Last night, I think America broke up with me. We are going to work on things, because we are going to keep living together, but I think we will have to chalk this up to irreconcilable differences. I hope we can keep a strong, amicable facade for the children, but I don't think there's much left to save in this relationship.
Last night, America told me that it doesn't value me. When they cast their votes for Trump, they voted against LGBTQ+ persons. These people are not only my friends, and my family, but I'm in there, too. America, you said you don't care about LGMeT, too. It told me that it was going to vote for a candidate whose running mate believes that gay people can be shocked (with electricity) into being straight... and not only that they can be, but that they should.
America told me that I wasn't good enough. It told me that it didn't care that even though I am employed with a job in my field, that I have a college education like everyone swears I should, it didn't care that I wasn't making a living wage for my family. It doesn't care that my son, freshly diagnosed as Autistic, will now live under a president who makes fun of anyone who isn't just like him. A president who wants to repeal the healthcare system that has ensured that he will be able to receive all of the help that he needs to succeed. America wants to get rid of all of those-- I'm sorry, all of US others. America is obviously done with me.
Last night, America told me it was more concerned about a baby being born than making sure that this same child will have food on the table. Oh, and I'm sorry for those of you who voted for that reason. Mr. Trump has already removed that particular point from his platform, so I wish you had known that in advance. I wish that you had a candidate that truly supported that issue for you when they promised that they did.
Last night, America told me that it thinks there's only one right way to live and that's the way that a 2,000 year old book says. i'm not anti-religion, but both the Bible and our constitution say that we should keep matters of church and state separate. Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's. So excuse me if I find it hard to understand why we are okay with the kind of xenophobia that says that if you don't believe what I believe, you don't deserve to live in my country. We are supposed to be a country built on freedoms, and all I am seeing is freedom after freedom taken away.
America, if you weren't trying to break up with me last night, that's okay. I'm going to break up with you. I've heard the way you talk about treating women, and it isn't acceptable. I won't be submitted to it. Threatening to take away my freedoms and those of my children is nothing short of abuse, and I won't stand for it. I will stand, however, and I will stay here, and I will do everything that I can to make sure that you don't get the chance to trample upon my children's freedoms as you are trying to trample on mine.
