Today, as a family, and with so many others here and across the world we marched.

• Not because our candidate didn’t win
• Not because we’re special snowflakes
• Not because of our liberal tears
• Not because we are “libtards”
• Not because we hate “the other side”
• Not because we think it will change who the President is
• Not because we can’t let go

This is about so much more.

• We marched because a 6-year-old boy asked what we could do
• We marched because he didn’t like the things he saw about Donald Trump
• We marched because it’s not okay to force yourself on a woman
• We marched because it’s not okay to “grab them by the pussy”
• We marched because that’s not “locker room talk”
• We marched because that’s sexual assault
• We marched because people should not be scared
• We marched because even the suggestion of a “Muslim registry” should be abhorrent to any thinking person.
• We marched because a campaign based on lies and hate won
• We marched because xenophobia has no place in the country we have been lucky to live in
• We marched because in 2017 lgbtqia individuals should not worry about their safety
• We marched because we find bathroom bills offensive and unnecessary
• We marched because healthcare should be a right and not a privilege
• We marched because there is no better plan once ACA is repealed
• We marched because bodily autonomy isn’t a liberal slogan
• We marched because a President should not call his opponents his “enemies”
• We marched because facts are real -not what you create and claim are facts
• We marched because civil discourse is in the fabric of our democracy
• We marched because we have the protected right to peaceful assembly
• We marched because we have a legislature that refused to do their jobs to spite a President they didn’t like.
• We marched because we need to send a message that we’re not going to take it anymore
• We marched because we have compassion for others
• We marched because every single person should have the same guaranteed rights
• We marched because we recognize our privilege
• We marched because black lives do matter
• We marched because our biggest job as parents is to ensure that our children are loving and compassionate people
• We marched because our kids need to see the bigger picture
• We marched because we refuse to normalize this kind of behavior
• We marched because we refuse to accept that this is the kind of world our kids could grow up in
• We marched because we do not want our kids to ever feel helpless
• We marched because we wanted to empower our kids
• We marched because others don’t have a voice and we should lend ours
• We marched because that’s how you get things done and enact change

We marched despite the insults and condescension we will face. It’s the right thing to do.