{"id":19981,"date":"2018-05-19T13:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T13:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=19981"},"modified":"2018-05-19T13:32:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T13:32:47","slug":"son-of-two-moms-who-spoke-to-iowa-house-of-representatives-is-running-for-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/05\/son-of-two-moms-who-spoke-to-iowa-house-of-representatives-is-running-for-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of two moms who spoke to Iowa House of Representatives is running for office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/zachwalls51918.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1396\" height=\"598\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/zachwalls51918.jpeg 1396w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/zachwalls51918-300x129.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/zachwalls51918-768x329.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/zachwalls51918-1024x439.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1396px) 100vw, 1396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zach Wahls was just 19 years old when he stood before the Iowa House of Representatives to speak out for marriage equality (watch video below).  He went on wage a successful campaign to get the Boy Scouts to drop their ban on gay scouts.  Wahls also wrote a bestselling book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Two-Moms-Lessons-Strength-ebook\/dp\/B0072NWK1K\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family<\/a>. Along with his sister, Wahls created \u201cThe Woman Cards,\u201d a deck of playing cards featuring 15 original, hand-drawn portraits of American women who changed the world.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2018\/05\/teen-two-moms-grown-running-public-office\/\" target=\"_blank\">LGBTQ Nation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s made news and won hearts. Now, Wahls is hoping to win votes. His latest campaign is for the Iowa state senate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSQQK2Vuf9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wahls is no stranger to politics. He supported President Barack Obama\u2019s reelection in 2012 and even spoke at the 2012  Democratic National Convention (watch below).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GYqFQzI6Q_M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, Wahls is running as a Democrat, for Iowa Senate District 37 seat held by Democrat Bob Dvorsky, who announced last summer that he would not run for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>The primary election is June 5th and Wahls \u2014 if elected \u2014 would begin his term in January 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zach Wahls was just 19 years old when he stood before the Iowa House of Representatives to speak out for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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