In 2008, millions of California voters saw this scene play out on their television screens: A young mother is working away in the kitchen as her little daughter comes home from school. Brandishing a copy of the gay-themed children’s book King & King, the child excitedly tells her mother: “Mom! Guess what I learned in school today! I learned that a prince can marry a prince, and I can marry a princess!” The mother’s reaction turns to horror, then consternation, as a narrator warns that this will happen in schools across the state should same-sex marriage remain legal.
David Dodge
David Dodge is the author of the 2013 PRA report, The Right’s Marriage Message, and a contributor to PRA’s 2012 Resisting the Rainbow. David has an extensive background in An umbrella acronym standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning. Learn more organizing and a Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.
