Family Pride’s Blog

Tuesday was a historic day for the LGBTQ community and especially for LGBTQ-headed families. As we write, Democrats have won back control of the House of Representatives and Senate. In addition, some of the most vocal and vitriolic anti-gay legislators were defeated – including Senator Rick Santorum, Senator Jim Talent, Representative Anne Northrup and Representative John Hostettler. And despite losing 7 of the constitutional amendments regarding marriage equality, we had an unprecedented win in Arizona where voters rejected, for the first time in this country, an anti-marriage amendment.

So what does all of this mean? It simply proves that the more we share our real stories and the real facts about our families, the more the American people move toward fairness and justice. It also shows that the politics of fear and anti-LGBTQ attacks are no longer an acceptable strategy to sway voters at the ballot box. Finally, these results require us to be even more committed to family equality and having the very personal conversations with those people in our lives who love us and our family. Only by engaging in these conversations, telling our friends, families, and neighbors how discrimination hurts us and our children, will we continue to change the tide in this country. Tuesday was just a first step to a more just and equal country for our families.

For a complete roundup of election results, please visit the Task Force summary.

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