Indiana Mayor Comes Out Of The Closet! And His Essay Is The Most Wonderfully Moving Thing You'll Read All Week!

OMG! This popular mayor just stepped out of the closet and into our hearts!
And in Indiana of all places, which recently passed a very controversial Religious Freedom bill that allows discrimination based on sexuality!
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Pete Buttigieg is the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and — as he announced in Tuesday’s South Bend Tribune — a proud gay man!
Buttigieg, a veteran of the armed forces and youngest ever mayor of a 100,000+ population city, revealed his sexuality in a thoughtful op-ed, writing:

“My high school in South Bend had nearly a thousand students. Statistically, that means that several dozen were gay or lesbian. Yet when I graduated in 2000, I had yet to encounter a single openly LGBT student there.
That’s far less likely to be the case now, as more students come to feel that their families and community will support and care for them no matter what. This is a tremendously positive development: young people who feel support and acceptance will be less likely to harm themselves, and more likely to step into adulthood with mature self-knowledge.
I was well into adulthood before I was prepared to acknowledge the simple fact that I am gay. It took years of struggle and growth for me to recognize that it’s just a fact of life, like having brown hair, and part of who I am.”

Wow! Such bravery to come out like this! And when seeking re-election and everything!
Mayor Buttigieg finished his wonderful essay with these hopeful words for the future:

“Like most people, I would like to get married one day and eventually raise a family. I hope that when my children are old enough to understand politics, they will be puzzled that someone like me revealing he is gay was ever considered to be newsworthy.
By then, all the relevant laws and court decisions will be seen as steps along the path to equality. But the true compass that will have guided us there will be the basic regard and concern that we have for one another as fellow human beings ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ based not on categories of politics, orientation, background, status or creed, but on our shared knowledge that the greatest thing any of us has to offer is love.”

Be still our hearts! Can we get this guy elected governor instead??
You can read the whole heartfelt essay HERE!
[Image via South Bend Tribune.]