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Gay Dads' Daughter Thanks Obama for Supporting Marriage Equality

Gay Dads' Daughter Thanks Obama for Supporting Marriage Equality

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One of the 10-year-old's proud fathers posted her letter on Facebook.

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The 10-year-old daughter of a gay California couple has written a letter to President Obama thanking him for his support of marriage equality.

One of the dads, Jonathan Bailey, posted daughter Sophia's letter on his Facebook page with the comment, "Totally umprompted, our amazing 10 year-old decided to write this letter to Barack Obama, and it made Triton Klugh and I so unbelievably proud. And maybe we teared up a little."

Sophia writes, "I am so glad you agree that two men can love each other because I have two dads and they love each other." But she notes that her schoolmates "think that it's gross" and tease her, and she wonders how the president would handle that. She adds that he's her hero and she hopes he wins the election.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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