This is about our children being safe in their identities. This is about ending one of the last acceptable forms of discrimination. This support position does not undermine anyone's right to teach their own children what they believe in their own home. Instead, it supports everyone's home. I stood up to the podium at the meeting to speak as a straight mother who raised two children in this school district.
Straight people have no monopoly on morality.
My family unit is no more valid than any other family unit just because we are straight. We must not only applaud this position and our School Board's action, we must now stand up and expect more. We need to give this our best shot. We must empower this position and others like it with the tools, the volunteers and the funding to be effective. And then we must once again listen to the voices of our children.