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Zach Wahls, author of “My Two Moms,” on his upbringing and adversity he faced being the child of two lesbian parents.
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Some got pregnant with me in 1990 using artificial insemination and then give birth -- 91.
I -- Jackie on the right 1994 that commitment ceremony in 96.
And rest is history.
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You know my head or whatever by.
That'll happen was that Terri knows explaining to me from when I was to very little -- -- -- -- even understand.
How I was conceived you know that I had -- a lesbian mom that some kids have to moms to dads -- mom and dad.
As it is never really moment looking back -- my life where I didn't know who I was -- my family wasn't so there was never speak only a moment of like realization.
So in deferred for all intents and purposes -- and body else.
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So we're templates is conversation.
And contests in -- -- -- coming from our support.
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People -- of one another and did you.
And -- doesn't make any difference in my view.
I know a lot of people don't support.
On I don't know why I don't I don't understand them are made it never -- -- -- I do think -- traditional.
American family and as the father.
I am -- mother.
Having said that but doesn't make Imus and want my doesn't make your family lost relative -- in my view.
Although I appreciate that done and I think -- you -- you look at it say that guy over I grew up there's certainly a lot of people who are of this and a different view term I think that you know most of why do you think that -- all the different day I think most of that opposition it is certainly rooted in the belief.
Likely that homosexuality is immoral it's probably religious belief that they've picked up you know at an early point in their life.
And they can't necessarily -- their -- near that in their mind around the idea that.
-- two gay people could ever be in love with each other and are successfully be parents.
Obviously FG when you want you to know what Branson and set us down and had dinner with our family and and really its nose and a personal level.
Think -- that in a misconception falls apart pretty quickly.
But the people who haven't had that experience of actually sitting down in and getting to know -- It's easy today in a stick to these these misconceptions and myths and stereotypes do think it's because of drugs -- Funding -- -- I think they feel threatened while -- yeah that's a good question now I'm not necessarily sure it seems to me kind of like the person who's.
Getting mad at me for reading -- -- because he's on a diet.
You know it doesn't necessarily seem like kind of thing it's rational.
Amin and and there are people I was certainly you predicted -- of the apocalypse after this ruling 2009.
But it turns out that you know how hasn't opened up -- and swallowed Davenport down into the abyss in fact divorce rates are falling in Iowa since 2009.
So anybody who who kind of claimed this doomsday scenario after the ruling in 09.
As has been proving correct.
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