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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuff Post-Two Lesbians Raised A Baby And This Is What They Got -A White House Intern
By Ryan Grim
Posted: 07/02/2014 11:25 am EDT | Updated: 07/03/2014 2:59 pm EDT
White House intern Zach Wahls in July 2014. (Courtesy Zach Wahls)
WASHINGTON -- A Huffington Post reporter called the main White House press line earlier this week and heard a familiar-sounding voice, but couldn't quite place it. The voice, it turned out, would have been familiar to millions of people who first saw the now-intern, then-college student Zach Wahls speak about his two moms at an Iowa public forum to oppose an anti-marriage-equality measure.
Wahls was a University of Iowa student at the time, and a video of his speech about his family went viral. It was later picked up by MoveOn.org, which gave the video its iconic headline -- "Two Lesbians Raised A Baby And This Is What They Got" -- and vaulted it from somewhat popular to Internet sensation. The viral success encouraged MoveOn's Eli Pariser to launch Upworthy.
Wahls has since taken his local activism national, speaking at the Democratic National Convention and lobbying Congress for marriage equality.
Pariser said he expects this won't be Wahls' last job in the White House.
Read more @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/02/zach-wahls_n_5551300.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063
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Huff Post-Two Lesbians Raised A Baby And This Is What They Got -A White House Intern (Original Post)
Lady Freedom Returns
Jul 2014
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Cha
(297,154 posts)1. Of course! thank you, LFR~
William769
(55,145 posts)2. Great story! Thanks.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. I hate it when that happens!!!1!11
Tee hee.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)5. I know that CONservatives do!
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)4. Awesome! I had wondered where he had gone from there
I'm glad it's political activism.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)6. Ain't he one handsome dude...there is nothing more
sexy than a handsome man who is a LIBERAL...(see George Clooney)
CTyankee
(63,903 posts)8. Ain't that the truth! And the secret is revealed that these wonderful guys
have more fulfilling relationships and better sex lives with their partners!
calimary
(81,220 posts)9. That's because a handsome liberal man is lovely on the inside
as well as the outside!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)10. I tell myself that every time I look in the mirror...
one day it may come true
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)11. If you are a liberal man, you are HANDSOME
trust me!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)12. Well, thank you...
I am not a bad looking guy, and I understand the importance of strong women. My two grandmothers, my mother, and my wife are all strong women. I don't want a servant as a wife, I want an equal.
brer cat
(24,559 posts)7. Thanks for sharing, LFR. nt