The following letter was sent to a mailing list to which I subscribe. I found it to be eloquent and moving. I contacted the author and she gave me permission to post it.
An Open Letter to President Bush
February 24, 2004
Dear Mr. President,
This morning you felt compelled to introduce an amendment to the Constitution of the United States defining marriage as existing only between one man and one woman.
You say that this will create "clarity." I would like you to share this clarity with my first grade daughter on her school playground, when the children, imitating their role models as they always do, will take up the issue. Because I dread those conversations with every fiber of my being.
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