Verse Two
Yesterday, Mira (my eight-year-old) and I were hanging out and talking, and she asked about my friend George and his partner Nayman. She asked, “Mommy, why can’t George and Nayman get married?” So I explained to her that our country is still working to overcome many of its prejudices, including the withholding of Civil Rights from gay people.
Mira responded (a little bit of a rant actually), “I just don’t get it. They call this the land of the free. How free is it if a boy can’t marry a boy? Or if a girl can’t marry a girl. They’re always talking about freedom. It’s in all the songs. It’s in The Star Spangled Banner. And for example, it’s in America the Beautiful, verse two!”
So it is Mira, so it is.
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22:22:39
How cute! Yay MIra!
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thanks for sharing!
i think it is better if you can write more.