Tell Us Your Story!
You have a story to tell. Is it about realizing your hopes and dreams by getting married? Is it about allowing people the choice, the freedom to get married? Is it about wanting to be treated fairly? Why do you support the freedom to marry?
Your personal story is the most convincing tool we have to impact the hearts and minds of Iowans. Gay or straight, married or single, parent or student, Democrat or Republican – your story will make a difference!
Use the form below to submit your story. A One Iowa Regional Organizer will contact you for a digital photo to post alongside your story, and your submission will be posted online! Here are a few questions you can use to get your story going.
- Tell us about your family, where you live and work, organizations or faith communities you are involved with, your children or parents or siblings
- Tell us about coming out and living openly as LGBT in Iowa or about knowing someone – a friend, child, parent, or sibling – who is LGBT
- Tell us about ups-and-downs of life – the joy of raising a child, the loss or illness of a partner, meeting or falling in love with your partner, the need to protect your child or family from harm, etc.
- In what ways would marriage equality impact your family or relationship? Why do all families deserve to be treated fairly?
- Reflect on a time when a same-sex couple was denied a basic freedom that you (and your partner) enjoy.
- Note a few of the most obvious differences between the freedoms a married couple have and the freedoms you and your partner have.
Share Your Story!
