and tell them that I, that WE, fought so hard so they don't have to. That they have the right to love who they want, and protect their loved ones.
So that is my call out for the day. We're going to fight for our right, and I think we're going to win. Because Jack's from the 51st century, and we may have a long way to get there, but we're going to. :D
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. - Native American Proverb
And I intend on leaving the earth better than I found it.
Love,
Wren
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