sent to me by naoufel. it's making me cry. i'm a sixth generation Iowan and an engineering student at the university of iowa and i was raised by two women... we just hope for equal and fair treatment from our government... my family really isn't so different from yours. after all, your family doesn't derive its sense of worth from being told by the state: you're married! congratulations. no. the sense of family comes from the committment we make to each other to work through the hard times so we can enjoy the good ones... it comes from the love that binds us. that's what makes a family. so what you're voting here isn't to change us. It’s not to change our families. It’s to change how the law views us, how the law treats us. you are voting for the first time in the history of our state to codify discrimination into our constitution, a constitution that, but for the proposed amendment, is the least amended constitution in the united sates of america. you are telling Iowans that some among you are second class citizens who do not have the right to marry the person you love. So will this vote affect my family?
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