What happened to @PeteButtigieg & his family is a homophobic hate crime & heinous action.
I'm sharing an IG post from two gay Dads that sums up my reaction/thoughts on this bigoted behavior:
"I can't stop thinking about Pete & Chasten Buttigieg's kids. As a gay Dad, I can't shake it.
Every day, families like ours are targeted online. We're told our children should be taken away. That we're groomers. That we're abusive. That our families aren't real. People laugh it off as "just trolls."
But it's not just trolling. A false report led to Pete & Chasten's children being separated from their Dads for 24 hours. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. I keep thinking about those kids. Were they scared? Were they crying for their Dads? Did they think they'd done something wrong?
What kind of sick, twisted person is willing to traumatize innocent children just because they hate who their parents are?
What kind of demented person weaponizes a child protection system that exists to save children from real abuse...just because they can't stand the fact that two men are raising a family?
This is why Pride still matters. Because our families are still being dehumanized. Because our children are still being used as collateral damage in someone else's hate. Because every time people normalize calling queer parents predators or abusers, they make this kind of cruelty more likely.
I'm sad. And I'm f**king angry. As gay parents, this is the fear we carry. Not because we doubt our love for our children, but because we know there are people who hate our families enough to destroy them." - @realdadsofraleigh (IG)
(The cruel irony is that, unlike this false report, we have countless children who ARE being abused & even murdered in horrific homes situations who are being routinely FAILED by CPS on a daily basis.)
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The Buttigiegs have experienced a nightmare that should never have happened at all.
I hope whoever is responsible is found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/mFaGCzZYJB
“Trump’s grip on the Republican Party faces these challenges”
Stop it. Trump could waddle naked across the South Lawn screaming about how Obama was spying on him from inside the White House microwave, and the GOP would clap like obedient seals.
Republicans gave first approval to three anti-LGBTQ+ bills, including one that would allow private entities to not recognize same sex marriage. https://t.co/5dSKrlSM5K